“Resilience”: 10 ways not to go crazy at work H&F read the book by psychologist Sharon Melnik and learned what you can do to avoid becoming a slave to stress and tension at work.

0 2741 April 14, 2020 at 03:04 pm Author of the publication: Evgenia Astreinova, psychologist Editor: Tamara Tkachenko, economist

It's hard when life isn't happy. But it’s really scary when the cause of problems is not circumstances or other people, but “what’s sitting in your head,” when it seems like you’re going crazy.

Thoughts become confused, the world is perceived as an illusion, voices are heard, obsessive delusional or suicidal thoughts arise. Or you explode with fear and panic when you can’t even go outside or talk to someone. Why does this happen and what to do about it? How not to go crazy?

All the causes of internal and external troubles are in the human psyche. You can reveal its structure and solve any problem forever with the help of the “System-vector psychology” training.

Recommendations from a psychologist

Experts pay attention to the following valuable tips:

• Strictly adhere to the schedule, observe the daily routine.
• Don't forget to rest.
• Listen to positive, favorite music.
• Play sports, move physically, give up a sedentary lifestyle.
• Before going to bed, take a walk in the fresh air.
• Try to do basic exercises every day - abs, squats, push-ups.
• Avoid stress, conflicts, set clear goals.

Tip 4. Train your memory

One of the Gulag prisoners, Alexander Dolgan, wrote about this method of maintaining sanity. While in solitary confinement, he began to lecture himself on world geography, reproducing in his memory knowledge on population, industry, precipitation, flora, rivers, cities, political structure, and many other aspects.

“Almost every day I retold the plot of the film. The film "13 Rue Madeleine" was my favorite. It was a story about the Gestapo, military saboteurs and the landing in occupied France. I virtually watched this film several times. I came to the conclusion that with each new viewing of the film new details emerge. After some time, I could easily write a script for it,” he wrote in his memoirs.

Think back to your favorite works or take inventory of knowledge, such as survival, in your own head.

What to do if grief happens?

For every person there comes a turning point in life when he loses his loved ones, relatives or finds himself in a difficult and tragic situation. At this time, it begins to seem that a person will not stand it, but one must not lose heart. Please pay attention to these recommendations:

• Never stay alone for a long time, otherwise negative thoughts can cause suicidal behavior.
• Cry, don’t hold back your emotions, just don’t abuse them, otherwise your emotions will have a negative impact on your psyche.
• Pull yourself together, find your goal, tell yourself: “No matter what, I must live on!”
• Surround yourself with something pleasant, bring a little positivity into your life.
• Walk outdoors as much as possible.
• Let friends and loved ones into your life, they will help you cope with grief.
• Don’t refuse interesting offers - go to the theater, cinema, or art exhibition.
• Smile at the world around you. Find a bit of positivity even in small things.
• Read an interesting book.
• Cook yourself some delicious food.
• Do what you love.
• Force yourself to move, don’t lie down for days.
• You shouldn’t feel sorry for yourself, as this will only make your grief even worse.
• Stop listening to sad music and watching depressing films. Give preference to comedies and melodramas.

Attention! If the methods described above are ineffective, the problem worsens even more, it begins to seem that life has completely lost its meaning, consult a psychotherapist.

Why fear arises

The problem of fear arises when a huge range of emotions of a visual person does not find realization in society, in activities that are useful for everyone. In ancient times, it was the fear of death - the strongest innate emotion in the visual vector - that helped the entire flock survive. Being the first to notice the danger, the visual person experienced extreme fear and an instant “Oh!!!” warned the entire flock of danger.

Today we are not threatened by predators, but the innate mechanism of fear remains the same. Your pulse and breathing quicken, your muscle tone increases - you are ready to flee or, conversely, you cannot even lift a finger despite the fact that there are no visible, objective reasons for fear. It is obvious that today such fear not only brings nothing useful to anyone, but also seriously spoils life.

How not to become crazy from fear and panic

Focusing on the feelings and emotions of other people eliminates the natural fear of death. Through empathy. It is the visual person who subtly feels someone’s sadness, grief and joy. He can perfectly realize himself in a profession related to communication or helping people. The main thing is to be attentive to the feelings of others, then fear is converted into strong love for people, into deep emotional connections with them. And the psychological state is completely improved.

But it happens that a vicious circle of fears comes from childhood. Or it arose as a result of psychological trauma. Then the visual person wants, but cannot, open up with his soul. Afraid of pain, afraid of being laughed at and just... afraid. When you are controlled by fear and panic, any admonitions that you need to meet people halfway are meaningless. You just can’t take a single step.

