This can make life appear meaningless and lead to depression. Stress can also affect relationships greatly. If one partner is over stressed, they can react unreasonably to the other person and be quite difficult to deal with. This can act like a chain reaction whereby the stress the person is under causes them to behave badly with their partner which can lead to more rows and arguments. These in turn can lead to more stress within the relationship for both parties.
The cognitive explanation for OCD starts from the observation that everybody at some time has undesirable thoughts that they would be ashamed to admit (e.g. most of us worry at times about touching something dirty). The theory suggests that people with OCD have a ‘cognitive bias’, irrational thought patters. The cognitive therapy for OCD helps the individual change their irrational thinking by encouraging them to use counter-statements in order to reverse negative, irrational thinking. For example ‘if the worst happened is it true that I would not be able to handle it?’, this would enable negative and irrational thoughts to be dispelled.
In which he divides the needs into a lower level and a higher level. Physiological needs tell the body to send signal to the mind to get the body to take action or we do them in voluntarily which is psychological. You cannot touch or see the physiological actions, because they are in the mind. Physiological actions will tell the body what it needs. If you choose not to adhere to those signals then the response becomes psychological.
They will focus or notice the negative things ignoring the positives, their negative view will spiral downward and breed more negative thoughts. These types of individuals are more likely to experience mental ill health. A person who perceives things as positive or have a 'happy go lucky' outlook will take things in their stride, not worry or stress about everyday life and think more logically when they do have problems in their life and deal with them head on rather than dwell on them and letting the spiral out of control. They will focus on the positive things not the negative. These types of individuals are less likely to experience mental ill health.
As we relax we enter a more relaxed state which enables the waves to slow down. When you are dreaming or even in some medative states your brain waves slow down to 4 – 8 cycles per second which are called theta waves. These waves are associated with calmness. Theta waves are associated with our subconscious mind where we hold all our past experiences, thoughts and behaviour patterns. Activation of theta ways may bring up suppressed memories which may be very painful to that person.
The term coping generally refers to adaptive or constructive coping strategies for example the strategies reduce stress levels. However, some coping strategies can be considered maladaptive, for example stress levels increase. Maladaptive coping can thus be described, in effect, as non-coping. Furthermore, the term coping generally refers to reactive coping, for example the coping response follows the stressor. This contrasts with proactive coping, in which a coping response aims to head off a future stressor.
As long as the individual does not see this type of behavior as a problem the individual cannot make positive changes for a better future. Contemplation Stage In the contemplation stage individuals are more willing to think about change. The person is more aware of the problem but is still guarded about making a change. Concerning drug addicts and alcoholics they may be at a point in their lives where they enjoy what they are doing, but at the same time are coming to realize they need to make some positive changes in their lives. Preparation and Action Stage Preparation and action occurs when the person has already made plans to change and has made the steps to succeed in the change.
Stress, anxiety, phobias and habits can all be related in some form or another. For instance, stress causes anxiety and vice versa. They are caused by fear and change. A habit can cause stress, such as when we try to stop a habit like nail biting and can’t. A phobia causes stress and anxiety.
This could be caused by a many different things. He could be depressed about what he thinks his performance would be if he tried. Then it could clearly be a medical issue going on that he is unaware of. If these things are the problems, they can be corrected in most cases. Having these dysfunctions can be very frustrating, upsetting, and embarrassing for most men and women.
Children of divorce are often neglected in this situation and can sometimes act out in many ways. They may become sad and suffer from depression, turn to drugs and lead destructive lifestyles, and often times they end up in similar unhealthy relationships. Emotions are a big part of life especially when dealing with something so difficult such as divorce. Children can begin to become insecure and afraid, often questioning what their future will be like due to the instability they’ve experienced in the midst of or as a result of a divorce. They may experience sadness and believe that they will never have a real or whole family again.