interview with Rafa NadaI’m in Target gave a lot to talk about. Especially for them opinions on feminismbut also for other issues, such as care that never happens, or its experience of communicating with a psychologist. He did not give details about this, but said that he went there twice because of two problems: one as a child, the other as an adult. These statements also attracted many comments on social networks, including from the actor and director. Tristan Ulloa, who wanted to add on this matter: “You don’t have to have problems to go to a psychologist. It’s better to leave before you have them.
These statements were also somewhat controversial. Who is right, Rafa or Tristan? We have to Go to a psychologist When do we feel well or when we are already very sick?
The answer, as with many things in life, lies somewhere in the middle. Go to a psychologist when we have a problem complete mental health doesn’t make much sense. But if this is done when the problem is in a very advanced stage, it will significantly complicate therapy. It’s important to know how to spot the signs that something is going wrong and then act as quickly as possible. When in doubt, it is always a good idea to seek advice. But one thing is clear: if you’re not asking yourself whether you need to see a psychologist, it’s probably because you don’t need it.
When should we go to a psychologist?
Before talking about when to see a psychologist, there are several factors to consider. Firstly, those who are called negative feelings In fact, there aren’t that many of them. It’s okay to feel them sometimes even adaptiveand if they occur punctually and in a controlled manner, they do not indicate the presence of any problem.
For example, anxiety makes us wary. This is a reaction to a mechanism known as fight or flight that we have evolved to prepare for danger. If an ancestor had to face a lion, he had two options: run or fight the lion. In both cases, your breathing and heart rate will increase, your muscles will tense, all your energy will be focused on these needs and left for others such as digestion…. It’s not normal to fight wild animals these days, but exam or interview They can be perceived by our brain as a threat, causing the same symptoms. It’s anxiety, and if you feel alone in these circumstances, that’s not a bad thing.
On the other hand, if it goes to much greater extremes or occurs in situations that don’t really require such a warning, then something is wrong.
The same thing happens with sadness. This feeling activates a psychological process that helps us overcome situations surpassing us, like the loss of a person. Feeling sad about the death of a loved one, a breakup, or any disappointment is completely normal and adaptive. The problem arises when it is not overcome over time or interferes with our daily lives.
So when will we consult?
In general, psychologists say that you need to turn to one of them, for example, when there are traumas that cannot be overcome, Disconnecting from activities that previously brought you pleasures, physical symptoms without a medical explanation, or persistent discomfort in daily life. Also if we see that our loved ones are worried about us. We may not realize it, but others sense that we are not feeling well. In such cases, however, there may not yet be a problem as such, but there are indicators that Is there something wrong.
Is Tristan Ulloa right?
In conversation with Hypertextpsychologist Mark Ruiz de Mintegia He talks about what these first indicators are for him. “I usually use as the first indicator human suffering“he says. “But there is a lot of suffering that can arise, for example, from political or contextual decisions… And the mistake we make is that we attribute this individual pain to a mistake in the individual.”
This indicates that context is also important for understand what the real problem is. “So, and taking this into account, we would broadly say that a psychological problem would be the mistake we make in interfering with the difficulty we face in life,” the psychologist continues to explain. “As a person perpetuates an attempt at a solution that does not solve this difficulty, the problem grows larger and consolidates.”
If you take all this into account, then, of course, it is important to go to a psychologist as soon as possible. But one day it problem begins to appearno sooner than.
“For example, with TCA, the prognosis is better the earlier you can intervene. If Tristan Ulloa refers to this, I agree with him. But as for the idea of going to a psychologist before or without a problem, then, from my point of view, this makes no sense. Psychological intervention is a technology designed to solve psychological problems, not to study, better understand, or prevent them. Psychological prevention is one thing, but intervention is another.”
Mark Ruiz de Mintegia, psychologist
Is Rafa Nadal right about the taboo?
In addition to the topic that Tristan Ulloa comments on, Rafa Nadal also noted that he Going to a psychologist is normal. For this reason, it is not taboo for him. He doesn’t think so. But is it true that for society it has ceased to be taboo?
We also asked Ruiz de Minteguia about this. “Going to a psychologist has become much more destigmatized, especially since the pandemic, but it is still viewed with more reservations than going to a doctor or physiotherapist.” Luckily, it looks like things are only getting better. “I think that it is the matter of time and generational change.”
I hope so. Well, what cannot be denied is that a timely visit to a psychologist can even save our lives. Why should we stigmatize something so important?
Source: Hiper Textual