You can get rid of fears and panic forever through understanding your psyche. When every detail of the psyche that rules you is realized, fear goes away. There is an ability to establish emotional connections with people and maximize your natural talent of sensuality in your personal life and in society. This will ensure that fears no longer control you. There are about a thousand confirmations of this from people who have completed Yuri Burlan’s training:

Why does a person go crazy?

It is still unknown for what reasons various mental disorders develop. Some experts argue that mechanical damage to the brain and somatic diseases are to blame. Others are sure that mental trauma is a consequence of strong emotional experiences and tragic events.

It is worth paying attention that feelings of anger, anxiety, and resentment do not just go away. Over time, a person becomes sensitive to everything that happens, and subsequently nervousness increases. The nervous system begins to lose stability and flexibility.

Misfortunes that happen unexpectedly are especially dangerous. For example, a serious illness, death of a loved one, loss of a job, home, betrayal of a loved one. They lead to the fact that a person can go crazy.

A nervous breakdown can occur in a person if he was calm and joyful, but suddenly something happened and alarming phenomena appeared. A signal of a mental disorder is alcohol abuse and smoking.

How to prevent madness. Part 2

The modern world can rightly be called crazy in many of its manifestations. Loose morals, immorality of various segments of the population, perversion of values, complete violation of the laws of nature - these are the characteristics that can characterize “advanced” reality. The reality is crazy because quite a few people from the current generation cannot be proud of good mental health. According to the World Health Organization, every fifth person on the planet (a shocking figure - more than 1.5 billion people) suffers from some kind of mental disorder of varying degrees of severity. That is why, in order to maintain adequate reality and life in general, so that Terra does not go completely crazy, the 6 billion inhabitants of the Blue Planet need to take care of maintaining their mental health. In the first part of this article, we got acquainted with the signs that may indicate the development of insanity - severe mental disorders. The purpose of today's meeting is to try to understand why people go crazy, what factors provoke the development of mental disorders. In this publication, we will not consider congenital defects of the central nervous system; we will avoid the topic of the occurrence of mental disorders that are associated with the abnormal course of the mother’s pregnancy. Our work is devoted to studying the conditions and circumstances that lead to insanity in initially healthy people from birth. It should be noted that in modern psychiatry there is no complete understanding of the causes that gave rise to many mental disorders. The culprits of some mental disorders are not at all clear. This can be explained by the following: almost all hypotheses, no matter how logical and solid they may sound, cannot be fully studied and tested experimentally. Why? The fact is that psychiatrists and psychotherapists mostly have to deal with and treat people who have already become mentally ill. Not a single sane person would agree to become a voluntary participant in an experiment that tests in practice the mechanism of how people go crazy and lose their minds. Why people lose their minds: reasons and provocateurs

