If a person does not experience emotions, he is either dead or seriously ill. The importance of having such experiences is so great that even their lack can lead to serious consequences. This situation is called emotional deprivation, compensation of which in adults, and children often becomes an occasion for a visit to a psychotherapist or even a psychiatrist, as it is impossible to get out of the situation independently.
Emotional deprivation
The very word "deprivation" is ambiguous, it can be translated as "deprivation, neglect, destruction", but it is usually used in the sense of "restriction". Thus, emotional deprivation is the impossibility of obtaining the required experiences.
The reasons for emotional deprivation are different: in children this is usually a wrong education (projecting their needs for a child, not studying his world), parents' unreadyness or an incomplete family; in adults - loss of a loved one, work, another severe shock or a series of small but long failures.
The results of such restrictions are also surprising by the variety. If this happens to the child, then it loses its activity, interest in what is happening, which will affect its development. It also contributes to the development of complexes , psychosomatic diseases and even psychiatric illnesses. Emotional deprivation in adults can lead to inadequate anxiety, depression, loss of faith in one's own strength. True, adults can adjust their behavior, so not always a lack of emotions immediately affects the behavior. Some particularly persistent people will not respond for a long time, trying to come up with compensation for emotional deprivation, but this will only be a reprieve of serious problems in the future.
Consequences of deprivation
Fill the lack of emotions in different ways:
- children seek attention from peers or other adults;
- become hyperactive or are in constant despondency, preferring to seek solace in books or their reflections.
In adult compensation options more:
- desire to maximize your social circle;
- promiscuous sex life;
- search for new impressions under the influence of psychotropic substances;
- risky hobbies.
Of course, nobody canceled books, music and artifacts, at first many find solace in them, but if the emotional hunger grows, then each time an impact is required more powerful, and therefore the methods are becoming less and less safe.
So take a look again at yourself and your loved ones, do not you deprive them of their vital warmth and love ? And if you suffer, then urgently seek a reason to then not become a regular visitor to pharmacies and attentive doctors of a narrow profile.