Mental Complex Among Children
Repression is common in our life. We do not fulfil all our desires. We have to suppress some of them. This is all the more true in case of children. They have to modify their behavior according to social traditions and the demands of elders.
Repression of a severe type and on various occasions leads to mental disorders. These can take the form of dreadful dreams, some mannerisms of the child, for example, stammering, winking too frequently, morbid fear, etc. It has been psychologically found that delinquency and truancy among children is due to repression. This repression leads to the formation of a complex in the mind of the child. We find that some of other desires and impulses are not in the unconscious part of our mind. There it finds a number of other repressed impulses of the same type. All the similar types of impulses combine together and form a complex.
James Drever is of the view that
“a complex may be an idea or associated group of ideas, partly or wholly repressed, strongly tinged with emotion and in conflict with other ideas …………”
Main Features of a Complex:
- It is a part of mental structure.
- It is woven round a repressed impulse.
- It is a part of the unconscious.
- It is abnormal and unnatural.
- It is highly emotionally toned and keeps the complex alive in the unconscious.
Inferiority Complex - Various Aspects
Inferiority complex is one of the most important complexes from which most of the children suffer.
Meaning:
It implies that the child feels that he is less capable than others in meeting the demands of life.
Causes:
- Any physical defect of the child.
- Favoritism by parents of some children in the family and neglecting others. It is the neglected child who develops inferiority complex.
- Bad economic conditions, unhealthy social environment may also harm the mental health of a child.
Tackling Inferiority Complex:
- Encourage the child to take part in various social activities of the school. These will keep his mental disorders away.
- Locate some specific talent of the child. Encourage him to excel in the activity related to his talent.
- Various types of extra-mural activities should be organized in the school. Let there be one activity for every child.
- Encourage a backward child. Locate his causes of backwardness and try to remove them.
- Socially useful productive work will mostly suit handicapped child. Such children expect our love and simply sympathy.
Mental Complex Among Children
Many people have complexes - something or the other. They develop them during childhood and chance is that they remain during a lifetime. The article discusses on how to avoid it.