"Woman is the other of man, animal is the other of human, stranger is the other of native, abnormality the other of norm, deviation the other of law-abiding, illness the other of health, insanity the other of reason, lay public the other of the expert, foreigner the other of state subject, enemy the other of friend." (Bauman 1991: 8). Modern Illness in Mental Health Societal Mental Health; why Humans need Integration for Health The concept of The Other highlights how many societies … [Read more...]
Accepting ‘Otherness’, a Path to Mental Health
Aspects of Personality, Life and The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The consideration of personality relates to the nature of persons. Personhood relates to the uniqueness of being of an individual. Notice the word "unique". Notice the prefix "uni". That prefix means only one. There are some characteristics common to all, or common to many persons or beings. There are some attributes or characteristics common to few, and some unique. The Common and The Unique When we interest ourselves in the common attributes of all … [Read more...]
Be Uniquely Perfect
To live is to exchange energy and pattern abundantly. To live is to admit flow, to move and to be moved. To live is to take apart and to combine, to seek, out of a sense of disbalance or discontinuity, to find and resolve or complete. To live is to create and be created. We are here to live and make alive. We are aroused. We are stirred. We are prompted. We are attracted or repelled. We are motivated out of a sense of longing or yearning, out of a sense of … [Read more...]