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psychophysiology
type A behavior pattern
psychospiritual approaches

definition

• Associated with excessive stress; people who work hard in order to be accepted by parents, and have no parental permission to slow down and change direction if a job no longer suits; may be an acceptable way of confirming to oneself and to others that he's had enough. (Harrison, p. 140)

• Need to maintain control, fear of losing it and having responsibilities taken away; inability to acknowledge and process emotional stress; fear and anger related to disappointments and demands of personal relationships, sense of failure. (Shealy, p. 161)

• "The blood pressure is an expression of a person's general dynamism. It arises out of the mutual effects of the behavior of the liquid blood on the one hand and the behavior of the limiting walls of the blood vessels on the other. When considering the blood pressure we always need to bear in mind these two mutually contradictory components: the fluid and the flowing on the one hand, and the limitation and the resistance on the other. To the extent that the blood corresponds to our own inner being, the walls of the vessels correspond to the limits that the unfolding personality sets upon itself and the resistances that stand in the way of our development.
In the case of hypertension, the circulatory system maintains a long term excitation in the expectation that it will eventually be translated into action. If the action fails to materialize, the patient stays 'under pressure'. Of even greater importance is that the same relationship applies where conflict is concerned. These patients take refuge in superficial 'busy-ness', attempting through great external activity to divert both themselves and others from the challenge actually to come to grips with their conflict." (Dethlefsen, p. 195-197)

theotherapy:
» driven: Athena, Atreus, Caenis, Minos, Pelops, Prometheus, Zeus
» goal oriented: Achilles, Aristaeus, Artemis, Atreus, Hephaestus, Medea, Orion, Pelops, Perseus, Prometheus, Tantalus
» hard worker: Apollo, Athene, Prometheus, Hephaestus, Polyphemus
» indefatigable: Amazons, Athena, Atlas, Caenis, Helius, Zeus
» personal drive: Achilles, Artemis, Athene, Atlas, Atreus, Caenis, Heracles, Odysseus, Pelops, Perseus, Theseus
(Lemesurier, p. 94, 98, 99, 101, 109, 116)

see:
stress-hardy profile
state-dependent learning
the shadow and physical symptoms
theotherapy


footnotes