We live in a society of “joiners.” We like to join churches, clubs, and fraternal organizations. We like to join classes and magazine subscription drives. We simply enjoy being with other people, and so we spend much of our lives in groups. Certainly, this is a good thing—not only for our own mental health, but also for the good of society as a whole.
And yet, no organization is a perfect entity. Organizations often breed conflict within their ranks. The conflicts may be between people on the same level, or between people at different levels of the organizational hierarchy. The conflicts may be one-time disagreements, or bruising fights which last for eons. While some conflicts can be attributed to personality clashes, others stem from the organization itself.
Whether you’re involved in parent-teacher organizations or a writers’ free speech group, you might find that you’re running up against organization-induced stress. This can come in a variety of forms. To begin with, it might be caused by the fact that the organization seems to have lost its sense of purpose. It may be wandering aimlessly and lack clearly-defined goals. As a result, you might feel a great deal of stress since you aren’t certain where the organization is headed—or even if you want to go along for the ride. If you come across this problem, the best thing to do is to air your concerns to someone in a position of authority. It is entirely possible that the leadership will ignore your concerns, but at least you’ve tried. If you fail to achieve a workable solution, you might then be forced to leave the organization. But you’ll leave knowing that you attempted to have a positive impact.
While most organizations have people in positions of leadership, many groups lack true leaders. As a result, members of the organization may experience a great deal of stress, having to deal with constant uncertainty. A true leader takes charge of an organization. He or she has a clear vision of what needs to be accomplished and promotes a team atmosphere in order to get the job done. If you are in an organization that appears to be leaderless, try to identify potential leaders. Encourage them to seek leadership, and assure them that you will support their candidacies. Such a strategy can help to alleviate the stress of all concerned.
Another problem that can lead to stress is an uncooperative organizational culture. There may be a feeling that each person in the organization is on his or her own, that each person should be an independent operator. As a result, the individuals within the organization may feel isolated and alone. The best defense against such a situation is healthy communication. Talk to other members of the group and find out if they are sensing an uncooperative atmosphere too. Then, get together and confront the person in charge. You might be amazed at what your small committee can do to effect change within the organization—and you might find your stress level subsiding considerably.
Yet another stress-inducing situation is organizational pessimism. Do members feel as if things will never get better? Are they frustrated and angry? Is there a sense of hopelessness in the ranks? If so, you and other members of the group may be experiencing a great deal of stress. You can lessen the stress by promoting a positive attitude. Make sure that you offer positive input when confronted with problems, and encourage other members of the organization to do the same. With a little bit of effort, you can turn your organization around—and lessen your stress in the process.
Organizational stress may take you by surprise. You might have joined the organization to relieve your stress, so when stress occurs in the group, you need to undergo a major attitude re-adjustment. The important thing to remember in such a situation is that you are not alone. Chances are other members of the group are experiencing the same kinds of things that you are. Trust your judgment and don’t be afraid to express your displeasure if things go wrong. The more you express your feelings, the more likely you are to reduce your stress.

