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Martial Arts: My art of medicine
Being a martial artist is much more than being apart of an art to me, I consider the art my medicine. Growing up with Tourette syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder wasn?t an easy experience, especially in my childhood and adolescent years. I learned to control my tics and deal with the anxiety that built with the control. Having these disorders brings a whirlwind of constant anxiety on the inside looking for a way out (through tics). Through personal experience and research, I have learned that you can control this constant internal storm through other motives.
I have done martial arts off and on for over eight years now and I have always known that it helped calm my tics. In the past year of study medicine, I have begun to ask myself why martial arts helped me as much as it did. It began to make more sense to me when I started looking at the cognitive psychological aspects of martial arts. Cognitive psychology is an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes. Martial arts is a lot more than aerobic and anaerobic exercise, it?s a mental art as well.
In my opinion, to be a great martial arts fighter is to out think your opponent which makes martial arts a lot like a Chess game. You must adapt to the fight and be able to read your opponent to learn how to win the fight. Martial arts are about discipline, integrity, and stamina to just name a few characteristics, which are all apart of cognitive learning. Martial arts can also be a release of internal conflict through the moves, or actions done (ex. executing a punch).
The quote, ?actions speak nothing, without the Motive? is the motto to why I think martial arts is such an effective tool in relieving my ailments. With each action (forms, sparring, training) I do in martial arts, I can focus that internal storm towards which in return relieves me of my symptoms. One martial art I have done is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I found when sparring with an opponent, if I clear my mind and focus on the match, I can release a lot of my anxiety with each move I execute. In Kickboxing and Taekwondo, I began to visualize my internal storm as I began punching or kicking the bags or pads held by fellow martial artists, which also releases my anxiety.
Martial arts gives one with Tourette syndrome something to focus on as well. I can focus on how to make certain moves better and mentally look for areas in my ?game? that may be weak and in need of some extra training. I can use my disorders to focus on making me a better fighter. Learning the characteristics of martial arts helps me to discipline myself to be stronger than my ailments, it builds stamina to overcome the struggles I may face, and it causes me to be honest with myself.
You see, martial arts can be much more than just an art or exercise, it can be a way of medicine or a way to get away from everyday life. It can also be a way to calm the inner storms you face and release your emotions.
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What will be the consequences of forgetting what is learnt and ineffective studying for a psychologist?
Hi everyone,
I'm currently a third year psychology student, and I've recently finished all of my psychology units. The units I've taken are: Psychology A, Psychology B, Biological Psychology, Lifespan Development, Social Psychology, Psychology of Learning, Theories of Personality, Psychological Testing, Cognitive Psychology and Abnormal Psychology. We have also covered a lot of statistics.
I worry that either a) I'll forget what I've already learnt, or b) I ineffectively studied, and didn't learn anything properly in the first place. I don't remember much of what I've learnt over my undergraduate years.
I'm interested in a career as a health psychologist. How will what I've forgotten from my undergraduate years affect my career as a health psychologist, or even as a psychologist? Will it affect me at all? If so, how??
A lot of what we're leant isn't all that practical, so I figure that I may be okay - it's more theoretical.
I'll be interested to hear everyone's opinions.
Thank you!
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