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Morita Therapy is also called Zen Therapy and Radical Natural Therapy. It was founded by Professor Masuda Morita (1874-1938), Tokyo Medical University of Tokyo, Japan, and named it "Special Therapy" for neurosis. In 1938, after his death, Professor Masuda Morita, his disciples named it Morita Therapy.

Basic Information

nickname

Zen therapy

English name

Moritatherapy

Visiting department

Psychiatry

Contagious

no

Morita therapy theory system

Classification of neurosis

Morita Masa divides "neuropathy" into the following categories based on symptoms:

(1) General neurosis, insomnia, headache, heavy head, blurred head, paresthesia, fatigue, decreased efficiency, feeling of weakness (deficiency), gastrointestinal neurosis, inferiority, sexual dysfunction, dizziness, Writing cramps, tinnitus, tremor, poor memory, and inattention.

(2) Forced neuroticism is horrifying to people (blush, facing, sight, horror of own expression, etc.), unclean horror, disease horror, imperfect horror, reading horror, stroke horror, going out horror, stuttering horror, evil horror, ominous Horror, sharp horror, distracted horror, high altitude horror, confirmation habit, etc.

(3) Anxiety neurosis , epileptic palpitations, anxiety attacks, dyspnea, etc.

2. Neurotic personality

Professor Masada Morita believes that patients with various neuroses have some personality characteristics, called neurotic personality. Its characteristics are summarized as: introversion, introspection, rationality, sensitivity, worry, and other weaknesses and the pursuit of perfection, idealism, strong, motivated, uneasy about the status quo, persistent, stubborn, have a strong desire for life and a desire for death. Fear, excessive attention to one's health, and prejudice that is difficult to eliminate.

3. Spiritual interaction

The decisive and important role for the development of neuroticism is the suspected tone that Professor Morita Masa called quality, and the decisive and important role for the development of symptoms is mental interaction. The so-called mental interaction refers to the mental process in which attention is focused on a certain sensation, which becomes allergic, and the allergy of this sensation makes the attention fixed on this sensation. The following diagram:

During this repetitive vicious cycle, disturbing horror is generated, causing disorders of the autonomic nervous system, that is, so-called mental and physical symptoms, and mental interactions often lead to the fixation of symptoms, and a fixed behavior pattern is formed over time.

Morita therapy treatment

Treatment principle

"Let it be, do what you want" is the basic principle of Morita therapy. Eliminate ideological contradictions, and apply cultivating exercises to the emotions of suspected illness to get rid of the concept of disease. In accordance with the mechanism of the development of symptoms such as mental interaction, apply some measures in accordance with psychological conditions such as attention and emotion, and follow the patient's symptoms and symptoms. Realize, often make it experience submissive nature.

Putting the problem together is not so-called "let it be." It is "let it be" to make what should be what it must be. The so-called "let it go" is not what you want. Emotions can't be controlled by one's own strength, and it's reluctant to be happy when you want to cry. Conversely, when you are extremely happy, it is impossible to work hard to become sad. For the emotions that cannot be controlled by one's own strength, do not evade, accept it naturally, and take action to do what should be done, which is to let it go. On the other hand, even if you want to cry, if you attend a friend's wedding, you will have to show a smile anyway, which is natural.

Morita theory requires people to treat troubles as a natural feeling of people to accept and accept it naturally, not to try desperately to exclude it as a foreign body, otherwise, it will cause thoughts because of "unavailable" Contradictions and spiritual interactions lead to fierce conflicts in the inner world. If you can naturally accept all the symptoms, pain, and anxiety, anxiety and other emotions, and silently endure and endure the pain, you can be freed from the shackled mechanism to achieve the "elimination or avoidance of the negative side of neurotic personality" The purpose of giving full play to its positive "positive role of" living desire "". The emphasis of Morita therapy cannot simply take the elimination of symptoms as the goal of treatment, but you should free yourself from the quagmire that you repeatedly want to eliminate symptoms, and then readjust your life. Don't expect or possibly eliminate your symptoms immediately, but learn to live with them.

2. Treatment

Morita therapy does not advocate retrospection of the past, but rather pays attention to the current real life, and gains experiential knowledge through real life. Live like a healthy person, gain experiential understanding and inspiration in life, adapt to the natural changes in emotions, and strive to act according to goals.

(1) Inpatient Morita therapy

First stage absolute bed rest

Isolate patients from meeting, talking, reading, smoking, and other recreational activities. She is almost absolutely bedridden, with the exception of eating and drinking. About 1 week.

The second stage light operation period

It is forbidden to communicate, talk, and go out. The bed time is limited to 7 or 8 hours. During the day, you must be exposed to fresh air and sunlight. Write a diary at night. 3 to 7 days.

The third phase of the general operation period

Patients can choose field labor, cleaning, manual operation and so on. But communication, games, co-work, aimless walks, gymnastics, etc. are forbidden, only to do things or read books by themselves. 1 to 2 weeks.

The fourth stage of life training preparation period

Conduct training to adapt to changes in the outside world and prepare yourself for returning to actual daily life. The patient should write a diary based on actions and give it to the doctor for review.

(2) Outpatient Morita Therapy is based on the principle of "If there is a healthy person's behavior, the mind will be healthy naturally", it can be performed by reading Morita's popular science books or diary guidance.

(3) Life Discovery Society (can be considered as a collective Morita therapy) This is an organization for patients to carry out activities based on the basic characteristics of mutual help and inspiration. It is divided into regional collective seminars and study sessions.