Studies have shown that Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) has exposed that fish oil may help slow down symptoms of ADHD/ADD. The symptoms of ADHD/ADD include coordination disabilities, learning perplexity, hypertension, emotional impairments, inability to focus, impulsive behaviors, short tension span, and more. ADHD/ADD is a common diagnose with many adults and children today, and the studies are showing that Attention Deficit Disorder patients that use fish oils provide more relief than Adderall, Ritalin, and other medications that are often giving to ADHD/ADD patients. Doctors have recently learned that Thyroids, lead poisoning, and other chemicals impairments are responsible for Attention Deficit Disorders in children. The high epidemic, leads researchers to uncover many possibilities to find answer to this ongoing scope of disorders. Doctors have included therapeutic tactics, combing the strategy with medicines and education. The treatment integration for ADHD/ADD patients have proved effective, however doctors are extending their search to find a solution for ADHD/ADD patients, approaching stimulants to resolve the variance. Recent studies have found that stimulants are the leading cause of other epidemic problems in both children and adults. Children today are treated for psychotic episodes, including traits, tendencies, and so forth, as a direct result of medications given to ADHD/ADD patients. Ritalin and Adderall, as well as other stimulating drugs are linked to psychosis, psychoses, bipolar, manic depression, and schizophrenia episodes. The soaring rate of children and adults diagnosed with ADHD/ADD are guinea pigs for the doctors that prescribe the healing medicines. Is it any wonder the world is increasing with problems? Natural resources are currently studied, as the researchers are now finding that natural resources are a better solution than what is offered in stimulants. Researchers have also found that the many that are diagnosed with ADHD/ADD often use alcohol and drugs to relieve their pains and sufferings, and sometimes the stimulants are a direct reason for the addictions. Case studies with Attention Deficit Disorders have shown that Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) is an essential element to the central processing of the brain tissues. Studies has shown that the loss of memory, depression, ADHD/ADD symptoms, as well as the many other related problems may very well be linked to low Docosahexaenoic (DHA). Researchers are constantly searching for solutions that are more effective to treating the epidemic of ADHD/ADD, and currently fish oil is the ultimate solution, coupled with therapy and education.

Off Track

I am going to jump off track at this point, since I have done my own analytic studies, research, and observed my son that suffers with Attention Deficit Disorder. I have found in my studies that Chiropractic Solutions are a great resource for effective correction in ADHD/ADD. I have also found that Concentrated Omega3 coupled with Spectrient is also helpful to those that suffer with Attention Deficit Disorders. My son was on medications for more than four years, and all the issues addressed above are true. My son suffers psychosis, ADHD, anxiety, schizophrenia, as well as other symptoms. Since I stopped going to the doctor, and treating him with natural resources, my son is now improving with his behaviors, actions, and so on. There are days that are bad for him, but he is now able to admit when he is wrong. I found that doctors do not always have the answers, and believe that the doctors that study ADHD/ADD need to listen more to the patients and the parents since these people are constantly dealing with this type of situation daily, and sees more than any doctor could ever see. In my study, I also noticed that many counselors are lacking in the treatment for ADHD/ADD patients, by instantly sending them to a psychologist for medications. I am firm believer that education is the ultimate solution for many of those suffer with diagnosis, including schizophrenia, psychosis, psychotics, multiple personality disorder, ADHD/ADD and so on.

The only disorder or diagnose that I recommend to KEEP as far away from education in some areas is sociopath and psychopathic. I watched as these personality types use education to their advantage to hurt others. I have a second son with psychopathic tendencies, intermittent explosive disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, impulsive control disorder, and other disorders and as I watched him, he studied the legal structure in an effort to find a way to kill and get away with it.

