Memory for students
I am Gauri Rampal, a student of the 12th class. I am facing the board exams and I am unable to remember what I have studied. This is the most important year of my academic career. Please give a few tips…
Memory improvement
Please give some tips for memory improvement. If one works at it, an incredible amount of information can be retained in memory. Experts in any fields have excellent memories for material in their areas of proficiency. The more one…
Defense mechanisms 3
This is the last in the series of outlining the defense mechanisms that a person may use in day to day activities and that also define his problems. Displacement is shifting of an emotion from one idea or object to…
Defense Mechanisms 2
Last week we looked at the mature defense mechanisms that allow a person to live at the optimum adaptation of life. However, there are many defenses that reflect a person’s pathology. Denial is avoiding the awareness of some painful aspect…
Defense Mechanisms
Stress is ubiquitous in our lives. We counter the stressors in our life through defense mechanisms. For a high adaptive level of life, there should be an optimal handling of stressors through mature defense mechanisms. These defenses usually maximize gratification…
Adolescent Questions
I am Jignesh Mehta, a 42 year old businessman. My son, Sunay, 14 years old was a very quiet and well adjusted child till about 6-9 months back. Since then he has started asking me a lot of questions. I…
Adolescent Quarrels
I am Shirish Raval, a 46 year old chartered accountant. My wife Reshma, 43 years old works as a bank manager in a multinational bank. My son Rhythm, 16 years old, studies in 12th standard commerce. Since the past 3 years,…
Adolescent changes
My son Karan is 14 years old, studying in the 10th standard. Since the past 1 year, I have noted that there are a lot of changes in him. He has become more vocal than before, more oppositional and more stubborn…
Daughter’s marriage
I am Ramesh Shah, a 54 year old businessman. My daughter Vinita, an architect is 29 years old and unmarried. She had a romantic relationship with a boy who was her classmate, but I had refused to give consent for…