Merhamet Korkusu: Tanımı, Nedenleri ve Önlenmesi

Öz

Bireyin, ruh sağlığın için yapılan tüm işlemler, olumlu duygu ve düşünceleri arttırmaya ve olumsuz duygu ve düşünceleri da azaltmaya yöneliktir. Fakat bazı bireyler, olumlu duygu ve düşüncelerden kaçarlar, onlardan korkarlar. Merhamet duygusu, kimi insanların farklı nedenlerden dolayı, korktuğu, çekindiği, kendinden uzaklaştırmaya çalıştığı duygulardan biri olabilmektedir. Merhamet korkusu hem merhamet yoksunluğundan hem de merhamet duygusunun varlığından korkmaktan kaynaklanan bir durumdur. Bu korku hem bireyin sağlığını olumsuz etkilemekte hem de toplumsal ilişkilerin bozulmasına neden olabilmektedir. Ayrıca merhamet korkusu, depresyon, stres, empati, aleksitimi, yemek bozukluğu, mutluluk korkusu, post travmatik stres bozukluğu, anksiyete ve panik bozukluğu gibi sağlık sorunlarıyla ilişkilidir. Bu sorunlarla ilgili verilecek herhangi bir tedavinin başarılı olabilmesi için merhamet korkusunun tanımlanabilmesiyle yakın bağlara sahiptir. Merhamet korkusunun kökenin de bazen çocukluk travmaları bazen de çocuklukta anne babayla kurulamayan sıcak ilişki yokluğu önemli bir neden olarak görülmektedir. Bu makalede merhamet korkusu kavramının tanımının yapılması, ilişkili olduğu kavramların açıklanması, konuyla ilgili ölçme araçlarının tanıtılması ve bu yolla konu hakkında yardım farkındalığının arttırılması amaçlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Merhamet korkusu,olumlu duygu korkusu

Fear of Compassion: Description, Causes and Prevention

Abstract

All the procedures performed for the individual's mental health are aimed at increasing positive feelings and thoughts and reducing negative feelings and thoughts. But some individuals escape from positive emotions and thoughts and fear them. The sense of compassion may be one of the emotions that some people are afraid of, and try to remove from themselves for different reasons. Fear of compassion is caused by both the lack of compassion and the fear of the presence of compassion. This fear both affects the health of the individual negatively and may cause deterioration of social relations. Fear of compassion is also associated with health problems such as depression, stress, empathy, alexithymia, eating disorder, fear of happiness, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and panic disorder. Any treatment for these problems is closely linked to the identification of fear of compassion to be successful. The origin of fear of compassion is sometimes seen as an important cause of childhood traumas and sometimes the lack of a warm relationship with parents in childhood. The aim of this article is to define the concept of fear of compassion, to explain related concepts, to introduce related measurement tools and to raise awareness of help in this way.

Keywords

• Fear of compassion,fear of positive emotion

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