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Seven popular myths about human brain

Synopsis

The two sides of the brain are intricately co-dependent. Brain-scanning technology has revealed that the two hemispheres of the brain most often work together in complex processing.

ET Bureau

The human brain is a power organ that controls all body functions, interprets information from the outside world and stores that information in our memory. Composed of the cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstem, the brain controls our capacity for art, language, moral judgment and rational thought. But we humans have some very wrong ideas about our brain. We busts some of the popular myths about the command centre of the human nervous system:

Myth: We use only 10% of our brains
FACT:This is one of the most popular myths about brain. It can only be tracked down to the reserve energy theory by Harvard psychologists William James and Boris Sidis. In the 1890s, they tested the theory in the accelerated raising of a child; thereafter, James said that people only meet a fraction of their full mental potential, which is a plausible claim. Many of us believe that we could achieve so much more - learning new languages, musical instruments and sports - if only we applied ourselves. The myth sounds appealing because they see it in terms of human potential - implying that we have huge reserves of untapped mental powers.

Myth: Brain damage is permanent
FACT: The brain can repair or compensate for certain losses, and even generate new cells. Scientists believed that the brain was unalterable; that once it was "broken", it could not be fixed. However, it should be noted that the brain remains plastic throughout life, and can rewire itself in response to learning.

Myth: Doing crossword puzzles improves memory
FACT: A study, led by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, found that solving crossword puzzles initially delayed the onset of memory decline in individuals between the ages of 75 and 85, but sped the decline once a person showed signs of dementia. Today, most neuroscientists agree there is no harm in the activity but there's no great benefit other than making you an expert in crossword puzzles.

Myth: Being in a coma is like being asleep: You wake up well rested
FACT: In the movies, coma looks harmless. In real life, those emerging from coma often suffer disabilities and need rehabilitation. Scientists at the French National Center for Scientific Research, in 2012, found that high-traffic brain regions - normally bright hubs of activity, even during sleep - are dark in coma patients while other areas inexplicably light up.

Myth: Headaches are in the brain
FACT: Headaches are thought to be caused by the tension and swelling of blood vessels of the brain. But there are no pain receptors in the brain itself. However, the meninges (coverings around the brain), periosteum (coverings on the bones), and the scalp have pain receptors. Headaches are actually caused by the tightening of the muscles in the neck and the head. Headaches may also be caused by an imbalance in serotonin levels. Serotonin is essential for regulating mood, sleep and blood vessel size.

Myth: Male brains are biologically better suited for math and science, female brains for empathy
FACT: There are small anatomical differences between male and female brains. The hippocampus, involved in memory, is usually larger in women, while the amygdala, involved in emotion, is larger in men, which is quite contrary to the myth. Evidence suggests gender disparities are due to cultural expectations, not biology.

Myth: A person's personality displays a right-brain or left-brain dominance
FACT: The two sides of the brain are intricately co-dependent. We often hear that one can be "right-brained" or "left-brained" - and that those who favour the right are more creative or artistic and those who favour the left are more technical and logical. But brain-scanning technology has revealed that the two hemispheres of the brain most often work together in complex processing. For example, language processing, once believed to be the provenance of the left hemisphere only, is now understood to take place in both hemispheres: the left-side processes grammar and pronunciation while the right processes intonation.

White & Grey's Anatomy
* The human brain is the largest brain of all vertebrates relative to body size
* It weighs about 1.5 kg. The cerebrum makes up 85% of the brain's weight
* Brain makes up about 2% of a person's body weight
* It contains about 100 billion nerve cells (neurons) - the "grey matter". These neurons are connected by trillions of connections, or synapses
* It contains 1 billion nerve fibres (axons and dendrites) - the "white matter"

Did you know?
* A human brain can have a storage capacity of anywhere between 3 terabytes and 1,000 terabytes
* The brain is the fattest organ in our body at around 60 years
* There are over 1,00,000 miles of axons in your brain. That's enough to wrap around the world 4 times
* At any given time, the brain can generate up to 25 watts of power. That's enough to power a lightbulb
* Information can fly around your brain at 260 mph

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Psychiatry

 

The human mind plays an important part  in the proper development of a human being.  The speed of mind is much higher than  sound and light.  It has the innate capacity and capability  of  seeing  and hearing.  The medical world  has failed to a limited extent in understanding the different functions of the Human Brain.  The human brain has the executive function  of working like a chair if the human mind.  The different organs of the brain have to undertake the many duties  of the human mind.  As per the opinion of the father of Psychiatry, Mr Sigmund Freud,  “ The human mind has to fulfill the basic human necessities such as  hunger and thirst.  Sometimes, the integral development of the human mind could take as long as 20 years.  “.  In the first 5 years of a human being, the eye, ear, nose, skin and tongue  would not have been properly developed.

