Psychological problems are internal problems that do not have a clear rational basis.
“They joked on me — I was offended, I don’t want to talk to anyone and I can’t talk normally. The mood is ruined.» — I have a problem, as a serious source of difficulties in normal life.
“Others are not offended by such jokes, I understand that it’s stupid to be offended here — but I’m offended all the same.” “The process at the heart of the problem is neither intentional nor rationally based.
“I understand that the problem here is not the jokes themselves – other times I am fine with them, it’s about me.” — The source of the problem is seen in something within the person or within the couple, and not in external circumstances. These are individual or interpersonal, but not social or medical (for example) problems.
If all three signs are present: there is a problem, a problem within a person or a couple and what is happening has no rational basis — this is a psychological problem.
For example, if in a group of children one child cries all the time for no reason, for no apparent reason — most likely, these are his psychological problems. If a group of hooligans brings a child to tears, then we attribute the cause of crying not to the child, but to those who mock him. This problem is not psychological, but social. If the child was surrounded by hooligans, and he cried out into a scream to attract the attention of adults, his cry, as a deliberate and rationally justified action, does not apply to psychological reactions.
It is clear that there are no strictly objective criteria here. There are people who point-blank do not see psychological problems where they are really present, and there are people who compose psychological problems where they are not even close …
Indeed, if in a group of children one child cries all the time for no reason, for no apparent reason, is it always possible to be sure that psychological problems are hiding behind this? The doctor here can assume health problems, and the teacher is simply the result of a bad upbringing …
On the other hand, the psychological problems themselves are very different: they are obvious and hidden, and can have different depths.
Psychological problems are primarily mental problems, problems of states (“Internal state: depression, loss of desire, I can’t sleep.” If we find a relationship problem behind the problem of states, we turn (if possible) to a psychological consultation).
However, psychological problems are also often referred to as personal, social and family problems, problems of relationships, if their source is seen as internal and, we repeat, they do not have a clear rational basis.
Psychological problems can be ignored, can be mitigated, psychological problems can be solved. In fact, they can still be created, they can be protected, they can be used: speculate, use as a means of pressure, have fun, boast …
Psychological problems in practical psychology
The problem as a marker of the type of psychological work. Dealing with a problem. See →