Representatives of the scientific community and practicing doctors agreed: the cause of all serious mental disorders is the combined influence of biological (physiological) conditions, psychological components and social factors. Physiological aspects Biological causes of mental illness are chronically affecting or rapidly acting factors that cause damage and lesions of the central nervous system, in particular the brain. Physiological provocateurs of insanity are both factors of the external world and conditions of the internal environment of the body, the influence of which causes disruptions in the normal functioning of the psyche. Suppression and collapse of higher mental activity are often provoked by the following circumstances. The top priority among the physiological causes of insanity belongs to traumatic effects on the cranium of moderate and severe severity. Any damage to the substance of the brain and its membranes in one way or another negatively affects mental functions. For example, a brain contusion is fraught with the formation of a lesion in the tissues and the development of hemorrhage. Subsequently, severe trauma leads to the death of nervous tissue, which becomes the direct culprit of mental defects, epileptic seizures, gross motor disorders, and speech dysfunction. Whether a person will go crazy or avoid such a fate depends on the severity of the injury and which particular area is affected. Therefore, some patients after intracranial injuries experience amnesia - memory loss. Other people begin to believe that those around them are reading their thoughts and plotting against them. Third persons become hot-tempered and rude, demonstrating aggression against others. Another physiological reason explaining why a person has gone crazy is the regular intoxication of the body with potent psychotropic substances and alcohol. Uncontrolled use of powerful medications, drug use, and regular drinking of alcoholic beverages gradually poison the body and destroy the nervous system. Intoxication causes particular damage to the structures of the brain. This is why a drug addict or alcoholic behaves inappropriately, degrades as a person and over time goes crazy, losing his human appearance. The biological cause of human madness is an imbalance of certain active chemical elements in the brain. The functions of neurotransmitters are the regulation of the emotional state: a deficiency in their production or a failure in neurotransmitter metabolism leads to an unreasonable deterioration in mood or gives rise to manic euphoria. Unfortunately, symptoms of mental disorders can also arise as a result of infectious diseases. Neuroinfection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or protozoa very quickly affects the structural parts of the central nervous system. For example, depression and autism are often consequences of herpetic encephalitis. An obvious risk factor is the elderly and senile age of a person. Elderly people often have severe defects in the cardiovascular system. Severe degenerative changes occur in the structures of the brain. Due to impaired blood supply and nutrition to the brain, changes in the structure of blood vessels, gradual death of neurons - nerve cells - occurs. A decrease in the number of neurons and disruption of communication between cells directly affects the deterioration of human intelligence. That is why among the elderly there are many people who resemble mentally ill people. Thus, with senile dementia, a significant decrease in memory is determined, and severe cognitive defects occur. A sick person loses criticism and is deprived of the ability to independently care. Age regression occurs: an elderly person “relapses into childhood.” He can demonstrate anger and aggression or, conversely, try to please everyone. He is not able to think logically, often does not understand what he is doing and why. Brain atrophy in old age leads to disturbances in the perception of reality. The patient cannot orient himself correctly in time and space. He begins to have delusional thoughts and statements. Hallucinations occur very often. Psychological and social factors We can be cheated in the store and scammed on the street. We may accidentally break our expensive mobile phone and forget our wallet on the seat in the minibus. We may receive notice of our termination. We may be informed that the bank where we had a deposit has gone bankrupt. Thousands of factors, both negative aspects and positive aspects, can to some extent shake our mental balance. Mental trauma causes pain, cripples the soul, deprives one of prudence, and leads to suicide. However, some of us are resilient to the effects of stressors and are not seriously harmed even after the most tragic disaster. Other people become depressed and lose their minds when exposed to seemingly tiny and harmless stimuli. This is because different people have different understandings of the same life situation. For some, a runny nose in a beloved cat is a shocking drama, but for others, even the news of their own serious illness does not deprive them of composure and common sense. This can be explained by the fact that people interpret events differently and attribute different degrees of importance to them. Another fact is also important: a person’s resistance to stress. Resistance to stress is nothing more than the strength and ability of the nervous system to adequately respond to stimuli. The more stable the nervous system, the less a person risks going crazy. Accordingly, the more violent the response to the presented stimulus, the more significant the change that occurs, the greater the risk that a person will “break the tower” as a result of stress. At the same time, the likelihood of going “off the rails” is present both among those who have been overwhelmed by an unexpected global misfortune, and among those who are regularly and methodically “pressed” morally and physically. The future of our psyche depends on how we behave under stress (detailed information on stress is provided here). An inappropriately intense reaction of a subject to a psychotraumatic factor often leads to reactive psychoses, which are popularly called human insanity. As a result of the incident, a strong, independent, benevolent person can become aggressive, uncontrollable, dangerous to himself and to others. An active and energetic person can instantly plunge into depression, become isolated in his experiences and obsessively replay scenes of what happened in his head. At the same time, she will painfully experience her inferiority and inferiority, reflecting on the meaninglessness of existence. The action of the tiniest irritant, in a fatal combination of circumstances, can overwhelm the thicket, serving as a trigger for loss of sanity. What can give rise to the formation of a mental disorder? Most often, the following situations and conditions are the direct provocateurs of insanity. The risk of joining the ranks of madmen and going crazy is especially great for that person who constantly fails in all his endeavors. At the same time, he disclaims responsibility for the mistakes made and blames the white light for everything. In his understanding, it is the environment that is the source of troubles and problems. He is convinced that he is being treated unfairly. They weave intrigues against him and put spokes in the wheel. He perceives all his surroundings as sworn enemies. At the same time, such a person denies that there are gross flaws in his character, his abilities are devoid of perfection, and the efforts made are insufficient to achieve success. Such a life position ultimately leads to the fact that a person, exhausted by natural failures, acquires severe delusional experiences - paranoia. Another obvious reason that a person loses his mind is pathological workaholism. A workaholic not only works excessively and too hard. He does not know how to fully relax and spend his leisure time wisely. From his point of view, rest is a kind of indicator of laziness. For him, the thought of being unoccupied and idle causes panic. However, from a scientific point of view, workaholism is a direct sign that not everything is going well in a person’s life. This is a sign that he has lost the ability to fully communicate with others, and by immersing himself in work he seeks to escape from his unresolved problems. As a result, excessive zeal and excessive workload leads to overwork and depletion of the nervous system's resources. And, as a result, a person ceases to be an adequate person. The direct provocateur of insanity is severe mental trauma, which has had a huge impact on the life of a person and led to the loss of the meaning of existence. Mental disorders can be caused by physical and sexual violence, a difficult divorce, betrayal of a loved one, bankruptcy of one’s own company, or the sudden death of a child or spouse. No less harmful to mental health is the forced social isolation of a person. Lack of communication, lack of new impressions, inability to show one’s emotions leads to the fact that a person loses her mind. Social isolation makes people extremely emotional and anxious. Staying outside the human community leads to a distortion of the perception of time, the appearance of hallucinations and obsessive thoughts, and a decrease in intellectual capabilities. The culprit for the fact that a person has crossed the line between normal and disease can also be psychological dependence. Dependent (addictive) behavior is a universal solution for “escape” from real life. Emotional dependence forces a person to give up his interests and plans, forces him to ignore his own needs and change his life values. Addiction leads to the complete destruction of the original “I” and gross personality changes. It should be remembered: an existing obvious problem provokes a “shift in the roof” not always and not fatally. An obvious cause begins its destructive effect only when a number of conditions are present. Moreover, the occurrence of mental disorders, their development, aggravation and outcome depend not only on the initial cause, but also on various harmful influences of the environment and the state of the body.

