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““We are blessed with the tools, We are blessed with the tools, let us carve ourselves … …”let us carve ourselves … …”

BIRTHL I F E

“I” Develop Relationship with Seven Fields of Life

Relationships / Events / Situations

Universal Social

Universe

Professional Physical IntellectualFamily Mental

Society

Organization

Family

Body

Mind

Intellect

DEATH

HUMAN LIFE: PILGRIMAGE FOR GROWTH

Desire/Expectation in every relationship

EMOTIONAL STABILITY / “Sthitpragyata”

“Perform actionPerform action, O Dhananjaya, abandoning attachment, being steadfast in Yoga, and balanced

(equipoise) in success and failure. Evenness of mind (tranquility of mental composure while respondingresponding to

any pair of opposites) is called Yoga.”

The Bhagvad Gita II/48

Not emotionless, neither sentimental, but the one who is sensitive / aware about his/her own

and other’s feelings – who feels feelings but gives thoughtful / appropriate / mature

responsesresponses to the situation.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

EVENT / SITUATION

FEELING

ACTION

IMPULSIVE REACTION

ACTION

MATURE / THOUGHTFUL ACTIONMATURE / THOUGHTFUL ACTION

Re-appraisal: Interpretation through the use of knowledge / values / education / wisdom

NOTICING THE THOUGHT

PROCESS

SIGNIFICANCE OF LEARNING ABOUT STRESS

AND STRESS MANAGEMENT

ACNE

ALLERGIC REACTIONS

ANGINA PECTORIS

ARRHYTHMIA

BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

CORONARY HEART DISEASE

DIABETES MELLITUS

PEPTIC ULCER

ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

HEADACHE

HYPERTHYROIDISM

IMMUNE DISEASES

IRRITABLE COLON

MIGRAINE HEADACHE

NEURODERMATITIS

OBESITY

PAINFUL MENSTRUATION

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

SACROILIAC PAIN

SKIN DISEASES

TUBERCULOSIS

ULCERATIVE COLITIS

VOMITING

WARTSAmerican Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ed. 3 (DSM III), Washington DC, 1980.

SOME PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS

American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ed. 3 – Revised (DSM III - R), Washington DC, 1986 / DSM IV, 1994 / DSM IV TR, 2000.

AXIS: I COEXISTING PSYCHIATRIC DISTURBANCE.

AXIS: II PERSONALITY FACTORS.

AXIS: III GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION.

AXIS: IV LIFE STRESSES.

AXIS: V LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING.

MULTIAXIAL APPROACH TO DIAGNOSIS (Bio-psycho-social Model)

SITUATION / EVENT

DEMAND FOR ADJUSTMENT

MIND BODY

THOUGHTS FEELINGS BEHAVIOUR BIOLOGY

OUTCOME

POSITIVE NEGATIVE

SELF DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS

EUSTRESS DISTRESSSTRESS MANAGEMENT

STRESSOR

REACTIONS

1

2

3

THE HUMAN MIND

C

SC

EVENT / SITUATION

THOUGHTS

FEELINGSBEHAVIOUR

INTERPRETATION

- EXPERIENCE

- INFORMATION

- IMAGINATION

FRAMES OF REFERENCES /PROGRAMMES / BELIEFS /SANSKARA: Raga - Dwesha

- UNDERSTANDING

- RESOLUTION

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES

SHRAVANA: Listening to the Guru / Teacher unfolding the meaning of Shastras / Texts to get informationinformation.

MANANA: Analyzing minutely the events and situations on the basis of the

knowledge imparted by the teacher to get understandingunderstanding.

NIDIDHYASANA: Meditating on the same to internalizeinternalize the understanding.

STRESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

AWARENESSIMMEDIATE HANDLING

LONG TERMPREPARATION

- STRESSORS

- REACTIONS

- BELIEF SYSTEM

- SELF-TALK

- EGO DEFENSES

- BREATHING AWARENESS

- RELAXATION RESPONSE

- SELF-TALK

- “VIGNAMAYA KOSHA”

- PRAYER

- DIET/REST/EXERCISE

- EGO PURIFICATION

- RE-APPRAISAL

- SYMPATHETIC STABILITY

- BEING AN OBSERVER

“ “ t r a n t r a n c e c e f o r m a t i o n f o r m a t i o n ””

BREATH WATCHING

1

2

3

PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR

RELAXATION

P. M. R.

IMAGINATION

PREPARATION OF MIND

BREATHING AWARENESS

1. COMMUNICATION BRIDGE BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS.

2. CONCENTRATION.

3. LIVING IN PRESENT.

4. DEEP, SOUND AND HEALTHY SLEEP.

5. IMMEDIATE HANDLING OF STRESS.

WHAT A BELIEF CAN DO ?

BELIEFS ARE CREATED AND STORED IN THE SUB-CONSCIOUS MIND

BELIEFS CREATE

FILTERS

IN THE CONSCIOUS MIND

“DRISHTI VAISI SHRISHTI”

TRUTHFULNESS vs. EMPOWERINGNESS

TRUE / UN-TRUE EMPOWERING

DIS-EMPOWERING

EMPOWERING BELIEF

POSITIVE THOUGHTS

HEALTHY FEELINGS

MOTIVATION

HEALTH: P.- M.- S.- S.

“ KLISHTA VRITTI ”

“ AKLISHTA VRITTI ”

““YOGASCHITTAVRITTINIRODH”YOGASCHITTAVRITTINIRODH”

3 PRMANA FOR CHITTAVRITTI

Y O G A

- PRATYAKSH - Personal Experience

- AAGAM - Information

- ANUMAN - Imagination

QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF …

- PERMANENCE

- PERVASIVENESS

- PERSONAL

BREAKING A DISEMPOWERING BELIEF

MARTIN SELIGMAN

“I am

unfortunate” …

“Always

everything

go wrong

with me

in my life”

PERMANENCE

PERVASIVENESS

PERSONAL

“AlwaysYou are forgettingEverythingIn the school.”

PERMANENCE

PERVASIVENESS

PERSONAL

I DO

I LIKE I NEED

I WANT TOI WANT TO

HAVE TO

CONVERT “HAVE TO” INTO “WANT TO”

RE-APPRAISAL: CONVERTING “THREAT” INTO “CHALLENGE”

Pratik, 24 years old, B. Sc. student with repeated episodes of haemoptysis for four and a half years.

Symptom episodes were related with academic exam periods perceived as threatthreat.

Perfectionist by nature – wanted 1st rank always.

Clinical examinations & Investigations not indicating organic cause except presence of blood in sputum.

No response to empirical treatment trials.

Frustration, depression and at times irritability.

Had extreme anxiety about the up-coming exam.

Advised to drop-out from exam and re-think about career without parents’ interference.

In one of the later sessions he decided to change the branch and be a “good teacher” in future.

Exploratory hypnotic dream induction elicited age regression to emotionally traumatic event … … …

case contd.

“I know, Gujarati students are very weak in their body and mind. They are poor in studies and fall sick during exams so as to drop-out from the exams. They can’t progress academically.”

Teacher’s comments (while he had respiratory infection) emotionally appraised emotionally appraised as hurthurt and humiliationhumiliation:

case contd.

Palan, B.M. & Lakhani, J.D. (1991). Converting the “Threat” into a “Challenge”: A Case of Stress-Related Hemoptysis Managed with Hypnosis. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 33 (4), 241-247.

Therapist’s suggestion for cognitive reappraisalcognitive reappraisal:

“You, being a clever student, will take this up as a healthy challenge rather than doubting your own efficiency.”

Today, Pratik is a very popular teacher for C.A. He converted negative appraisalappraisal leading to “threat”

into a positive reappraisalreappraisal of “challenge”.

case contd.

PRINCIPLE OF ACTION AND RESULT

Doing Our Level Best

Result is Always the One, Necessary for Our Growth – for Our Long Term Happiness (“shreya”).

RESULT

EXPECTED MORE LESS REVERSE

Result is Always According to the “Intention” / the Mission of our Life / Design of the Universe.

THANK YOU … …