Mental Faculty... Taking Charge

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Understanding Mental Illness from Inside It

Deliberate Consciousness

Within the arena of professional sport, especially golf, there is the concept of 'Mental Toughness' where the golfer remains calm and collected, no matter how great the pressure. With some putts worth tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, it's worth maintaining your mental faculties at their optimum. Being a golfer myself and having shot 1 under par over a full round on a 9 hole course, I can testify to the strength of what I call 'Singularity Focus', where all that matters is the ball and the hole, and how to get it there in as few strokes as possible, without any other agenda interfering with that mindset.

Also in professional sport there is what is called 'The Zone' where your capacity to perform is at such a level, it's almost a mystical experience being in it. The mind seems to be hypnotized by the job at hand and plays a pro-active role in performance.

The main point is... MENTAL DISCIPLINE is required to perform well, not only at sport, but in all facets of life... to train your mind to serve you, is one of the most worthwhile pursuits a person can apply themselves to, as the rewards are obvious... for my own part, it reduces the amount of time spent in psychiatric hospital acute wards.

The term..."TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE"... must be preceded by... "TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR MIND."

Be conscious of your consciousness and what it's doing, and take an administrative role on what it's allowed to think... ie... decide what is acceptable and what isn't and refuse to be rushed on making those decisions.

A Schizophrenic Mind is usually a mind operating too fast to be controlled and effort is required to step on the brakes. A person who takes no action on what their mind is allowed to do will become unwell... So a schizophrenic may actually be a person with lazy mind administration... The key is to be STERN with your mind... Click Here for how to go about it.

The Mind is the Servant... NOT THE MASTER.

Even the sanest people can attest to a new 'catchy' musical tune being in their mind at some stage and refusing to stop. It requires disciplining the mind to control this kind of thing, becoming a bad mental habit.

Boredom

Persons who engage in what can be termed Mental Gymnastics or entertain active and controlled mind behaviours, with reasonable waking state fodder, are less likely to become ill, due to what is basically the 'Thought Quota' being met, with lucidity, rather than madness... Click Here for an example of mental gymnastic drills. A mind that is allowed to become bored, behaves a similar way to an untrained puppy... destructive, rather than obedient to it's owner.

The idea of mental 'boot camp' is something that could curtail wayward mental behaviour, which is first exhibited in a child's failure at "Simon says..." that is to say, a reflex reactional mind, rather than a mind that listens attentively and responds after careful consideration prior to action. So the children who fail first at "Simon says..." in a class, should be seen as requiring more discipline, applied to their minds, to 'Nip-in-the bud", what could be mental looseness in their future adult life.

Attitude Correction

At some stage of a schizophrenic's life, there may have been some sort of mental trauma, that lead to the patient trusting in their thoughts, more than they should... ie... giving undue credence to their thoughts, without correctly analyzing them for their worth. My own personal belief, is that this incorrect attitude toward thoughts, can be corrected, by teaching patients to be suspicious of their thoughts, the moment any unsubstantiated proposal of belief is put to them by their minds. Once they understand that thoughts should be questioned for their validity, prior to being accepted as having worth, and this becomes a habit, the force behind the illness has the wind taken from it's sails, and the patient is on a course toward recovery.

To reason with a patient who gives heed to 'The Voices', one must indicate to them, that they don't believe the people they perceive in their dreams are real, so why should they believe the voices they hear when they're awake are real.