Life can be filled great correlations on transition if we ask the right question and be truthful with our answers. Eventually, we must “honor the space between no longer and not yet.” Or In a 2005, the late Steve Jobs (CEO Apple Inc.) gave a commencement address to Stanford University, and he asked the graduates a critical question, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” If you read from the prison epistles of Paul, one to notice is to the church at Galatia. Disclaimer: This is portion is not a theological argument about the book construct but it does lift a working theme on the nature of the pedagogy (grace) and apprentice (law). If you would like to read a more in-depth look at Galatians please see An Introduction To The New Testament by D. A. Carson , Douglas J. Moo. However,
The Danger of Historical Regression
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Would you agree that regression can be both transformative and toxic?
An article titled, Conscious and Unconscious Regression by Steve Sisgold discussed in Psychology Today that “in a psychological context going back to early or past behavior is termed regression.
Originally Sigmund Freud classified regression as a defense mechanism for coping with stress; where one reverts to earlier, more childlike patterns of behavior to cope.
Since regression is a common phenomenon that occurs most often under stress, we all do it constantly, yet most of it is unconscious. When executive feels stuck on a problem they regress to infant behavior sucking and chewing their pen down to the cartridge. When a spouse feels neglected they regress by throwing a tantrum and threatening to take something away. A new college student misses home and regresses by cuddling with their child hood Teddy Bear.
Notice the next time you chew your pen like a teething ring or throw a wild kicking and screaming tantrum. Ask yourself, “Am I regressing to cope or not feel something, or am I avoiding that tough conversation or
decision?” Since this “defense coping mechanism” is so prevalent we might as well consciously embrace and direct regression to our benefit. Today people are doing inner child work, regression therapy, rebirth and the list goes on. Whether you do hypnotherapy, breath work or inner child work, consciously going back to high impact moments that influence how you behave today, can be enlightening and healing. Assuming body postures and feeling emotions associated with particular past experiences can be a very effective way to recall and heal past memories, even the ones buried deep in the recesses of your unconscious. Helping clients and myself regress and go back in time through breath, body and movement awareness has surfaced material that has enabled us to understand the source of our behaviors, and the opportunity to have a do-over, get things off our chest and change negative behaviors. If there’s some pattern or behavior you want to change, I recommend regressing back to the original moment and have yourself a do-over. Say what you didn’t get to say. Move the way you wanted to but couldn’t as a child. Breathe deeply since most likely when a past traumatic moment happened, you held your breath. Go back……and move forward!”
Regression is a defense mechanism resulting in an individual returning to a childlike state to cope with unpleasant thoughts or stress. Regression occurs when an individual faces a particularly stressful or tense situation, and instead of handling said scenario in a mature and adult manner, an immature, childlike technique is employed to handle the anxiety. While a psychoanalytic analysis is more difficult given the subconscious nature of the tensions and resulting anxiety, there are several scenes through the movie that indicate Clark Griswold regresses to handle unpleasant and anxiety-inducing situations. In one example, Clark has been stringing lights on his house for hours, and upon attempting to light them comes to find that none of
1. Summary: From small incidences, we can distinguish two types of people: the ones who sigh in frustration out of small mistakes and those who promptly deal with them without uttering any more than a single complaint or sigh. According to Michael D. Robinson(PHD at North Dakota State University), how we cope with these most dull incidents can reveal a lot about us as humans and our temperaments. In fact, this small deviation in behavior can prove detrimental to our health long term. Just as significantly stressful events can cause stress hormones to flood throughout our body, these small incidents can harm us according to Nancy Nicolson(associate professor of psychiatry and psychology at Maastricht University). Furthermore, Nicolson points to a 10-15% increase in cortisol levels for such small annoyances, which may be small compared to the 100% increase that we usually experience from greatly stressful events such as tests, but when accumulated over time, can lead to a bad combined effect. Carmen Sandi further states that feeling chronically stressed can weaken the immune system and increase heart disease. Rosalind S. Dorlen adds on, claiming that mental strategies can be practiced to help us exercise the brain region responsible for reasoning as long as we train ourselves to deal with this persistent tissue. Next, the article lists 5 signs of stress and how to deal with them. Often, we feel inconvenienced about a situation such as when a bus comes late and view our waiting of it as a “waste of time”. Perhaps, Dorlen concludes, we should try to see why the bus may have been late and take the issue from their perspective such as a maj...
Professor B. Lahey agrees “...that the ego possesses a small arsenal of defense mechanisms that are unconsciously used to cope with tension” (566). The following are nine methods identified by Freud. The first is displacement, where letting out your anger to a friend when it was meant for someone else. Secondly is sublimation's, is by putting your stressful feelings into activities like schoolwork, literature, and sports. Reading or drawing always seem to make me feel better. The third one is Projections, putting their feelings of desire or emotions onto someone else. After that is reaction, by conflict motives or feelings are avoided by doing the opposite. Then after that is regression, reducing stress by hiding behind earlier patterns of behavior like stomping and throwing tantrums when a setback has been suffered. Then there is rationalization, reducing stress by thinking logically and explaining to oneself “this happened for a reason”. Another is repression, Avoiding things that would make oneself stressful without knowing it. Another one is Denial, consciously denying one's feelings or desire even when facts are shown. Lastly is intellectualization, looking at the other way around instead of facing
Psychoanalysis is a unique form of psychological treatment founded by Sigmund Freud and later modified by his followers including Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, and Harry Stack-Sullivan (Wedding & Corsini, 2013). Although there is no one psychoanalytic theory Wedding and Corsini (2013) tell us that there are basic principles that tend to be found throughout different psychoanalytic perspectives. They note that psychodynamic perspectives emphasize ideas of the unconscious and the ability to increase choice by facilitating an awareness of unconscious motivations. Psychodynamic perspectives tend to focus on the client’s use of defense mechanisms like projection, reaction formation, splitting, intellectualization, repression, transference, and resistance as a way of avoiding painful fantasies, feelings, and thoughts (Wedding & Corsini, 2013). Such perspectives embrace the assumption that people are ambivalent about change and emphasize the importance of exploring that ambivalence (Wedding & Corsini, 2013). In addition, the therapeutic relationship is viewed as a vehicle of change; one that can be used for exploring both unconscious (primary) and conscious (secondary) self-defeating processes and actions (Wedding & Corsini, 2013). Transference and countertransference are viewed as essential therapeutic tools (Wedding & Corsini, 2013). Psyc...
