Treatment of Neurasthenia by Teaching Brain Control by Roger Vittoz

Author:Roger Vittoz [Vittoz, Roger]
Language: rus
Format: epub
Goodreads: 37368760
Published: 2017-06-17T21:00:00+00:00

A distinct beat is produced by every 1, which is then followed by a relaxation (French, détente) representing the period of rest.

When badly done, the result may be represented thus:

When beginning this exercise, it is useful to see the figure 1 mentally, though we need not attach much importance to this later on; it will subsequently be sufficient if the patient has the feeling of writing, saying and hearing it mentally.

Of course, for this exercise any other number, line or point, might be taken; the reason we have chosen the one is that this accustoms the patient to the actual idea of concentration, that is to say, that in order to be concentrated the mind must be fixed on one thing, one idea and one fact.

The patient will now be able to turn more easily from this form of, so to say, mechanical concentration, to the really psychical form, and for this purpose we recommend him to try and unite all ideas in his mind and to fix them, so to speak, on the one, that is to say, he should say “one” mentally when he feels sure that all his thoughts are concentrated on one idea.

He might, for instance, as an exercise, picture in his mind a circle of which all the spokes (thoughts) converge to a one as a centre.

Every patient has his own way of attaining this result; some by imagining that they compress their brain to such an extent that room is only left for one idea, others, on the contrary, eliminate all ideas but that of the figure one.

After a little perseverance, the patient is gradually convinced that he is able to concentrate his thoughts, though perhaps only for a short space of time. Even when he can do this, which will of course be of great benefit to him, it is not sufficient, as he must be able to concentrate his mind when he wishes.

This concentration will present greater difficulty, and in order to attain it the patient must accustom himself to overcome all distractions, and he should try, when surrounded by people, and during any noise, to carry out the exercises which he had at the outset learnt in quieter surroundings; in this way he will increase the certainty which he has of being able to concentrate his mind when he wishes to, which concentration is not perfect unless, when in difficulties, he is thus able to overcome a feeling of distress or put aside some fear.

The patient, having now reached this point, we will ask him to concentrate his mind on an idea.

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