 

The human brain would first understand all the issues pertaining to it and respond appropriately.  In all human beings,  all the essential organs would not have been equitably developed in the right manner.  At the critical and important time of pregnancy, this depends on the intake of good, tasty and nutritious food by the mother.  This invariably leads to play a critical and important part in the proper development of the first 5 years of the baby child.  The paucity of  equitable nutritious food  leads to malnutrition to both the mother and the baby child. This could even lead to many illnesses such as  Anemia and  Vitamin insufficiency. This could finally lead to a situation where the mental and physical development of the human being could be crippled.  For the mighty human body, the existence of any ailment or disease is  unfortunately an inevitable part. Another reason for the improper development of the human mind  is the existence of  a mental ailment or an infirmity in the case of either or both parents.

 

When the heart  gets thick, it is quite natural  to consider it  as a heart-related problem.When one conducts tests such as ECG and Scan on the human body, this worry could be put at rest and dispelled to one’s satisfaction and comfort.  In the life of a human being, some diseases have a short time-span  whereas other diseases have unfortunately a much longer life-span.

 

Consumption of certain medicines  for a short period of around 3-6 months would ensure that pain, worry and  sadness could be  kept far from the human mind.  It has to be ensured that  within the short but critical time-period,  the doctor’s prescription  should be fully compled with.  One thing that has to be remembered is that  never should one take medicines as per his will and wish.  As per a medical report, a deep and  slow pace of breathing for around 10 minutes  would ensure to give peace and balm to the human heart and body.  A man has to always  remain far from the twin threats of  alcohol and tobacco.  A man has to make it his onerous right and duty  to consume nutritious and good food.  But, one should never consume excessive food or  too much of sweet food.  A man has to make it a point to ensure that  he has to contact  the doctor in times of medical distress without any sort of delay which would ensure that  the medical cure could be obtained before the ailment or disease spreads to other parts of the human body.

 

When compared with men, women have greater contraction of mental diseases.  As per the opinion of many people, there is a  wrong notion that  the girl child lags behind both physically and mentally across India.

 

The common medical infirmities in children are stomach ache, vomitting, diarrheoa, tiredness and sleeplessness.  This is the reason that parents are well-advised to show their wards to  a doctor  without any delay.  The reason for the low mental development of a child  is due to the combined effect of  regressive  intelligence on the one hand and  limited mental  disability, on the other.

Another important matter to be noted here is that  the concentration inadequacy of the child is due      to the improper development of the human brain.  A cool and comfortable environment could considerably help  in upgrading the learning and concentration skills of a child. A developing child’s mind could bend towards sexual attractions  and this could seriously affect  the concentration of the child towards studies.  The precise reason for this could be the lack of proper sex education in India.

 

In our country, more than 50% of our children are suffering from Anemia and  malnutrition.  Children should understand a subject after 30-40 minutes of reading it. They should take food in a correct manner  and should sleep for a minimum period of 6 hours a day.  They should participate from time to time in games of their choice and liking.

 

Some children could be suffering from issues related to  sadness and depression  and such children are under an increased risk of attracting mental ailment and diseases. Atleast 20% of the population suffer from some sort of  mental illness. Unfortunately, for such people, the chances of medical cure are too remote  as the possibilty of them consulting a psychiatrist is always a rare occurrence.  It is a misfortune that more than 50% of people in society suffer from some sort of medical ailment such as Anemia, dental and skin problems).

 

As per the recent report , in India, the average life-span of a man is 69 years while of a woman, it is fixed at  71 years.  In India, the percentage of people living above the age of 60 years is at a meagre 8% of the population.  The interesting fact about this is that by the year 2025, this share could increase to as much as an all-time high of 20%.  In this age of advancement in modern science and technology, senior citizens always suffer from some or the other sort of  mental ailments.  The reasons are as follows :  1. The different organs of the human body  lose its innate strengths as time progresses.  Memory power  and intelligence  goes on a declining spree.  Senior citizens resort to idleness in all their essential, core activities and heavily depend on others even for their basic daily chores.  2.  As age progresses,  the chances of a human being attracting medical infirmities such as Diabetes,  Arthritis, Cancer, Obesity and heart-related problems has become a common occurrence these days.Some people are at an increased risk of attracting medical ailments such as TB,AIDS and increased Blood Pressure.  3.  This is one of the reasons for a large number of senior citizens getting afflicted with many physical and mental illnesses of a critical nature.  Appendicitis,  Frailness, increased pain,  decelerating memory power and problems experienced in learning new skill-sets  are some of the hints of illnesses afflicting senior citizens.

