Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological response to threatening, dangerous or quite challenging situations for the individual.
We all experience this response, however, there are situations in which anxiety becomes persistent in the face of everyday situations that are neither threatening nor represent a danger. This is what is commonly called an anxiety disorder.
Some of the symptoms usually include tachycardia, rapid breathing, sweating, tremors, and a feeling of shortness of breath.
Examples:
-Constantly thinking about solving hypothetical problems.
-Being worried about what may happen to the person or others.
-Being thinking that things are going to go wrong.
-Fear of what might happen when going out to a public place.
Sometimes, people can develop anxiety attacks, derived from these thoughts and emotions, aggravating the symptoms to the maximum; The person experiences little or no control over himself.
In these crises, the person may feel that they will die from their heart due to high palpitations or from suffocation due to the sensation of lack of air; however, all of this is somatized and the person is usually in good physiological condition.
A lifestyle that contains physical activity, healthy eating, good sleeping habits and healthy social relationships can help a lot to cope with anxiety, however, psychological therapy is usually the most appropriate way to treat it.
In some cases, the intervention of a psychiatrist and the administration of medication is also required.
This text is only a writing and does not represent any self-diagnosis tool
Crisis
A crisis in psychology is a mental reaction to certain circumstances that are leading us to change and break with the patterns that we have been repeating in the past, many of them, unconsciously.
In the first stage, suffering is experienced derived from the frustration and helplessness of not being able to continue as we are used to.
It is important to mention that a crisis is temporary and is highly transformative, so it is most advisable that one begin to reflect on oneself and one's actions to understand what led to the crisis and begin to see a new path. This process can generate fear.
There are several types of crises.
Examples:
- An existential crisis can be something that a person experiences because they no longer find meaning in their profession; this can be an invitation to reinvent yourself and do new things.
-In the identity crisis, the person can enter a stage of questioning about who they are and what their role is in life, and is usually accompanied by doubt.
-In a relationship crisis, both may be at a point where the problems seem to no longer have a solution and you cannot see a future together.
- The crisis due to a sudden change can be due to a death, an unexpected dismissal or shocking news that seems to throw us off balance and require us to re-adapt to that new reality.
It is important to mention that every crisis is temporary and psychological support is a great tool that helps see a path. Every crisis has a solution because the crisis comes from oneself.
Deep Sadness
People who experience states of deep sadness, for no apparent reason.
Seasons of grey days; they search for joy and the drive to live and do not find it. Many times, these states are accompanied by a lack of understanding of the cause.
The person struggles to appear happy and does not succeed.
This person may feel empty and in pain inside, and goes through periods of depression, which may well change, also apparently without reason.
The work in therapy has to do with the person regaining contact with themselves, beginning to give themselves what they really need in their deepest layers, understanding that it is up to them to do so.
It can be expected that little by little they will feel more fulfilled and in balance with their emotional aspect of their lives.
Depression
Depression is a mental disorder characterized by constant feelings of sadness, loss of interest in daily activities, feeling down and low energy.
This mental state affects the way you feel, think and act. Examples of how each of these areas affects are described below.
Examples:
- Experiencing a constant need to sleep.
- Constant feeling of being insufficient.
- It takes a lot of work to show up for everyday activities.
- Loss of the sense of being alive.
- Suicidal thoughts.
- Loss of appetite.
This is just an informational article and only a specialist can diagnose correctly.
Treatment usually consists of psychotropic drugs and psychological therapy. Even so, good sleeping habits, physical activity, having responsibilities and adequate nutrition help a lot to cope with depression.
Egocentrism
An egocentric person constantly seeks out others because he needs them and uses them as an escape valve for his own conflicts and his own loneliness, although he cannot stand feeling alone.
He is very bad at listening to others and therefore thinks and talks a lot about his problems, even so, he will feel like no one is listening to him, thus feeding his desire to continue talking about himself.
He cares little about others.
In therapy, one can work to find that balance between what he needs and what others need, understanding that it is also important to look to the outside world.
Guilt
Feelings of guilt, even in situations where things go well because it is believed that something better could have been done, experiencing dissatisfaction as a result.
They are constantly apologizing to others, even for minor things that do not require it.
Those who experience constant feelings of guilt are constantly reproaching themselves. If someone praises them, they reject it because they do not believe they deserve it.
They tend to be people who constantly consider that what they do is wrong, therefore they do not believe themselves worthy and believe they deserve to be punished.
They have a very difficult time for forgiving themselves.
In therapy, we work to live experiences without judgment, accepting that beyond judgment, there is a sense, a meaning and a purpose for what has been experienced, so that the person no longer feels guilty and experiences serenity in self-examination.
