Human nature is designed to continually turn to bad news to assess the level of potential danger. If there is not enough data to predict the development of events, one begins to look for any reliable information. To this end, many people turn to predictions during changes in the country, the world, or their personal lives. This is an occupational psychologist, Dr. Stanislav Sambursky, a clinical psychologist at Anikina’s Clinic and author of the Ecological Psychologist Zen channel, told socialbites.ca.
“People use miracle healing, psychics, fortune-tellers and mysticism to reduce their level of insecurity and anxiety. And it works,” said the expert.
According to him, the first reason many people turn to esotericism is ordinary curiosity, because a person who goes to the same fortune-teller can be compared to a child learning the world.
“Another reason to turn to predictions is uncertainty. People who fall into a situation that is incomprehensible to themselves, from which they cannot find a way out, begin to worry. Moods deteriorate, the nervous system suffers, and there is not enough strength to remain in a state of uncertainty. In this case, the predictions at least help to find some answers, so it feels better, ”said Stanislav Sambursky.
However, it also happens that people do not want to know what awaits them in the future, but want to complain. And here fortune-tellers also come to the rescue, who turned out to be people to whom you can “pour your soul.”
“This is a paradox, but for people it is much easier and less frightening to turn to a fortuneteller than to consult a psychologist. Although often the purpose of the appeal is the same. At the same time, people are not afraid that when they go to psychics, their acquaintances will think they are crazy, but when they turn to psychologists, they are sure to think so, “he said. psychologist.
At the same time, he noted, many fortunetellers use the “chain reaction” strategy, which allows them to “loosen” a person and put “pin-to-needle” predictions for a large number of repeated visits.
“They listen to the interlocutor, show him affection, and then argue that in order to solve a problem, it is necessary to eliminate the others. Moreover, if the fortuneteller hits his predictions at least once, the client is already hooked. Then additional visits and financial investments begin. Unfortunately, a person often realizes that he has done something stupid only by losing a lot of money. Therefore, fortune tellers should be treated very carefully, ”the expert Sambursky concluded.
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