 

People who have survived heinous crimes and  violent incidents of huge magnitude  and their immediate family members are susceptible to many kinds of mental illnesses.  That too, in today’s civil society,  addiction to tobacco and  alcohol  has unfortunately become an integral part of everyday life.A man has to undertake a lot of physical and mental exercises which give recurring and eternal peace and  balm to the unpredictable human mind.  When a person performs Yoga,  the mind has to be filled with peace and patience.  Anger only leads to  a state of perennial and eternal conflict and endless agitations.  This unfortunately leads to the temperature of the human body increasing exponentially leading to body and hormone imbalance. The face turns red and the tooth gets fat as time progresses.  An intemperate and  polluted atmosphere and environment makes  a man easily lose his state of balance and cool temper.

 

It is very common to see  a human  being getting negative in attitude when one is afflicted with diseases such as  Asthma and AIDS.

It is very common to see people having vision and hearing problems and skin problems and getting afflicted with devastating diseases like Epilepsy. It is an imperative need and obligation of civil society to treat such people with love and affection. Every human being in this world is a direct by-product and gift of the environment and nature. Critical or life-threatening diseases force a human being to lose interest in his work and this could result in negative factors such as inefficiency and  declining success rates in the work allotted to him.  Some people tend to neglect  their mental ailments and infirmities.  The precise reason for this is the incidental social stigma attached with their medical condition.  This includes diseases such as  Diabetes,  Scizophrenia and Epilepsy.  It is an irreversible fact of life that every man in this universe has only 24 hours a day or 100 years to live .If a human being is confronted with any problem or crisis in his life, he should always resort to the best practice of deep breathing exercise.  He should close his eyes and should only focus and have his concentration on the air and wind surrounding the atmsophere.  A man should always be engrossed and occupied in meditation and prayer in his free time.  He should always listen to soothing music.

 

In the world, at present, upto 70% of children are equipped with common intelligence.  15% of children, unfortunately have little bit less intelligence.  Out of this, around 3%  of the children suffer from some kind of mental illness.  It is advisable for all parents to allow their wards to learn the subject of their choice in their own pace.  In our country, even to this day, around 40-50% of the people suffer from Anemia.  This results in decreased supply of oxygen to the human body and this could increase the chances of tiredness.  Around 25-30% of children suffer from learning disabilities.  The different milestones of a child’s development is as follows :  1. Head Control- 3 months 2. Sitting – 6 months 3.  Standing -9 months 4.  Walking –  12 months  5.  Talking – 18 months.  One important and critical aspect to be considered here is that when a child is subjected to mental infirmities,  these developments could face a delay of upto 3 months.  In these children,  there is regressive physical development of the human body and unfortunately,  they have improper physical features such as round face, small eyes,  big ears,  small head and small legs.In critical subjects such as Science and Maths, their learning skills could be quite poor while on the happier and positive side,  their learning and adaptation skills could be of a high grade on other easier subjects of learning in the academic curriculum.While some students have excellent verbal communication skills, they are quite deficient in reading and writing.

 

 

In this kind of mental  illness,  the cure can be given mainly through imparting of adequate training to the affected person. The consumption of only medicines or tonic can be of no use.  Only people equipped with special training skills can  mould positive opinion and give special attention.  For reading and writing problems, the alphabets  should be bold in character.  For information to be registered in the human brain, it has to enter through the medium of ear, eye, skin, nose and tongue.  Information and the work mode should be registered in the human brain.

Growing children  could participate in drama and writing competitions.  As per a report, 12%  of girls and 40% of boys resort to some sort of unprotected sexual encounter. In the youth in the age group of  10-40 years, there are reports of  pre-marital sexual encounters.  This could result in increased chances of attracting deadly diseases like AIDS. Thus, there is a dire and imperative need of sex education in schools across the country.  Parents, teachers and medical staff  have the onerous responsibility of giving appropriate guidance in this regard.

