Now a days it has become common to use words like depression, obsession, addiction and fear psychosis etc. but each has their own existence with vast area and require in depth study. For example psychosis is a very heavy and bigger term to depict extreme fear. Hallucinations and delusions lacking reality are the main symptoms of psychosis. Psychosis is similar to fever where the reason cannot be easily identified.
There is always a stigma existing with 'abnormal' word as caste ism brings stigma. Hence anyone who uses the words related to abnormality should use them with care and caution.Any abnormal behavior can be identified through proper channel of Inventories, Questionnaires, Interviews and continuous observation.
Day by day abnormality is slowly becoming part and parcel of daily life. Each one of us know the reasons. commercialization, technology losing one's culture, traditions, joint family system and values etc may be the external reasons but lack of meaning in life and existence of a vacuum in one self is the main internal reason.
Suddenly a Teacher is fired out of job in a institution and other teachers doesn't even know why then they face anxiety. As teaching community especially in private sector is amids't insecurity , anxiety and various pressures with masked and cover up behaviors its obvious that students cannot be expected much.
As per the students behavior mostly it is group behavior. Few number of students leads to more efficient behavior. Students in adolescent age have adolescent behavioral patterns which are very much normal and subside gradually and students enter the mainstream.Its time consuming process but nature takes care of it.
In order to mold anyone understanding, sympathy , recognition, care, concern, time and patience are utmost required. Of course effect of media, movies, peer culture cannot be changed but the effect of them can only be directed and channelized to certain extent in the right way.
But practicality always has a major role to play . Education has entered a commercial arena and everything in it is defined by its terms and conditions. This is the reality which every one has to accept.
Learning disability students are being identified through out the educational ladder but is it practical to place the problem before students, teachers, parents and provide them necessary training by the professionals ?
If a student commits suicide as being declared it is easily ascribed to either love failure, domestic problems and depression. But there may be unseen , not cared for reasons behind, where society may have instigated to take such sudden decision quick action or may be people around them brought them that fate. Then in that case a question arises who is abnormal ? and who has to be treated ?
Examination anxiety is common. Deep breathing , meditation , realizing that fear as normal and common thing in every one reduces anxiety . Being in the fear arousing situations i.e writing exams mock exams or real exams itself reduces irrational fear towards exams.
A counselor is needed for every educational institution whose help, suggestions are to be valued and are to be applied. Again many practical issues hinder the process.
Owing to the good intentions each and everyone has to analyze their own behavior how much of it is normal and human {caring, compassion, sharing devoid of over self centered thinking}
Above all we are human and sometimes it is completely alright to be little bit abnormal and laughing heartily afterwards thinking about it and relaxing happily. Because many of the attitudes, beliefs , situations and unconscious experiences, BEHAVIOR cannot be controlled and changed that easily.
Astropsychology has also entered the field of psychology . Experiments in telepathy, hypnosis are being conducted in Parapsychology which might reveal new ways, channelize and improve connections between teacher and students as in Indian Traditional Guru Sishya Parampara.
written by
Dr. N. Jyothirmayi
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