These days it is almost a norm to have at least one ‘stressed’ and thus aggressive person at home or knowing at least one ‘hyperactive’ kid. With increasing numbers in mental, emotional or behavior issues it is necessary to have a look at the cause of these problems.
Our body is made up of the five basic elements of earth, water, fire, air and space. Its functioning too depends on the right balance between these. Imbalance among these elements is what causes diseases. While the body is well equipped to correct minor ups and downs by itself, in case of any strong and persistent causes of imbalance, it requires help. This stands true for the body and the mind. Lets talk about the mind today.
Common signs of imbalance affecting the mind –
- Inability to concentrate or focus on a particular task till completion
- Lack of attention
- Excessive thinking (unable to switch off even during sleep)
- Aggressive moods
- Hyperactive behavior
- Stubbornness
- Impatience
- Being irritated by loud sounds or sometimes even by people talking
Other complaints like excessive thirst, tiredness even without exertion, dryness in the body, weight loss, palpitations etc many times appear simultaneously. Just as we are conscious of getting treatment for such complaints, we must give the mind or behavior symptoms a priority too in starting treatment.
The Cause
We are all aware of the causes of higher stress levels today as compared to a few decades ago. Many of us even try our best to take the necessary steps and keep stress under check with good lifestyle choices like a balanced diet and including yoga, pranayam, meditation in our routine. We also try to limit the use of gadgets. In Spite of these correct and informed choices that we make, we are not always able to solve the problem.
All the above mentioned measures are certainly helpful, but we have still not understood the cause that needs the actual correction. Many times, even though the symptom is appearing in behavior, the cause is physical.
Imbalance is there in the body as a whole and it is just expressing itself in mind function. It could be the result of past illness or medicines consumed in the past for any other issues, having had to travel to and reside or work in a place very different from the usual home conditions etc.. These factors bring about the imbalance and the body and mind struggle till balance is restored. These complaints are just signs the mind is giving to call for attention.
The wrong route
In the case of children, these complaints are noticed easily by parents as well as teachers as compared to in adults. Children are mostly only reprimanded for such behavior and labelled ‘hyperactive’ while adults put the blame on stress.
Taking dangerous medicines to suppress brain activity or induce sleep is surely only going to make things more difficult by creating dependency and delaying correction of the cause.
We must bear in mind now that these problems have causes in the body that need to be corrected by restoring balance between our fundamental building blocks…the five elements. Ayurved has the tools for making this diagnosis and correcting it by accurate treatments.
