Wednesday, May 25, 2011

If You Call Yourself Then You Are Not MAD

Once i went to register myself for the pychology classes at a renouned institution of the city.My feeling were no unknown to myself for the subject but there was still a very queer thing i could find about humans that day.
   Well we all(candidates) were to take an academic test to approve our qualification for the level.And it was an easy one and I could easily complete it before the allowed time.The examiner came and we handed over him our answer papers and were asked to sit quietly till a lecturer comes and guide us about the further steps for the admission.But no one was obedient enough and all kept mumbling with the next sitting partner.
   Within ten minutes an elderly man came in and I could predict he was the professor we were waiting for.
    "Good morning students", he said."Its going to be just a short introductory session, and you are allowed to leave afterwards."
   He sits down after writing something on the board which he read afterwards.
   "Everyone will introduce himself and tell us why he is here today!.... and we will start with you" pointing at the boy sitting in the front."
   All the candidates stood and introduced themselves one by one.There was sitting a man among us and he was looking older than the other guys.I assumed he should be resuming his studies after some hurdles in his personal life as he was looking stable enough.On his turn he stood and said:
      "My name is Ishfaq and I work in a bank.I am married and have two children.As now a days every person's life has somewhat depressed him and anxieties are turning them into a harmful person and not thinking about the small but important things in our lives except the money and food,and that has also happened with me.I call myself also a half mad person.So I have decided not to wast my vacations.It would be a lot better if i could learn psychology and help myself in understanding my wife and my children and get myself out of the negative effects of everyday situations which effects my relations and my personal life."
   Everyone was looking at him with somewhat a surprised manner but for me it was a perfect application for a psychiatrist.The man who just called himself mad was seeming to be the wisest of the all at the time.
   The present day social environment of the world has not let anyone uninfluenced and we all have some kind of madness,complexes and anxieties inside us but this in not the only thing you categorize a person to be mad or not.But its the thing that you know it or not.Thats why, anyone can have psycho problems and complexes but only the mad one says "I am not mad".