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EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH

By Robert Mahabodh Armstead, Ph.D.

What is happiness? What is health? The answer is relative. Certainly it is  connected strongly with a sense of satisfaction with our life and a sense of well being, as well as contentment, the ability to love and work, having interpersonal skills, and many other traits. The role of psychology has increasingly become one of supporting the actualization of these qualities within us.

One of the things that can get in the way of this sense of well being and  happiness is our desire for security. Taken to an extreme, this leads to boredom and a sense of flatness, and if it continues it can subsequently lead to depression.

Another factor which can interfere with our  sense of well being is when we become split within ourselves, and we begin to make ourselves wrong for how we are, or for what we see in ourselves. This process of judging ourselves inhibits our ability to make use of what there is in us, and to make the best of it. Taken to an extreme, we end up being at war with ourselves, afraid of ourselves, and this is a crisis situation. There is a definite need to end this conflict, to find harmony and to bring satisfaction and balance into our life. This conflict can be healed, and the inner harmony can be attained.

When we are afraid of ourselves, the beauty of our heart and love cannot  emerge. Sometimes we have difficulties getting started on our own, however, and the opportunity of talking with someone who can listen and reflect back what is in our way can be invaluable. That someone can be a professional or even a good friend. The quality of this contact has been found to aid
healing even from severe illness. There are exercises and processes which can help us expand our normal ways of perceiving and experiencing the world. They increase our sensitivity and support expansion into new realms of
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