Friday, August 30, 2013

Metapathology



Self-Actualizers are not without problems. They can become irritated and temperamental. They are known to be obstinate, impractical, callous, conceited, willful, insensitive, and even ineffective. Self-Actualizers do experience anxieties, worries, conflicts, shame and guilt. The major difference in these areas is that they exhibit these behaviors less frequently than the majority of population.  

Self-Actualizers are free from psychopathology. However, in the Meta-World, a person can exhibit impatience, isolation, coldness, depression, loss of enthusiasm, dissolution, cynicism, disgust which can prevent Self-Actualization, which is known as METAPATHOLOGY.
"Metapathology occurs when an individual is unable to satisfy their metaneeds and therefore becomes frustrated."  

Metapathologies get in the way of self-expression needed to grow, which are the metaneeds, and impedes self-actualization. 

Metapathologies are the opposite of metaneeds:
  • Dishonesty 
  • Evil
  • Ugliness & Vulgarity
  • Arbitrariness or Forced Choices
  • Deadness or the Mechanization of Life
  • Bland Uniformity 
  • Sloppiness, Inconsistency, or Accident
  • Incompleteness
  • Injustice & Lawlessness
  • Unnecessary Complexity
  • Environmental Impoverishment
  • Strain
  • Grim, Humorless, Drudgery
  • Dependency
  • Senselessness

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