Hello all, Here is a lot of thought. My hope next week to get this assignment posted so that I can actually enjoy some converstaion. Man we work hard on these things, lol. At least I can try to get it up to talk to a few of you guys, lol. Anyway here is unit 4 blog.
1. Describe your experience. Did you find it beneficial? Difficult? Why or why not? Would you recommend this to others? Why or why not?
- I found all the information very informative, and beneficial. I have been in therapy for many years. My PTSD went undiagnosed for many years. I harbored, and sometimes still does, a deep hatred that stemmed from fear. I am much better now than back then, but only after a lot of hard work, in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy makes you talk out your concepts, thoughts anything really and eventually after all the chaos and bull shit in your life, you start to listen to yourself. A therapist is a mirror that talks to you about your rationalization of your feelings. You look inside yourself and going through your witnessing consciousness, and you work up from there. So all this information is putting a actual definition to some of the processes that I have known I have gone through.
- As for loving kindness I believe that love is a verb, or action word, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, and that an honest compliment, no matter how small, will get you farther than anything else, and as for that individual ass, well you just appreciate the fact you are a better person, and try as hard as you can not to be an ass back, lol.
2. What is the concept of "mental workout"? What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a mental workout? How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?
- The concept of Mental Workout is to boost the brain, which is often referred as meditation, which strives to achieve total relaxation and relief of stress, but it requires lesser concentration as meditation to achieve its full effects. It is highly beneficial because it calms the inner state of wellness.
- According to Britain’s best known scientist Baroness, Susan Greenfield stated “ there is evidence that such stimulation prompts brain cells to starts branching out and form new connections with other cells. From Professor Schlomo Breznits, scientific and business leader in Cognitive Fitness field stated that physical fitness, cognitive/brain fitness both requires novelty, variety, and challenges, requires deliberate workout and exercising. We need physical workout and we need cognitive workout as well.
- Today’s mental workout encourages learning of new tools in your toolbox. The more you learn about your self the better you are at collecting the tools you need to help cope with things in a healthy manner. To at least know what your triggers are. Everyone has emotional triggers that bring about a range of negative emotion, with which an individual may or may not know how to handle. Some people need to been shown new tools to help apply new ways of coping in a more positive way. This is one reason why I believe that Psychiatry and using the mind, as well as a more integral medical approach is probably the way of the future.
Rebekah,
ReplyDeleteIt was really interesting reading your post and getting an idea of your views and I think it's awesome that you have gained so much from psychotherapy and have found that it helps you so much. It sounds like something that I could also greatly benefit from, I used to have a much more witnessing mind but I think that I became too self-aware and in conjunction with this self-awareness I became very self-conscious, and the process of talking out concepts relating to my thought processes became exhausting and counterproductive. In all honesty though, as much as I picked myself apart, I think my mind was at its sharpest when I used to sort myself out growing up, and it feels as though I have given up. After reading your blog post, I am considering giving it another try - What other kinds of activities and practices does psychotherapy utilize?
I appreciate your interpretation of mental workouts as gaining new tools for one's toolbox for Life, and understanding one's own triggers is a great place to start. Great post