Growing with pleasant and unpleasant feelings

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The main focus is to establish a development concept and model for understanding healthy development processes, as well as diagnosing and treating developmental disorders. This approach emphasizes emotions as a crucial link between the environment, body, mind, and experiences. It acknowledges the oscillating dynamics between pleasant and unpleasant feelings, viewing this fluctuation as a principle that fosters development in ambiguous situations. The analysis of affect patterns reveals both supportive and destructive influences from personal and professional relationships, as well as social, cultural, and religious institutions. This examination challenges the distinctions between normal and abnormal, healthy and unhealthy, highlighting individuals who, under the guise of normality, impede development within various contexts. It particularly addresses issues related to hysterical, paranoid, borderline, and sociopathic personality disorders. The analysis encompasses not only behavioral patterns and symptoms but also emotional dynamics, offering practical procedures such as tests and questionnaires to assess disturbances in affect patterns. Additionally, it considers the subconscious influence of past emotional experiences, aiming to identify and resolve affect inhibitions that lead to developmental disorders.