Man always has to be healthy, physically and mentally and has to partake in general and special activities.  One important aspect to be considered here is that only earning marks  does not lead to a hild being equipped with sufficient life skills.  It is the responsibility of civil society  to ensure that children speak lovingly and cordially with poor, handicapped people and senior citizens.  Children of less than 10 years age should sleep for a minimum of 10 hours per day.

Children of the age group of  11-12 years should sleep for a minimum of 8 hours per day. People in the age group of  16-50 years  should sleep for a minimum of  6 hours per day.  Food is  a must for every human body.  Bad food is like poison.  Cleanliness and nutrition is most important while consuming food.  Food should never be thrown away.  It is most important to wash one’s hands before consuming food.  Every human being  could be subjected  to one or the other mental ailmemt  during his life-time. That mental condition  would have an irreversible relationship with our surrounding environment and atmosphere.  A  human being’s thinking process, memory power and intelligence undergoes many changes due to which mental ailments could surface.  The important indicators  of the existence of a mental illness could be sleeplessness,  irregular consumption of food and unlimited alcohol consumption. Sometimes, a man could even lose his consciousness.  There are different types of mental illnesses :  1.  Mental  deformities in the different functional organs of the human body.  2.  Schizhophrenia 3.  Mania 4.  Mental disability 5. Mental  disability due to excessive alcoholic consumption.  6.  Children’s mental ailments  7.  Headache and  sleeping disorders.  Due to chemical reactions in the human brain,  there could be clotting of blood and  unlimited alcoholic consumption.

 

In this modern age,  there are many medical facilities available for treating mental infirmities which are as follows :  Medicines :  Under proper medical supervision,  correct medicines have to be taken at the appropriate time  and as per the quantity prescribed by the doctor.  2. Counselling  3.  Training has to be imparted to the affected people to ensure that they can do their jobs easily, effeciently and effectively.  In this modern age,  there are 40 government mental hospitals and 100 private mental hospitals in India. While the oldest mental hospital is located in Chennai, the latest mental hospital is located in Delhi.  Here, there is a  availability of 2000 hospital  beds.  Due to historical reasons, the general public are hesitant to make use of mental hospitals.  District hospitals are in vogue across the country.  As per a recent report, around 4,000 doctors are practising the coveted medical profession in India till the end of 2015.  It is a pleasure and a sign of advancements in science and technology to know that in all the districts of South India, there is an adequate availability of  government and private psychiatrists.

 

As per a report, for every 1000 people, 10 are afflicted with mental ailments.  There are 2 kinds of mental infirmities, as per the expert opinion of renowned psychiatrists.  In the first category, there is regression in the human brain while in the second, there is head injury, blood clot and cancer which could lead to a situation wherein the memory power and human intelligence could start diminishing. The most common mental ailment is Schizhophrenia. In this mental ailment, the functioning of the human mind starts deteriorating. If correct medical treatment is not provided at the right time, this medical ailment could last for many years and some times, this could be detrimental to the proper development of the human being for life. If a man is afflicted with ‘Mania’, the human being starts reacting excessively in all ways.  But, this condition fortunately lasts for a period of only 3-6 months. A man sometimes has a thought of even committing suicide.  Generally, Schizophrenia is treated through the medium of giving medicines and sometimes, through the system of injections.  By administering medicines, a person’s sleep levels is brought back to normalcy.  Unfortunately, medicines have to be consumed for a number of years. The reason for recurrence of Schizhophrenia is the irregular medicine intake by the affected patients. As a man gets older in age, his development starts deteriorating.  His physical and mental health starts decelerating. This condition is due to the accident caused to the human brain. This is  called as “Dementia”.  “Cipilisy” is a sexually produced disease.  This produces a by-product called as “ Dementia”. These days, there is a possibility of cancer unfortunately developing in the human brain. In small children,there is an increased risk of mental disability in this modern age.  Some women unfortunately get afflicted to mental ailments after the birth of the child.  Precautions can and should be taken before getting afflicted to mental infirmities by stopping alcohol consumption and preventing injury to the head.

