Conflict Mental

Mental conflict

Mental conflict (also called intrapsychic conflict) is a clash of opposing motives, needs, interests and values ​​within one person.

Intrapsychic conflict occurs when a person has two or more incompatible desires, attitudes or goals. For example, a person may simultaneously want to buy a new car and save money to buy a house. Or an employee may feel the need to increase sales and at the same time not want to put pressure on customers.

The causes of intrapersonal conflicts can be very different:

1. Contradictions between consciousness and the unconscious. For example, a person on a conscious level wants to be confident in himself, but his unconscious fears interfere with this.

2. Conflict between the “real self” and the “ideal self.” A person is not satisfied with who he is and strives for an unattainable ideal.

3. A clash between established habits and new goals. For example, a person is used to eating fast food for lunch, but decides to switch to a healthy diet.

4. The struggle between motives of duty and inclinations. A person must do unpleasant work, although he does not want to do it at all.

Intrapsychic conflicts can lead to anxiety, depression, and psychosomatic illnesses. To resolve such conflicts, it is important to realize true motives and values, find a compromise between conflicting aspirations, or abandon one of the goals. Psychotherapy and psychological counseling help a person cope with internal conflicts.

Mental conflict is a complex process occurring in the human psyche, expressed in an inadequate reaction to provoking events that, at first glance, should not cause such a reaction. The basis of mental conflict is confrontation, the struggle of needs and drives, as well as their inadequate interaction, leading to conflict with the environment and with one’s inner world. Mental conflict can manifest itself in various forms, such as neurosis, psychopathy, depression, etc. And in this article we will look at some of them.

Neuroses are mental disorders of various contents that exhibit characteristic features. It is typical for neurosis that with mental trauma, persistent neuropsychic disorders develop (feelings of anxiety or fear, depression, irritability, etc.), accompanied by autonomic disorders (sleep disturbances, palpitations, pain in the heart, poor appetite, sweating, trembling etc.). Neurosis as a mental illness is a reflection of the conflict between the individual and his environment.

Psychopathy is a painful change in character. Character is the core of personality and reflects the combination of the most essential, stable properties and qualities of a person. The content of psychopathy is identical to a mental disorder. It differs in that the patient is healthy before the disease takes its toll. Character begins to form around the age of 20 under the influence of the characteristics of the life path, types of upbringing and events and reactions to them on the part of the individual during the period of his formation as a person. Psychopathy is a manifestation of a person’s internal conflict with the world around him, a person’s desire to preserve himself in a hostile environment. Personality in psychopathy changes, becoming less plastic. Psychopaths become people who are impulsive, quickly excitable, have close connections with the external environment, lack of restraint and imbalance in their actions and actions. In mental disorders the character is pathological. Psychopathy is often caused by mental trauma. Moreover, in cases where a person with the wrong character finds himself in a severe traumatic situation, the reaction can be very complex and multifaceted. For example, clinical schizophrenia may occur.

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