Prevention

Psychologists recommend that all bad news be communicated to a person not abruptly, but with extreme caution, having previously prepared him. Each person can process grief differently. First he denies, then there is a sharp emotional outburst, then he resigns himself and only when enough time has passed can the person fully recover.

Any negative reaction causes psychosis. A strong, strong-willed personality turns into an aggressive, uncontrollable, dangerous to himself and the environment. But a calm person withdraws into himself and withdraws into his experiences. After some time, depression develops and suicidal thoughts appear.

Bad dream

A hundred years ago, people averaged nine hours of sleep every night. Currently, according to research, the duration has been reduced to 7 hours. This trend leads to a decrease in the overall level of psychological health. In order for the human brain and body to fully rest and recover, a person needs to sleep from 8 to 10 hours. Otherwise, mental disorders and, subsequently, insanity cannot be avoided.

How to overcome negative thinking?

To prevent a critical situation, your child needs to learn from early childhood how to withstand all troubles. When a person experiences grief, he should not dwell on what is happening, he needs to look into the future. In the future, under no circumstances should you look back at the past.

The individual must understand that there are no unsolvable problems. It’s better to think rationally, with a sober mind, about how you will change your life. Please note that inaction does not solve the problem, so you cannot sit, suffer and wait for something.

Some people go crazy because they know what to do, but they only fixate on this thought, so they are tormented by mental pain.

Thus, the human psyche sensitively perceives all external influences. To avoid serious mental illness, you need to constantly work on yourself, strengthen your character, and learn to be strong. Of course, it is very difficult to realize when a loved one passes away, but you should not dwell on the problem. We need to gain strength and move on. Be healthy!

What is madness?

A hundred years ago, when psychology and psychiatry had just begun to develop as sciences, the terms “madness” or “insanity” were used to describe all possible mental disorders, from phobias to schizophrenia, bipolar mental disorder and suicidal tendencies. Now, in official practice, these terms are not used, since psychotherapists involved in the study, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders argue that inappropriate behavior, popularly called madness, is a symptom of one or another mental illness.

In modern language, madness is the loss of the ability to adequately assess the world around us and behave within the framework of accepted social norms. However, this definition is incomplete, since there are a number of mental disorders that occur in different forms and manifest themselves with a wide variety of symptoms. But still, according to the nature of its course, modern psychiatrists distinguish the following three main forms of insanity:

• 
  Melancholy

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  – a state of apathy, depression and loss of interest in life inherent in many mental disorders
• Mania is an obsession with any material or intangible object, accompanied by physical activity, hyperexcitability, inadequate emotional reactions and strong and sudden mood swings from apathy to euphoria
• Hysteria is a mental disorder characterized by strong excitability, aggression and complete control of the patient over himself.

Depending on the frequency and severity of attacks, all mental disorders are divided into three groups according to severity: mild, serious and acute. Mental disorders in a mild form, as a rule, are not very noticeable to others and are often attributed to the characteristics of a person’s character, but serious and acute insanity can cause a real tragedy.

According to statistics, the most common mental disorders in the modern world are depression, schizophrenia, phobias, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, bipolar disorder and neurasthenia. Therefore, with a probability of more than 95%, people who, according to others, have gone crazy, actually suffer from one of the above diseases.

Diagnosis and treatment

Diagnosis of dementophobia is carried out in the clinic through a conversation with the attending physician and additional tests. It is important to find out what caused the disorder. In the future, this will make it possible to construct the treatment process correctly in order to get rid of the factor that caused lysophobia.

The main factor affecting the body is neurosis. For its treatment use:

• cognitive psychotherapy;
• hypnosis;
• art therapy;
• psychoanalysis;
• pharmacological drugs.

Another aspect is hiding and fear of expressing feelings or emotions in front of others. As a result, a person withdraws into himself, becomes an introvert, and depression appears. In order to get rid of this, you need to overcome several fears:

• fear of freedom;
• fear of aggression;
• fear of being rejected;
• fear of showing your feelings.