Ect is a system of shock therapy administered to a mentally ill patient.  (90-110 Volt electricity is given as a shock for around half a second to the head.  With this,  a human being is cured of his infirmity within a span of only a few minutes.  For the past 7 decades,  ECT has been used as a method of cure for many mental ailments such as Schizhophrenia, Mania and mental illnesses.  Since the 16th Century, Epilepsy has made its presence felt as a critical mental illness across the globe. Since the 1920-30s, there has been a negative relationship between Epilepsy and Schizhophrenia. In the improvised system of medication in ECT, Sodium is given in the quantity of 200-300 grams and it plays the part of Anesthesia in which human consciousness goes off in a short period of only 15-30 seconds.  90-110 Volts electricity is given as shock to the human body through the medium of 2 electrodes.  There is no pain experienced by the individual during this entire procedure which can be described as short and safe. For a short span of around 2 minutes, an artificial system of oxygen supply and respiratory system is given to the human body.  The man regains consciousness in a short span of around 2-5 minutes. In a week, if ECT is adminsitered for around 2-3 times, it helps in the brain returning to a normal state. But, there are side-effects to ECT such as vomitting and headache. But, ECT is a modern technique and a painless treatment procedure. This will not harm the brain. This is also a safe medical procedure.

 

The major reasons for accidents caused to the human brain are due to injury to the head, drugs consumption and harmful blood supply to the brain.  The main hints of  Meninjitis to surface in children are decelerating development  in the child and the inability of the child to walk properly. The child cannot talk properly. Correct exercises, proper training to speak properly could lead the child to live a balanced life.  This could also lead to the child learning new life-skills. Some children have behavioural problems and inadequecies. They are totally restless in character and they cannot be silenced even for  a minute. In such a situation, it is advisable to see a psychiatrist. Medicines have to be consumed for a period of 5 years in case of Fits and epilepsy so that this medical condition can be fully controlled.

 

The human brain’s Ciphilis disease initially shows up as an ulcer  and after around a period of 5-15 years, it has a debilitating and catastrophic effect on the brain.  This results in the damage of vital blood cells in the human body. This disease can only be controlled by giving Pencillin. The unwarranted consumption of  Alcohol, Ganja and sleeping tablets results in the birth of unwanted mental ailments. Injections such as Steroid helps in curing Asthma.  On certain Ocassions, the medicines given to treat TB leads to tension, suspicion and doubt in the mind of the affected patient. Industrial workers often suffer from certain kind of mental infirmities such as headache and sleeplessness.

 

Kidney disability sometimes leads to severe repercussions such as catastrophic effect on the human brain.  There is a dire necessity of  proper supply of glucose and oxygen to the human brain.  The human brain gets a regular supply of  700-800 milliliters of blood per minute.  But, as age advances,  the wall covering the blood cells gets thicker.  The net result is that circulation of blood becomes slow and the individual  could experience head ache, memory power loss and sleeplessness.  Injury to the head and high blood pressure could result in the individual  losing coscience partially or fully.  Cancer can arise in any part of the heart.This could even affect the brain.  If the brain tumour cannot be removed, it could be fatal to the life of the human being. Some tumours grow at a very fast pace, while some grow at a slow pace.  The main features of Brain Cancer is excessive headache and vomitting and resultant memory power loss.  Unfortunately, in certain individuals, ‘Dementia’ sets in their lives even before they attain the age of 60. If an X-ray is taken on such individuals, there are empty spaces across the human brain.  The cure to this illness lies in imparting Physiotherapy and life-skills training.  Such people consume “Desedrin” which would result in the affliction to Schizhophrenia.

If people resort to excessive alcoholic consumption, they could experience trouble in the different organs of the human body.  Ulser, vomitting and Diaorhea could be the net result. This could also lead to a state of severe indigestion.  This could also lead to vitamin deficiency. There could be burning sensation and pain in the hands and legs. According to social scientists, social disorder, dependency on medicines and the behaviour of robbers and dacoits have a deep sense of inter-relationship. If correct treatment is given to the affected people in good hospitals, there habits could be controlled to a very great extent. Such people should be subjected to a high level of supervision throughout the day. There is  a dire necessity to withdraw the consumption of medicines in a methodical manner on a case-to-case basis.

 

There is a mis-conception about alcoholic consumption which are as follows :  1. Alcohol acts as a panacea for cough, cold and breathing problems. 2. Alcohol consumption gives encouragement and inspiration for heightened sexual activities.  3. Alcohol consumption could lead to cure for pain 4.  Alcohol consumption could lead to hunger being lessened 5.  Alcoholic consumption could lead to good sleep.   As per a recent survey, in India, the percentage of male alcoholics is at a very high level. As per a recent report, in a single district government hospital, the percentage of female alcoholics is at a huge 16%.   The alcohol consumed by common people is called as “Ethanol”. This is the product generated by plants. This mixes up with sugar.This easily enters into the blood vessels. In women, the possibility of dangerous consequences due to excessive alcoholic consumption are very high. Alcoholic consumed once joins man’s stomach. One should never consume alcohol on an empty stomach. This could lead to cancer or ulcer. Due to alcoholic consumption, a major portion of sugar joins the human body. Due to excessive alcoholic consumption, the chances of a man losing his memory power and learning power are high.  This could lead to turbulence in the functioning of the human brain. As per a recent report, due to consumption of alcohol, women tend to lose their chances of producing a child. If a pregnant woman consumes alcohol, it tends to have dangerous consequences on the development of the child.