After Reading Mark and Galatians, one might notice the overarching theme of ethical guidance presented in each of these books. If we analyze this, we can compare and contrast Mark’s view on ethics with Paul’s. We see many similarities when discussing faith and trust. Both Mark and Paul believe that one must believe and trust in the Lord for them to live a proper ethical life. However, we also see contrast between the two books when talking about forgiveness. In Mark, Jesus forgives many people and tells them that they are cleansed of their sins. In Galatians, Paul does more scolding than forgiving, telling the Galatians how they should be living their lives and what they are doing wrong. In fact, if we compare Mark to Galatians we can see many large similarities and key differences that can help us better understand the text as a whole.
The theoretical approach used in the book is psychoanalysis. Although the author of the book and the main person that is being focused on is Carl Rogers, Sigmund Freud is the originator of psychoanalytic therapy. Sigmund Freud in the beginning of his career was interested on understanding the human behavior, which resulted with the famous psychotherapy that Carl Rogers used in this book. Freud was always interested in human’s unconscious state of mind, the things that took place in our unconscious in addition to thoughts and feelings that are in our unconscious. He believed the human mind was like an iceberg; it was mostly hidden in the unconscious with the conscious mind being the tip of the iceberg. He believed the unconscious held aspects of our personality and the conscious things we were already aware of. Another aspect of psychoanalysis is apparent is defense mechanisms, which according to Freud are used by the ego to protect the person from anxiety. Psychoanalysis therapy is based off of observations that individuals are unaware of they are also the factors that determine emotions and behavior. (Sigmund Freud. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5, 2015, from
Sigmund Freud was one of the most iconic psychologist in the twentieth century. He developed various theory in the field of psychology. Although, some of his work is outdated, his impact on the field is still strongly felt. One of his theory that he put forward was the belief that a person’s personality was set in childhood, along with the idea that if someone tried to analyze the psyche of a person, they’ll put up barriers, or defense mechanism, to “lie” to themselves. Freud’s work on the psychoanalytic is still used to treat depression and various anxiety disorder.
Anna Freud used the defenses as hints of the repressed, scary impulses (instincts) that were underlying the patient's troubles. For example, the goo...
Freud, S. (1959) ‘Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety’. Translated by J. Strachey in The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud Vol. XX. London: The Hogarth Press.
Sigmund Freud, who introduced the concept of sublimation in modern psychology, defined it as “a process that concerns object-libido and consists in the instinct directing itself towards an aim other than, and remote from, that of sexual satisfaction; in this process the accent falls upon deflection from sexuality.” Freud argues that sublimation originates in suppression, which he describes as the “progenitor of the period of sexual latency” and then leads to redirection. Individuals pursue another activity as a substitute to confronting their sexual desires.
The definition of past-life regression is, "a technique that uses hypnotherapy to recover what practitioners believe are memories of past lives or incarnations, though others may regard them as fantasies. Past-life regression is typically undertaken either in pursuit of a spiritual experience, or in a psychotherapeutic setting."
People say that if you let go your burden emotions, you will feel relieved. They suggest me to verbally communicate with people. That is what I am not comfortable with doing. I am frustrated inside. Then, I will pick a pen, a notebook, and write to let go of what I am holding. Once I am done throwing away my feelings and experiences in my notebook, I feel like I can breathe properly again and my smile will never fade. Writing gets my creative juices flowing and helps me to come face to face with my struggles and anxieties. It forces me to find a solution to my problem. It helps me to cope. It sometimes gives me an outlet for all my negative emotions. Therefore, writing is like a mother’s love to me. It takes all my problem within itself, calms me down and suggests me to solve my problem like every mother
Denial is perhaps the most primitive and maladaptive of the defense mechanisms. We engage in the forbidden behavior, but feel no anxiety because memories of that behavior are prevented from entering consciousness. We cannot recall having done anything unacceptable, so we quite honestly deny our behavior.
Behaviorism, developed by John Watson is the study of behavior. Within behaviorism, there is classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and social learning. Classical conditioning is a basic form of learning by which all organisms adapt to their environment and uses stimulus to create a conditioned response(Meyers). Operant conditioning is a learning process enforced by consequences. Social learning which is learned primarily by observing and imitating the actions of others. The social behavior is also influenced by being rewarded or punished for these actions(Meyers). HPD does not have to any causes by operant and classical conditioning, it does have some causes with social learning. HPD could have started with social learning when the person was younger. They could
According to Cramer (2000), states that defense mechanism in psychology began with Freud and further explored