Checking yourself and others for adequacy can be useful in a variety of life situations. This is especially important when exposed to traumatic factors. In such cases, the normal perception of reality becomes not as easy as it might seem at first glance.
Under adequacy, it is customary to understand a person's normal reaction to external events, their own emotions, feelings and actions of other people. If such reactions are very different from those accepted in a given society, then we can talk about the emotional instability of the individual, his inadequacy.
The causes of the inadequate state
The role of the reasons is most often played by a variety of negative experiences, unusual stressful situations that a person is experiencing. For example, neuroses, feelings of loneliness, loss, own insignificance, and so on. It is very important to notice the alarming symptoms in time, as well as eliminate their root cause.
These symptoms include an uncharacteristic isolation, gradual personality degradation, prolonged periods of apathy, thoughts of suicide, an unjustifiably violent reaction to everyday situations, a strong deterioration in health and well-being against the background of a sedentary lifestyle, a large set of mass, or, on the contrary, weight loss. These are far from the only signs of an adequacy disorder, but the above symptoms in any case serve as alarm bells.
Methods for checking adequacy
In fact, there are no completely objective tests on this score, since all people have their own characteristics of temperament, character, upbringing, and so on. If you doubt the adequacy of your friends, relatives or yourself, then the best way out is to contact a psychologist or psychotherapist. A competent specialist will be able to quickly determine the severity and severity of the problem.
At the same time, the patient will receive important information about the existing disorders, as well as recommendations for treatment. In addition, the reason for seeking professional help may be the opinion of several close people who notice your abnormal reaction to habitual phenomena. In order to overcome the crisis, you can turn to a psychologist immediately after the onset of a traumatic situation (death of a relative, dismissal, divorce, etc.) in order to avoid its long-term severe consequences, to prevent the development of neuroses or depression.
It is best to deal with your own problems and internal contradictions at the earliest stage. Because in the future, the crisis will aggravate the pathological condition, making it more difficult to get out of the circle of problems. But you shouldn't go to extremes either, seeing inadequacy behind your every step.