 

Unlimited alcohol consumption could lead to certain illegal  activities such as rape and molestation.  “Norasis” is a small mental infirmity.  In this ailment, the individual is aware of his mental disability.  The main features of this mental ailment are tension, fear and worry. For individuals afflicted with this ailment, the cure procedure could comprise of medicines, injections, X-ray and in certain undesirable circumstances, a surgical procedure could be inevitable. This mental ailment is more pronounced in children and senior citizens. As per the opinion of Sigmund Freud, the main reason for tension in this world is the atmosphere of conflict prevalent everywhere.  The atmosphere of tension plays a major role in the development environment of every child in this universe. The main features of tension are increased heart beat, breathing problems, sweat, vomitting, diarheoa and night dreams.

 

The main feature of “Phobia” is tension. This is more prevalent in children. If “ School Phobia” is discovered, it is common to see fear arising in the minds of parents.  The cure procedure for this is as follows : 1.  Psychotherapy 2. Group Therapy (consisting of 8-10 children). 3. Behaviour Therapy 4. Medicines 5. Music, dance, art, yoga and pranayaama.Sadness and sorrow plays a critical role in the day-to-day activities of a human being leading to the evolution of mental ailments. The mental ailments are of 2 types : one relating to environment and mother nature while the other relates to chemical changes in the human brain. The features of  environment and nature-related mental ailments are as follows : 1. Loneliness 2. Sadness 3. Crying 4.  Showing of disinterest 5. Tasteless food 6.  Sleeplessness 7. Headache 8. Suicide thoughts.

 

There are severe chemical reactions in the human brain when there is a shortage of quantity of Dopamin. This is more prevalent in the youth above 30 years of age.  This is hereditary in nature. The cure procedure comprises of pure medication  in the form of Stalopam and Emepremine.  The features of such a mental condition are mouth wearing off, eyes getting misty, diaarheoa, headache and hands shaking. When there is a state of “Mania”, this could be controlled by the use of Lithium Salt.  The consumption of Lithium could lead to a secure future. This  could be in the quantity of 900 milligrams. The blood status should be examined from time to time.

 

When the quantum of Lithium increases, the hands could shake and vomitting and diarrheoa  and sleeplessness could occur. Thus, it is better to see a doctor. People who have heart problems should not consume Lithium. When consuming Lithium, the quantum of salt should be more. The main features of OCD are :  1. Tension, Fear and sadness 2. Recurring thoughts. As per the opinion of experts, for every 1000 people, 2 people are afflicted with OCD. The main reasons for OCD are the huge quantum of “ Noradrillin”  in the blood.  To stop this, Stalopam and Klopramaine should be consumed regularly.  Behaviour therapy is very helpful in this regard. In children with common abilities, their mental age and regular age will be the same.  But, when there is a state of imbalance,mental problems arise.

 

When a baby is born, the blood clot could increase causing breathing problems.  Sometimes, the first 2 years could create malnutrition for the child. With this, there could be brain fever, extreme Jaundice, critical epilepsy and this could create mental ailments. There is financial assistance available from the government for children afflicted with mental ailments. Children afflicted with mental ailments could have suicidal and anti-social thoughts. Some children have an inferiority complex that are inferior to their classmates.  About 10%  of children could be afflicted with diabetes. This is very common for children in the age-group of 6-16  years. The main reason is fearful atmosphere. Small children want an environment of independence.

 

It is common  for epilepsy to occur in 1 out of 100 people. When electricity is transmitted through the human body and the information transmission speed increases, then it could result in epilepsy. In children below the age group of 6 years, then fever would increase and this could result in epilepsy. Coconut water and plain water should be given to the child regularly. When there is serious injury to the head, there could be harm caused to the human brain. Epilepsy could be diaognised by conducting tests such as X-Ray, CT Scan and EEG. If Epilepsy recurs, there could be more harm caused to the human brain.  The cure procedure us given in the form of medication. Food and sleep consumption should be methodical and if medicines are taken for a period of 3-5 years, the chances of epilepsy recurring is low. The doctor has to be seen  atleast  once in 1-3 months.

