Sentences with phrase «intense psychological states»

We realize that our most profound spiritual convictions can be interpreted as intense psychological states.

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The Arkansas governor has so far given scant details about how he intends to deal with the intense psychological burden he is placing on the shoulders of the state's execution team, beyond indicating that counseling will be available.

but fortunately there are psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciousness.

In response to the intense and unpredictable emotional displays by the narcissistic / (borderline) parent, the child becomes hyper - vigilant regarding the emotional and psychological state of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent in order to prevent the parent's collapse into intense, dysregulated emotional displays of anxiety, sadness, or anger, and the child becomes what the parent needs (i.e., the «regulatory other» for the parent) in order to keep the parent in a regulated emotional state.