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5 psychological deviations that have become the norm in modern society

Published 11.03.2024 | By Йосиф

5 psychological deviations that have become the norm in modern society

Irina Medvedeva, director of the public institute for demographic security, highlighted several main trends in modern society that may indicate the presence of psychological deviations.

1. Untidy.

By psychiatric standards, untidiness is an indicator of severe psychiatric disorder. It can be detected in such nervous disorders as dementia, depression, schizophrenia, increasing dementia, alcoholism, and drug addiction. What is meant here is not “situational” or temporary sloppiness associated with a lack of time or energy, but sloppiness as part of the image. And such a phenomenon is taking place today. Since torn jeans, coats and dresses of different lengths, improperly fastened buttons and other “impairments in neatness” are part of the image of many young people.

2. The cult of sex.

The media is the main “conductor” of the cult of sex to the masses. Comedy programs, films, advertising and even cartoons – everything is imbued with the idea of sexual liberation. What remains hidden among normal people is now brought to public view and discussion. Intimate shame is considered a relic of the Middle Ages. But isn’t this a sign of the moral degeneration of society?

From the point of view of experts, this is not only the imposition of various kinds of perversions, such as voyeurism (when they show what is happening in other people’s bedrooms), but also the popularization of sexopathological deviations, which are part of psychopathology. Moreover, the promotion of sex, which occurs in the form of lectures and stories about so-called safe sex, provokes in the younger generation neglect of family and marriage relationships, which are one of the important components for a person with a healthy psyche. In the absence of marital relations, mental disorders are inevitable, which generally leads to the degradation of society.

3. The cult of money and luxury.

We live in a time when a person can neglect the basic necessities in order to buy something that will impress others. Whether it’s a new car, a fur coat or an iPhone. A person is judged by his financial situation, his spiritual values fade into the background. Spiritual hunger in this case is satisfied not by working on one’s complexes, but by acquiring things and filling external space. And against this background, it is interesting that the smallest number of suicides occurs in poor countries, while the growth of material well-being in Europe was accompanied by an increase in the number of suicides. A “consumer” attitude towards a person, in which he is perceived through the prism of his well-being, leads to complexes and mass neuroses.

4. The cult of success.

Every person wants to be successful. But success that does not serve to satisfy not only the material, but also the spiritual needs of a person, often leads to depression. “A successful person at a psychologist’s appointment” – today this has become the rule rather than the exception. In modern society, success has been made into an idol that people worship, forgetting themselves. And it seems that there would be nothing wrong with this if all sorts of things that are far from success were not “shoved” into this concept, for example, such as money, fame, honor, etc. After all, success is, first of all, a state of mind, and not what others think about you.

A person should and can strive for success, but it is important to have a clear understanding of its content. Because when we buy into a shiny wrapper, we waste our life and energy on the rotten filling, this ultimately leads to disappointment, regret, mental disorders and suicide. One cannot help but recall the excessive rationalism characteristic of those very “successful” people. Rationalism, which is presented as pragmatism. This is also one of the signs of schizophrenia. Since, contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia is not characterized by irrationality, but, on the contrary, by excessive rationality, excluding feelings of empathy for others.

5. Narcissism.

Each century had its own “fashionable” mental disorders. If at the beginning of Freud’s practice these were disorders of a hysterical nature, then in our time narcissism has become “fashionable”. Perhaps this is due to the development of technology, which can “unite” people from almost all over the world into a single online community. If earlier people had to work, invent, and create for years to gain self-affirmation and universal recognition, today people do not need to undertake such feats; successful photos and beautiful pages are enough. But narcissism is not just about social networks. In the preface to the book “Hell’s Web. How to Survive in a World of Narcissism” Sandy Hotchkis writes the following: “It is difficult to say anything new about narcissism. There have always been empty, greedy, manipulative people with inflationary self-perceptions who did not take other people’s interests into account.

What is troubling in contemporary culture is the degree to which the psychological flaws of other people are universally lauded. In our time, in the modern era, narcissism is not only tolerated – I approve of itt and praise. Many of our leaders and public figures we admire show off their narcissistic tendencies, and we are eager to emulate their exceptionalism. Their outrageous behavior does not leave us indifferent and seems charming and attractive to us, and therefore we allow ourselves to “admire” them. Until we learn to recognize which behaviors are healthy and which are not, we will be walking around in a fog, and the statement that “everyone does it” will not help justify those who are going downhill.”

Narcissism is a disorder on the altar of which not only actions that cause amazement, shock, or interest in society are raised, but also noble deeds, such as charity, helping one’s neighbor, loyalty to ideals, etc. This means that he is also dangerous in that he even casts doubt on good deeds, doubting the sincerity and morality of the person who committed them.

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