 

Sleeplessness is called as “Insomnia”. This condition has been reported by 75% of the affected people.  The main reason for this is negative thoughts and an atmosphere of insecurity.  Before getting a good sleep, pleasant music should be heard and one should not consume coffee, tea and alcohol. The sleeping room should be clean. The medication for sleeplessness Amitriphelaine(50-150 m.g.)  , Dothipin and Stalopam(  10-20 m.g.). . The medicines given for treating tension are Propranolol(20-80 m.g.).  and Klonasepam(0.5 m.g.)

 

To cure headache,when one consumes coffee and pain-killers, it could give balm to the mind and the disease could be cured. When there is headache coupled with vomitting, unwarranted thoughts come to the human mind.The result is that there could be lump in the eyes, blood clot in the brain and TB which could increase headache.

 

In the year 2014, 1.31 lakh people committed suicide and died in India.The number of people attempting suicide is 10 times more in number. A suicide attempt occurs every 4 minutes in India.Children in the age group of 7-10 years attempt suicide.  According to Sigmond Freud, every human being has a wish to live or die. Suicide is the net result of helplessness, sorrow,anger and fear.  This attitude could be more pronounced in every human being throughtout his life in the environment surrounding him. As per the Indian Penal Code, Suicide is a crime.  The chances of mental affliction are higher in cancer patients, sexually-exploited women,and lonely senior citizens.

 

For every 1000 people, 2 are affected by Schizhophrenia, 12 with tension,7 with alcohol consumption,3 with mental ailments and 70 people with limited mental disabilities. That is the reason for mental health becoming an integral part  of our public health policy. Unfortunately, the services of psychiatrists are available only to 10%  of the affected population.  50%  of the people get out of the treatment procedure after seeing the doctor for the first time.The Central Government implemented the Government District Mental Health Programme in the year 1996. As per the directions of the State High Court and the Supreme Court , the functioning of mental hospitals has improved considerably. For every 1 lakh people, 570 girls  are dying.

 

15-20%  of students  are afflicted to mental ailments, tension,tobacco consumption and Schizhophrenia. Many children suffer from behavioural and thought problems.  They spend  more time in internet and vehicles.In India, there are about 8 crore senior citizens.They are afflicted by ailments and mental infirmities which are becoming burning issues for the common man.

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The knowledge that has the potential to change your life

As food is the fuel to our body, information is to our minds. We read so many articles for health, make diet charts, get those superfoods from Nature’s Basket and make New Year’s resolutions to keep our body healthy. But where exactly is the seat of God in this temple that our body is? Yes, it’s in the mind.

Have you ever thought about the food you are giving your mind to fuel it?  Many of us are living on what’s called a daily diet of “media junk food”. Internet, our lives, look more like an ocean of information, which in truth is an information desert: full of mostly junk information. Even worse, many people living on this diet think they’re getting more informed and smarter because they feel satiated exactly the way they feel when they eat junk food.

Today, the amount of friends on Facebook we read about and never even meet, amount of content by a plethora of influencers on Instagram and videos we watch on YouTube has bypassed what a human can actually consume in a day while remaining sane. Starting out from watching Saifeena’s son Taimur’s tantrums to reading how much money Jeff Bezos’ wife will make after divorce to watching a video about Types of South Delhi Girls to tweets about Maha-Gathbandhan for the 2019 polls, we are in a constant state of content shock. Even worse, in the age of targeted, personalized content and subscriptions to feeds and channels, we end up consuming the same quality of content regularly. It is just an interesting treat that entertains temporarily but is quickly forgotten. Since marketers have found ways to feed us content specifically to our own inclinations and interests, it proves a powerful distraction from pursuing really useful “booster knowledge”.

What is booster knowledge?

Any information/content-article, book or blog which can give a boost to one’s knowledge system propelling a quantum leap in it, giving a breakthrough experience potentially changing your life forever is what I call as booster knowledge.

We’ve all had or will have a breakthrough experience or moment in our lives. For example, Elon Musk says reading “the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy” made him realize that a lot of times framing the question is harder than getting to the answer. The lesson stuck with him led him to ask bigger questions and solve the biggest problems in the world. Steve Jobs said “The autobiography of a yogi” had a huge impact on his mindset and made him “an incredible realization that his intuition was his greatest gift, and that he needed to look at the world from the inside out.” It was also the last “gift” given to all attendees in his memorial. As a matter of fact, this one book or article or an incidence in one’s life produces an impact more than hundreds of different books and experiences combined because its effects last with you.

