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ILLUSIONS INDUSTRY

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ILLUSIONS INDUSTRY

By Psychologist Radu Stoica

 

Every day  illusions are offered to us. Illusions for sale. It is quite a lucrative market for some. Gadgets, mobile phones , tablets and computer games , all kinds of objects that delight the consumer to buy, even to borrow money just to take possession of the latest news in the field. All advertising associated with the marketing of products that offer illusions, has a unique message : “Buy Now , our product is absolutely necessary to have it now , it’s super tender, do not buy their product , because ours is the best” . And if you recently bought a similar product from the same producer, they have a message for this situation too: “in vain do you bought last year a cell phone out of us. This year’s model is much better known to all, is much better than the old product , to which this new product is a revolution in the field now .” If so or not, opinions are divided. Most often major electronics manufacturing companies providing illusions , are tried in courts across the planet because they copied each other different ideas, projects , patents . And all this on the buyer’s money. Which in turn let themselves influenced by all this commercial campaign , and buy without comment  everything that is new in the field, and believing the producers which strongly support the undeniable usefulness of their products , although those buyers end up using only a small portion of the applications offered by those gadgets. I read an article recently where reference is made to one of the major manufacturers of electronics, which has invested $ 12 billion in advertising. Very interesting. Why would a manufacturer of electronic invest an amount of money, so large, in an aggressive advertising ? In order to make the world better? As to grow the global economy?  To create jobs? Possible. But more important is to eliminate competition. Therefore offer all sorts of promotions , otherwise well studied of older products , in stock , or newer products that they sell at prices comparable to the competition , so to make a profit and the consumer prefers product that , as it has a little more affordable price and similar options, or even something more. Caught in the trap of shopping , the consumer is forced to buy , first to be fashionable , because if there is an older phone or a TV that is not the latest generation of LCD or LED, he becomes an undesirable character, anachronistic and misfit. School children can not stay in class without touch screen phones , the latest generation of phones necessarily more expensive than their teachers’, so to send messages to one another not only by the old SMS , and also by e- mail or blue- tooth. And all of this happens during class hours. After their possibilities. It is not their fault. Who spends the money, is responsible. But that is not a problem. Until it is time to change something. Not much, but something. Probably when each will have the house full of devices and gadgets that use to work great, but offer illusions, consumers will realize the situation they are in.

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RELIGION AS A RESOURCE, OR AN OBSTACLE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

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ABSTRACT

 

This work contains theorethical references about psychotherapy used for clients/pacients who come for therapy beeing influenced by religious, more or less, disfunctional ideas. We also may highlight the fact that usually, persons who encounter several problems which might be solved by using cognitive-behavioral  therapy, have a disfunctional belief that religion is the only way for solving theese problems. Usually these people are ready to try a therapeutical plan, but they also are ready to give up on therapy, so much because of their disfunctional beliefs so long because of some personality disorders which are more or less obvious. It takes a high level of knowledge and experience for the therapist, so that the therapy should work properly and also to offer good results. In order to colaborate with the client/pacient in good terms, we have apealed to the opinion of some psychotherapy classics.

 

Collective unconscious archetypes

In addition to the personal unconscious, there is still a level of spirit and deeper unconscious, the collective unconscious, which is universal and impersonal and that, therefore, it is the same to all of us. The collective unconscious, must emphasize again, it is not so dependent on the individual’s personal history: there is something gained by us lifetime, but rather something suprapersonal “before us”, while it bears “primary  images” of our ancestral life. It is therefore a great mistake to suppose that the psyche of the new born is a tabula rasa, in that it does not contain anything. Every child, or adult, and each is determined by influences what emanates from the collective unconscious; and these influences, which operates independently of the personal unconscious, guarantees each individual the similarity and even an identity experience and representation. By making this statement, Jung is not trying to prove  the existence of collective unconscious; He admits its existence rather than as part of its working hypothesis to explain the almost universal parallelism of imaging in children neurotic fantasies,  dreams, visions, and patient schizoid visions, ethnological, in primitive cultures of mythologies.

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The influence of relaxation techniques and methods over stress and anxiety

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SUMMARY

This work includes a case study and theoretical basis which led to the accomplishment of a therapy plan and of a therapeutical deal and to client’s positive evolution. We also may highlight good consequences of Schultz-Jacobson relaxation methods and breathing exercises. The case study is a part of our daily reality and shows the importance of cognitive-behavioral approach for treating anxiety and long-term stress, and the progress which can be made this way, especially because the client had encountering a high level of anxiety, which generated difficulty in relaxation exercises. The client, female, age 23, was also encoutering difficulties in the relationship with her parents, especially with her mother, state of facts which started with financial problems, and in time, those difficulties had increased leading to her mother’s violent behavior. Eventually we have accomplished an improvement of her general status and of her ability to establish relationships with her close pearsons.

 

THE AUTOGENUOUS TRAINING (SCHULTZ)

The controlled modification of biological stress reactions involves using techniques which reduce psycho-physiological parameters of stress. One of the most important techniques is the autogenuous training.

The fundamentation of this method by J.H. Schultz at the beginning of XXth century, in Germany, is closely linked with medical hypnosis’ development.

The autogenuous training is a scientifically well foundamented method, experimentally and clinically verified which is characterised by simplicity and economicity, meaning it is easy to learn and it takes little time. The effects of this kind of training may be observed even from the very first days of practicing (a better relaxation, reduced anxiety, better sleep, concentration capacity and better memory capacity).

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