All in perspective



This space came up as a perfect opportunity to review my role as psychologist till then and how I would like to take it forward before and after CONNECT. 

Before Connect

Any field dealing with healing revolves around symptoms. What is it that needs healing? In medical science one looks for physical ailments ranging from headache, stomach upset to cardiac arrest. Psychologist would look for behavior, emotion or thought process that troubles the clients. If we look further even a mechanic would ask what's wrong? since when the headlights aren't working.

As a Psychologist I was trained to look into symptoms that is troublesome, one which bothers and doesn't allow my clients or me to function to my full capacity. My practice of healing comes into action only when there is trouble. When client doesn't feel good they seek me and my role is to look what is he/she not feeling good about and intervene.

In Connect

When I was asked to define Symptoms itself by Prasad in very first class, I could identify all signs that is related to anxiety, schizophrenia and what not (I thank my Psychopathology professor, you trained me really well). It took me few minutes to realize; "Vimarsha! this is Connect not MSc. Being here for almost a year and half, by now you must realize Pavithram calls for wholesome approach and your definition is half done". I hadn't observed that being healthy is understood through signs and symptoms as well. That moment I realized as a psychologist I need to rework the way I see Health and symptoms.

After Connect

I am working to understand health, symptom manifestations and healing from energy perspective. I view symptom as indicator towards current state of functioning of a person irrespective of positive or negative.

Vimarsha


Comments

  1. Prasad Naveen @ Pavithram30 July 2019 at 11:10

    Good one Vimarsha. Well explained,can understand your journey and maturity.

    Symptom is truly irrespective of positive or negative. Its the concentration of
    Awareness, Energy and Intention.

    Once our inner eye is open to it, we can identify it and understand
    1. Body reflections of it
    2. Mind - thought - reflections of it
    3. Energy reflections of it
    4. Corresponding image, voice, body behavior that show us what it needs to express.
    5. the goal of it
    6. the relationship its creating
    7. the effect of all these causes can be sensed, if we truely see it.

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  2. Prasad Naveen @ Pavithram30 July 2019 at 11:11

    I like the way you collated it from the past to your present. Good writing skill. Well profiled.

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