There’s a content somewhere out there in the world which has the potential of changing your life forever if you read it and the ability to find that “booster knowledge” out of all the clutter, is an important skill to have in this era of information overload.

The flip side is the access to amount of booster knowledge available for cheap is more than ever. I could learn coding in Java or take a photography course on Udemy or YouTube for a modest amount or even for free. Heck I could sign up with Masterclass and learn cooking from 16 Michelin stars awardee Gordon Ramsay himself.

But how do we use the limited time we have to find that booster knowledge which is buried down under the unlimited ocean of distractions and how to decide which content to consume?

It’s fairly easy. Ask yourself the magic question “Does this content have the potential to give me a quantum leap in growth?” While consuming any content I ask myself whether it can change my fundamental beliefs or worldview or it’s just another repetitive content that produces a cumulative effect.

 

Knowledge Density and the 5-hour rule: A social media post which is writer’s best thought of the day has a lesser knowledge density than a book which is the author’s best thoughts in a year. Book summaries or TED talks are even more valuable providing concise descriptions of author’s main ideas. Field summaries (e.g. Book Series like “Philosophy for dummies” and “Negotiation skills for rookies”) have even higher knowledge density as they condense whole fields. Knowledge density is a learning format with higher signal-to-noise ratio. Many great entrepreneurs use the “5-hour rule”, setting aside at least an hour a day (5 hours a week) for deliberate practise or learning through A) reading by using knowledge density format which brings more knowledge value in shorter time. B) thinking/reflecting/meditating time, even better spending this time journaling their thoughts.

 

Understanding cognitive biases is an important skill in choosing the content we consume: A cognitive bias is the deviation from rationality in judgement that is caused by the tendency for the human brain to perceive information through a filter of personal experiences and preferences that lead us to trusting information we shouldn’t. (E.g. confirmation bias, social proof, halo effect etc.). A simplified example of the halo effect is when an individual noticing that the person in a photograph is attractive, well-groomed and properly attired, assumes that the person in the photograph is a good person based upon the rules of that individual’s social concept. A study in 1974 by Landy & Sigall demonstrated that we are highly likely to give a much higher rating to an essay if a photograph of an attractive female author is attached with it compared to an unattractive looking author. For further reading, my favourite resource on this subject is “The art of thinking clearly” by Rolf Dobelli.

Learning is one of the ultimate drivers of long-term performance and success. It is the single best long term investment we can make in our career. The Internet is filled with stories of the Zuckerbergs, Buffets, Gates, Cubans and the Musks reading enormous amounts of books every year. Warren Buffet credits his success to the habit of continuous learning “I read 500 pages every day, that’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest.” Not that you have to find time for 500 pages, but something useful every day. Everyone has equal access to the Internet but not everyone has an equal understanding of how to use that access. Hence it is so important to change our approach to media from reactive to a proactive one and choose what we consume wisely.

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Newton's third law, scientific discoveries and human nature

Synopsis

Considering human beings are as gullible as they are contrarian, every discovery gets its complement of believers — till the next one supplants it.

Science and scientific discoveries are indeed wondrous things. That Newton's third law — about every action having an equal and opposite reaction — goes beyond physics and applies to human nature is well known.

After all, our propensity to often do exactly what we are exhorted not to do is a manifestation of that; the whole concept of forbidden pleasures is predicated on it.

That could explain why scientific discoveries, conducted as they are by essentially contrarian human beings, end up proving opposite things with unfailing regularity. This paradoxical principle is most visible in aspects of popular science, such as findings related to health and nutrition. For every peroration about, say, the benefits of milk or eggs, there are equally credible warnings about their potential dangers.

The mission of science to prove that one person's superfood is another person's poison, for instance, is clear from the recent announcement about chocolate actually helping people to slim down. Chocoholics will not be allowed to revel in this justification of their indulgence for too long.

There will definitely be a counter-discovery in the near future of the role of chocolate in exacerbating the deleterious aspects of excessive caffeine intake, possibly even surpassing the culpability of tea and coffee. Some of these studies and discoveries, of course, are funded by interested groups, but these are easily identified.

Most of them, however, convey the impression that bored or underemployed scientists begin with a new idea or myth-busting notion and then go about proving their hunches to be true.

Considering human beings are as gullible as they are contrarian, every discovery gets its complement of believers — till the next one supplants it. We now need laws of human nature to put this in perspective.