Comments on: How is Our Emotional Health Affected by the Demarcation of Human Rights: Specifically Poverty? http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/ THINK WELL to FEEL WELL...It's All About Being Emotionally Healthy! Fri, 18 May 2012 07:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dr. KC http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/#comment-271 Dr. KC Sun, 18 May 2008 12:34:37 +0000 http://docinthebiz.com/blog/?p=56#comment-271 Dear Axecity, I completely agree with you about poverty affecting ones ability to connect to others. When do people suffering with poverty have the time for feelings and relationships, when all they do is worry about their next meal or who will get sick next? You are absolutely right on when you mention Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I have discussed Maslow when talking about self actualization in my article http://docinthebiz.com/blog/category/self-actualization/ and how important it is to strive to (although most never reach it) reach the top where one is self actualized. When I work with someone therapeutically, my goal, based on the clients needs, is to help them get to the level of “social acceptance” or possibly “self esteem”. How can one ever reach either of those levels, let alone the second level of “security”, when they cannot even get passed the stage of simple “survival”? It makes me truly feel sad to think of those who cannot. When there isn’t any security in sight for their next meal or as David mentioned, the fear that they or one of their family members could be dragged out of the house and beaten or killed, I wonder where they go from there. This is where we, one person at a time, can try to help. It holds true across the board that most times people need to start from the bottom and work their way up. You need to build a first level, a foundation for anything in life that you want to succeed in doing. Without having a solid foundation, how does one reach the next step towards success…for anything? Thank you so much for your comment! You have also given me a lot to think about. Please keep reading and posting. Dr. KC www.DOCintheBiz.com Dear Axecity,

I completely agree with you about poverty affecting ones ability to connect to others. When do people suffering with poverty have the time for feelings and relationships, when all they do is worry about their next meal or who will get sick next?

You are absolutely right on when you mention Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I have discussed Maslow when talking about self actualization in my article http://docinthebiz.com/blog/category/self-actualization/ and how important it is to strive to (although most never reach it) reach the top where one is self actualized. When I work with someone therapeutically, my goal, based on the clients needs, is to help them get to the level of “social acceptance” or possibly “self esteem”.

How can one ever reach either of those levels, let alone the second level of “security”, when they cannot even get passed the stage of simple “survival”? It makes me truly feel sad to think of those who cannot. When there isn’t any security in sight for their next meal or as David mentioned, the fear that they or one of their family members could be dragged out of the house and beaten or killed, I wonder where they go from there. This is where we, one person at a time, can try to help.

It holds true across the board that most times people need to start from the bottom and work their way up. You need to build a first level, a foundation for anything in life that you want to succeed in doing. Without having a solid foundation, how does one reach the next step towards success…for anything?

Thank you so much for your comment! You have also given me a lot to think about. Please keep reading and posting.
Dr. KC
http://www.DOCintheBiz.com

]]> By: Dr. KC http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/#comment-270 Dr. KC Sun, 18 May 2008 12:32:40 +0000 http://docinthebiz.com/blog/?p=56#comment-270 Dear David, I enjoyed your comment very much. One of the ideas that I picked up on deeply was about being aware of your ultimate potential to bring you to a better life. I do understand how difficult that is when one is so underprivileged and certainly has more important things to worry about including from where the next meal is coming. I understand what you mean by the old cliché, “Ignorance is bliss” and sometimes I absolutely agree with it. At times, it’s better to not know something so that it does not hurt you. However, knowledge can also be power. As far as everyone being made aware of their ultimate potential…without a great teacher or parent for example, to help one understand this, how to you propose someone underprivileged would recognize what he/she is truly capable of accomplishing? It’s something I’ve wondered. Some of these children don’t have the luxury of a proper education and their parents are too busy worrying where the next meal is coming from to worry about teaching their children or motivating them towards success. The parents may not even know what success is or means. Knowledge of potential does need help from outside sources and then it has to be believed entirely within the person. Thank you so much for your comment! It gave me a lot to think about. Please keep reading and posting. Dr. KC www.DOCintheBiz.com Dear David,

I enjoyed your comment very much. One of the ideas that I picked up on deeply was about being aware of your ultimate potential to bring you to a better life. I do understand how difficult that is when one is so underprivileged and certainly has more important things to worry about including from where the next meal is coming.

I understand what you mean by the old cliché, “Ignorance is bliss” and sometimes I absolutely agree with it. At times, it’s better to not know something so that it does not hurt you. However, knowledge can also be power.

As far as everyone being made aware of their ultimate potential…without a great teacher or parent for example, to help one understand this, how to you propose someone underprivileged would recognize what he/she is truly capable of accomplishing? It’s something I’ve wondered. Some of these children don’t have the luxury of a proper education and their parents are too busy worrying where the next meal is coming from to worry about teaching their children or motivating them towards success. The parents may not even know what success is or means. Knowledge of potential does need help from outside sources and then it has to be believed entirely within the person.

