PSYCHOLOGY

ANGER Anger is nothing but a reaction to an event based on our perception against our better interest. Some people burst out and angry for a long period and some calm down quickly. Anger is an  Emotion  that can be controlled by mental maturity. Facts about Anger : If we express Anger appropriately, it is a healthy emotion. Anger causes headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, High B.P and Heart problems. Anger aggravates problems and affects interpersonal relationships. If Anger is suppressed, it will lead to frustration Anger Management: To control Anger in a better way you have to; 1. Understand the root cause of your Anger. 2. Recognize your anger pattern or style. 3.You should vent out your Anger in a safe environment. 4. Stress and Anxiety  shall be reduced. 5. Do not dig up old arguments and conflicts. Always remember " TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE"   

ME AND THE GBS I,D.santhanam, aged 62 years, Retired Electrical Engineer from India, wishes the readers and their family . One fine morning in November, it was raining. I was just waching the water droping from leaves of the tree in front of my house. Tears were rolling down as I was thinking about my only son whom I lost three months back in a car accident at the age of 31. I was depressed. In the evening as usual I have gone for a walk. I found weakness of both lower limbs. After dinner I slept on the floor. The next day morning, around 5.00 AM I was trying to get up from my bed. But, i could not. My Wife lifted me up. standing was very difficult. My son-in-law immediately rushed me to a near by hospital. Nerve conduction study was carried out and it revealed demyelinating motor radiculo neuropathy. It was diagnosed to have acute GBS ( Guillain Barre Syndrome ). Even by next day, as it was getting delayed in starting treatment since the ...

PERCEPTION Perception is a cognitive experience where the visual, auditory and other senses are consolidated and interpreted.The experience of sensory stimuli and the meaning we attach to them is known as process of Perception.'Gestalt' psychology which arose in the end of nineteenth century has been very effective in in the field of perception. Perception is a process of patterning or organizing the sensory data. This organization is called as " Gestalten " or "wholistic pattern". The perception of objects and events takes place within the frame work of 'space' and 'time'.

MIND AND SUBCONSCIOUS MIND Swami Budhananda in his book “ THE MIND AND ITS CONTROL” says that as Per Hindu psychology, “ Mind is a finer body within his Gross body. The physical body is as it were, only the outer crust of the mind. The Mind being the finer part of the body, the one affects the other. It is for this reason that physical illness often affects the Mind and Mental illness or tension often affects the body. Behind the mind is the Atman, the real self of the man. Body and mind are material. Atman is pure sprit.” Every body knows that it is highly difficult to control this mind. But however, this Mind can be controlled by YOGA, Lord Sri Krishna in Baghawat Gita explained to Arjuna,the way to attain the supreme state of Yoga. On hearing this Arjuna told that “ The Mind, O, Krishna is restless, turbulent, powerful and obstinate. To control the mind is as hard, it seems to me as to control the wind. How by Yoga it can be controlled. Lord Krishna said “ O, Arjuna , the mind is...

PAIN CONTROL TECHNIQUES The following are the newly adopted techniques for pain control in addition to pharmacological surgical and sensory stimulation techniques. They are a) Relaxation technique. b) Biofeed back technique. c) Hypnosis technique. d) Distraction technique. e) Guided imagery technique and f) Other cognitive techniques. RELAXATION TECHNIQUES: As anxiety increases pain, Relaxation techniques are used to reduce the anxiety of the person who experience pain, which in turn reduces the pain. Shifting of the body into a state of low arousal will give relaxation and this can be achieved through the progressive relaxation of different parts of the body. The mostly followed is the progressive muscle relaxation technique formulated by Jacobson . Controlled breathing is also one of the components of relaxation. Also, relaxation can be achieved thro’ Meditation. In this method individual’s attention is Fully focused on a unchanging stimulus. The clinic...

In day to-day life every human being is living with minor pains all the time. these pains are essential for our survival since they give feed back about the functioning of our bodily system. with this feedback we can adjust our postures, sleeping positions . Pain causes anxiety and fear among the patients. It is learnt that in United States every year about $100 biliions are spent on pain remedies. twenty million tons of aspirin are consumed Annually by head ache sufferers alone. There are about seven million sufferers of cronic pain. Pain is basically a psychological experience and the degree to which it is felt and how incapacitating it is depends partially on how it is interpreted. Pain bearing capacity depends on the mental power. We can see the sports persons despite sustaining inuries on the field stay in the game by tolerating the pain. the severity of pain can be assesed by observing the individuals pain behaviour.For...