Impatience
We feel impatient as a result of an unconscious mechanism with which the individual feels as if their life time is running out, therefore, they want everything fast, and they tend to be agile people, with ease of decision and action, but whose rhythm clashes with that of others, because they want everyone to act at the pace that the person thinks, without delays or complications.
They prefer to do things alone so that others do not stop them or break their rhythm, therefore, impatience is also an expression of loneliness.
Deep inside, they do not perceive that everything and everyone has a rhythm and this is precisely the work that can be done in therapy, so that the person can synchronize with external rhythms (of others and of nature).
Isolation
People who like to be alone in different circumstances; they tend to be very independent, capable and with many virtues and the opinion of others does not affect them.
They entrench themselves in their silence and in an atmosphere of mystery, they can listen to others but do not talk about themselves.
They are the ones who separate themselves and follow their own path, generating few connections with others.
Because they do not perceive the golden mean (equilibrium) of their virtues, they separate themselves from others and feel in solitude. Even so, this person knows that they can continue alone and will not seek company.
In therapy, the interconnection with others and with the potentialities of the individual can be worked on so that they find the balance of their virtues and help them see how their virtues are the very tool that will lead them to connect with others.
Loneliness
Feelings of a lack of meaningful connection with others. They may be surrounded by loved ones and friends, but this person will not perceive these ties.
The lack of experiencing these ties is the result of the person, on a deep level, not experiencing themselves in their center, or in contact with themselves, therefore experiencing an inability to live it towards others.
In therapy, one can work on recovering this connection with oneself, so that it is projected towards others and those meaningful connections can be experienced. Knowing how to be with oneself is often scary because we do not want to realize who we really are.
Low self-steem
Self-esteem is a self-perception. We all have a perception of ourselves derived from an inner image, just as we all have an image of others.
A balanced self-esteem provides tools to face the world and social relationships feeling appreciation, respect and appreciation for oneself, which helps to face life with confidence and security.
Low self-esteem is when a person has a distorted image of themselves, often due to difficult events in their past, leading them to diminish themselves. As a result, it is difficult to see one's own strengths, talents and value as an individual, resulting in a lack of acceptance, feelings of distrust, worthlessness and insecurity.
Self-perception is something that is suggested to be worked with psychological therapy.
Narcissism
A narcissistic person has the characteristics of feeling superior to others, an exaggerated egocentrism, a constant need for admiration; he believes himself to be special and believes he always deserves the best, although he has done nothing to get it. However, this is only a mask that covers up a wound
Deep down, this person has not resolved his wound and acts with little responsibility towards himself.
As a result of this lack of responsibility, he does not accept his mistakes, does not turn to look at himself, and always blames others for what happens to him, which is why he exploits and manipulates those around him.
He demands a lot from others and gives very little.
In therapy, work can be done on the wound that is hidden behind the mask so that a recognition of vulnerability is done and responsibility can be taken for the wound and one self, in this way people redesign his interpersonal relationships with empathy, balance and responsibility.
Overthinking
There are recurring ideas, intrusive thoughts, a feeling of being trapped in one's own thoughts; it seems like a scratched record with its internal dialogue.
This is a psychic dynamic in which the person perceives themselves as victims of their own thoughts.
It is also experienced as an inability to live in the present moment, to maintain attention on what is happening derived from obsessive thoughts; or images that are repeated without an outcome.
This usually happens because what is experienced in the moment lacks interest or because of an unconscious inability to focus on the here and now.
There is an imbalance because one lives more in a psychic reality (one's own thoughts) than in objective reality (physical).
The work in therapy is usually focused precisely on that control over thoughts, the management of attention and living in the present so that the person can feel living in the moment, flowing in the face of the circumstances that are presented to them.
Personal develpment
Personal development is a process that lasts from childhood until our death and that we develop during the different stages of our life.
Many people approach a psychologist because they are looking to correct or overcome something, however, there is also a level of therapy that is about growth and development.
This type of approach aims to work on aspects that the individual identifies as strengths and abilities so that they represent a boost in their daily life.
Personal development is linked to a liberation; During the process, limiting thoughts and beliefs are worked on that interfere with the individual to develop maximum potential and at the same time, one gets to know oneself at deeper levels. This development focuses on who and what the individual is, and all that they can become, always in an environment of self-acceptance and awareness.
Repetition of the same mistakes
“The same thing always happens to me”, “I made a mistake again”, “I feel trapped in a circle, always going through the same thing” These are all typical expressions of a person who is not able to capitalize on the meaning and purpose of their experiences.
Such a person does not take advantage of their experiences, does not connect with their psychic strength to stop and observe their own actions and understand what they did and did not do to experience those results. For these people it is necessary to stumble over the same stone many times.
In therapy, we work on finding the purpose and lessons from their mistakes and experiences in general so that the patient can integrate them and mature from the events experienced