TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19885, 14 May 1936, Page 6

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

In Times of Crisis “ In times of crisis everyone is deeply concerned with the questinn of security, and seeks by all possible means to regain the state at calm. Calm, both in the individual and in society, is usually regarded as the normal state and erisis as a disturbance coming from without. A little reflection leads to a different conclusion, for most people and most emumunities are less stable than they imagine themselves to he,” says the Lnneet. “ When we are, at peaee. we, dread more than anything the pain of examining: our stability; only in time of crisis do we feel impelled 1“ ‘get something done.’ The. tendeney to avoid facing something that is dreaded is familiar to every member (if the profession, but is the speeial study of the. eliuieal psyehologists. “ ’l‘hey distinguish the two types of fear, nlijeetive and subjee—tire. aeeurding tn whether the suui'ee nt‘ apprehension is known to the \‘ietim ut‘ nut. This inueh is uld knowledge: reeent researches throw Stiltlt‘ light en the eauses ut‘ another type nt’ mentality. There nre. people \\'hu ‘ revel in dangeiz' \\'hen nlhers are with gnnd grounds afraid. they tend ealiu and tn their surprise are strangely at ease \\'llll themselves: probing-ed puree (they eat] it 'inat‘tion'l leads tn uneasiness. they Mill'er l'rnin ‘peaee-neurnsis' \\'hieli is ‘eul‘ed‘ by war.. ltl\'<‘«ll;":lllltll .\‘ltu\\‘\ that danger is \\'(‘lt‘t‘llH‘tL because, \\‘llL‘ll t ”w sourve ut' mental tension is external. as in war, the mind is re—- ! lievetl ut‘ an internal strain—that ut‘ dealing: with its own aggressive tendencies. [ “The inn-lens ut' the whole problem lies in the mode «if dealing “ with aggressive impulses. If these an- enupled with a pleasure in i eonstruetire aetirities the result is pi-m’luetinn work. The, t ll'tllllt'ltl midlugy is I'B\ ulutiou if the aggression is kept. t to nations." ‘