Situational management in mental health is relating to patients appropriately to find the source of the problem, as well as finding a solution to fix the problem. Disabilities come in all forms, including schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress, bipolar, depression, and multiple personality and so on. When a person has a mental disability we must always seek out the problems that lay beneath the surface of the diagnose. Each disability has its own unique symptoms, yet may include symptoms of other diagnosis. For example, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder has symptoms including flashbacks and nightmares; likewise, Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) (Currently Known as Dissociate Identities) patients often suffer flashbacks and nightmares as well. Therefore, you must look at all symptoms of each diagnose before concluding or deducing what we are dealing with. Schizophrenia is another complicated disability. Psychotics, Schizophrenia and several other types of diagnoses including different types of schizophrenia often have similar symptoms. For example, schizophrenias often hallucinate, and so will a patient with psychosis. The difference in the diagnose is that schizophrenias often have its own symptoms, and are often more extensive than those with psychosis. We can see from this information then that we need a situational management solution in order to deal with each problem in the various diagnoses.
Looking at Schizophrenia the situational management should be as follow: Schizophrenias should automatically receive medications to prevent further complications, including harming self and others. Schizophrenias often need long-term therapeutic treatment, and management of their life. Often these people cannot find a resolve since Schizophrenia is often permanent due to the lack of knowledge on the complicated purpose of the disability. Psychotics are often difficult to treat as well, since little information is available regarding the problem. Psychotics are another type of disability that needs long-term treatment and medications to avoid further complications. When the two go unnoticed, the result could prove disastrous, since the symptoms are often a potential danger. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is also complicated, since at one time the diagnose was only issued to war survivors. Now studies are proving that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is extended further than war, and found that many persons today suffer from Posttraumatic Stress. Although the diagnose has its own complications the therapist often has to take another route to treat these patients. They often include medications, but sometimes have to take a different approach in therapy to treat the patients. Since posttraumatic stress has different levels, the situational management solution has to conform to the level of posttraumatic stress. Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is a diagnosis in itself and is not related to strict mental illness; rather it is more a neurological issue. Multiple Personality patients are often brilliant, and very observant, simply because amnesia will carry them to a distant part of the brain. Multiple Personality Disorder is complicated in the sense very few understand the complexity of the disorder. To treat this type of diagnose you will need a direct management with extensive skills. The person that is suffering with this disability is often easier to treat those common disabilities, simply because the patient will often submit to the therapeutic treatment, and the only time it becomes extremely dangerous is through the Integration process. This is because the patient will relive extreme trauma through Projections and can become dangerous since the person might harm his or her self. The Projections are an actual event that took place that included trauma, and the pictures are often real-based making it difficult for the patient to decipher. Often at this level, the person will alter and another personality will take the spot. This diagnose is another long-term treatment, and medications will often cause more harm than good. Bipolar is another widespread disability that is affecting millions everyday. This particular disability can be treated with medicines that reconstruct a particular chemical that is absent from the brain. Regardless of what the disability is the patient must be treated distinctly from other patients. Even if a person has bipolar, the symptoms are not always the same in ever case. For example, one person may have suffered childhood abuse, while another has suffered the loss of a family member, obviously the first person will also need situational management that includes trauma reduction remedies.

Group therapy has proven to be effective in mental health. While some counselor will start out with one on one therapy, they may finally refer the patient to group sessions. Many services and support groups available offer help to those with mental health problems. Group therapy allows the patients to freely discuss their issues, problems, and even find social influences that share the same symptoms or similar symptoms. When two or more people are together and can relate to each other, this is often more effective than one on one sessions…Group therapy sessions allows the patients to meet once or twice each week, meeting many others that share common illnesses, thus promoting association. If a person is suffering and has difficult to meet in public places, or even go grocery shopping this is a great source for healing. Some people with mental illnesses often avoid socializing simply because they feel that other people do not understand and it is embarrassing for them to go in public when they are at risk of erupting from their diagnose. Triggers are often what cause a mental ill individual to suffer interruptions, and many times people care less about what may trigger another individual. It is important to get help when you have a mental illness, yet it is also important to work through the problems on your own if possible. If you use self-talk strategies, it can help with your mental health issues. Another great form of therapy is writing your problems on paper. This is great since if you put all the details of your interruptions on paper your counselor can help you find out the cause and work toward a resolve. Other great strategy for dealing with mental health is to avoid isolation. This is where group therapy comes in to play. Since you are around others, you will be able to communicate. Communication is an excellent source for healing. Another great source for healing is education. If you are in a group therapy session, you are teaching more about you disability as well as learning about how others suffer similar symptoms as yourself. This prevents you from feeling alone. Group therapy is also great since it gives you the ability to get out of the house. Think of it as an activity or a social entertaining experience. The entertainment will be seen once you sit down, relax and start sharing your problems with others. Most people when you tell them I am suffering from my diagnose, symptoms including the inability to concentrate; most people will say, ‘oh, I understand this. I too have difficulties concentrating.’ Well, what do you do to make matters better? You may ask. The other person may tell you what he or she does to work toward concentrating, and you may see somewhere in the conversation a strategy that can work for you. It becomes entertainment since you found a source of happiness within. Group therapy is great for many individuals, but there are some disorders where group therapy should be avoided at all costs. Although counselors have set up group meetings for such disabilities, it often proves troublesome rather than helpful. One example is MPD patients, or Multiple Personality Disorder. These patients are very distinct and have triggers that interrupt the diagnose more so than other types of mental illnesses. Mental illness is tricky and often difficult to understand, but in most all cases, there is a solution to dealing with the diagnoses. It is important to pay close attention if you are joining a group session. When you pay attention, you receive the benefits of hearing all about others and how they suffer too. You also get the benefit of possible learning something about yourself. When you learn who you are, you are growing to development, which is the element required for better mental health. Finally, many that suffer mental illnesses often lack development. There was something in their lifetime that was not provided to them to help them grow. If a person is now growing in accordance to human standards, then that person often jumps track somewhere along the way. Mental health and group sessions then, is a great solution for growing.