Thank you so much for your comment! It gave me a lot to think about. Please keep reading and posting.
Dr. KC
http://www.DOCintheBiz.com

]]> By: Dr. KC http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/#comment-269 Dr. KC Sun, 18 May 2008 12:31:41 +0000 http://docinthebiz.com/blog/?p=56#comment-269 Dear Shilpan, I appreciate hearing about someone who has lived/lives a nice lifestyle, but still sees and feels for those who are not as fortunate. Hopefully, parents are teaching their children by example to appreciate the things that have and to give back as much as they can to their community in the ways of possibly volunteering, recycling, and just knowledge that they are indeed advantaged. It’s just nice. Thank you for your comment. Please keep reading and posting! Your words are so very appreciated here! Dr. KC www.DOCintheBiz.com Dear Shilpan,

I appreciate hearing about someone who has lived/lives a nice lifestyle, but still sees and feels for those who are not as fortunate. Hopefully, parents are teaching their children by example to appreciate the things that have and to give back as much as they can to their community in the ways of possibly volunteering, recycling, and just knowledge that they are indeed advantaged. It’s just nice.

Thank you for your comment. Please keep reading and posting! Your words are so very appreciated here!
Dr. KC
http://www.DOCintheBiz.com

]]> By: Axecity http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/#comment-264 Axecity Sat, 17 May 2008 16:38:27 +0000 http://docinthebiz.com/blog/?p=56#comment-264 Absolutely, human relationships are highly affected especially by poverty. It leaves no space for emotions and warm feelings, since the mind is totally occupied by the fear of what's next and how to survive. Maslow's hierarchy of needs represented as a pyramid makes it clear that physiological needs are the first and the more primitive needs at the bottom that should be met before an individual can move upwards to another level of needs like: to feel safe, secure, succeed in relationsips and build self-esteem. It's hard to satisfy higher needs or even get them into focus unless the lower needs in the pyramid are satisfied. Absolutely, human relationships are highly affected especially by poverty. It leaves no space for emotions and warm feelings, since the mind is totally occupied by the fear of what’s next and how to survive.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs represented as a pyramid makes it clear that physiological needs are the first and the more primitive needs at the bottom that should be met before an individual can move upwards to another level of needs like: to feel safe, secure, succeed in relationsips and build self-esteem.

It’s hard to satisfy higher needs or even get them into focus unless the lower needs in the pyramid are satisfied.

]]> By: David Tamayo http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/#comment-263 David Tamayo Sat, 17 May 2008 12:57:08 +0000 http://docinthebiz.com/blog/?p=56#comment-263 Having lived on many different levels of the social/economic scale, I can appreciate what you have said. Yes, your relative economic status (and everything that goes along with it) will effect your emotional health. Especially when you are aware of your potentials. To gain control of your universe, you need to have a tight grasp of your emotional well being. It is asking a lot of a person to think positively when it is unknown when the next meal will be eaten or if a family member will be dragged out of the house and killed in the street. So there may be an argument for the old saying that ignorance is bliss. My thought is that if everybody were made aware of their ultimate potentials, everybody at that moment would have the right to claim the life that they would dare to dream for. Having lived on many different levels of the social/economic scale, I can appreciate what you have said. Yes, your relative economic status (and everything that goes along with it) will effect your emotional health. Especially when you are aware of your potentials. To gain control of your universe, you need to have a tight grasp of your emotional well being. It is asking a lot of a person to think positively when it is unknown when the next meal will be eaten or if a family member will be dragged out of the house and killed in the street. So there may be an argument for the old saying that ignorance is bliss. My thought is that if everybody were made aware of their ultimate potentials, everybody at that moment would have the right to claim the life that they would dare to dream for.

]]> By: Shilpan | successsoul.com http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/#comment-261 Shilpan | successsoul.com Sat, 17 May 2008 02:15:11 +0000 http://docinthebiz.com/blog/?p=56#comment-261 Dr. Kelly - I was born and raised in India. I was fortunate to have born into a wealthy family but I've seen true poverty. It makes me humble as I live my American dream with simplicity. As you've mentioned, American youth should know the poverty that exists worldwide and contribute as much to make our world a better place to live. Thanks for a great article. Shilpan Dr. Kelly -

I was born and raised in India. I was fortunate to have born into a wealthy family but I’ve seen true poverty. It makes me humble as I live my American dream with simplicity. As you’ve mentioned, American youth should know the poverty that exists worldwide and contribute as much to make our world a better place to live.

Thanks for a great article.

Shilpan

]]> By: Health http://docinthebiz.com/blog/how-our-emotional-health-is-affected-by-the-demarcation-of-human-rights-specifically-poverty/#comment-260 Health Fri, 16 May 2008 22:03:11 +0000 http://docinthebiz.com/blog/?p=56#comment-260 [...] Continue Reading [...] [...] Continue Reading [...]

]]>