Controlling your anger is not always easy. It is important when a person has anger problems to try to talk to the person. Avoid loosing your temper yourself since this will only cause another problem. When a person has anger issues then that person puts others in danger and if we loose our control then we have a seriously chaotic situation that could lead to violence. If you have a child that has anger issues, it makes since to keep the chain of communication open. Sit your child down and talk with him or her attempting to find out what is making the child frustrated. Do not wait until the child is out of control and then try to talk. This only fuses the person often. Wait until the child cools down and then ask him or her what they feel caused the interruption. You might want to search your own area of contact with the child to see if anything you said or did made the child angry. This will help you to avoid this the next time you and your child are together. My child had anger problems and he was told to take a walk or a cool down period before addressing the issues. Of course, my child had mental illnesses underlying the anger and this contributed to the problems we endured. Self-talk and talking is always helpful when we are dealing with anger. Try to find the source of the anger by talking through the problem. Some recommend the angered person counts to 10 or 15, however if there is an underlying cause then this does not always work. The best solution is finding what works for you. It is also recommended that the child play a game, such as PlayStation, Nintendo or other game console and play until your anger ceases. Again, this works for some of us, but not all of us. A great technique I found valuable was drawing the source of your anger if possible. Writing, self-talk, talk, art, and music has proven in my experience to be more effective verses the other types of techniques offered. Exercise is also great. Running around the block, riding a bike, or going for a walk has proven helpful for eliminating anger for some individuals. Dance is great for relieving anger. Dance is a natural source of getting in touch with your feeling. If you ever wondered what the term she’s got soul means, well when you dance, feel the music and adhere to the steps of the beat then you got soul. There is nothing like the boogie fever since it relieves stress, tension, anxiety and makes your body and mind feel good since you did something constructive. If you must vent your frustration on something, get a punching bad, or else beat the heck out of your pillow. Some great advice came from health fitness experts when they advice me to enlist my child in Kick Boxing, Boxing, or Wrestling. This is said to teach the person control. Karate is another recommended source for helping a person deal with anger. The problem is when we are dealing with anger; we must get the other person to cooperate. Since most persons angered will find an excuse why the techniques provided to them does not work, it is important to get them to understand their anger, the problems and how the techniques can benefit them if they apply them selves. Crying is good for relieving stress and anger also; however, this is not always suitable for everyone. My children were raised understanding that it is ok to cry regardless of gender. Therefore, we need to teach our children regardless of gender that it is ok to express your emotions and feelings. That is not a disgrace; rather it is a developing of character strategy that works best for us all. Emotions when suppressed will create more problems for the people in society; therefore, it is important to address your feelings and emotions when they arise. Dealing with the problems when they arise is the best solution for dealing with emotions. Controlling your anger is not always easy, but it is possible.