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Dangerous Emotions
By Debra L. Malone
On Tuesday, April sth, Father
Frank Chiaramonte, a Dr. of
Psychology presently directing the
Ecclesia Center here in Eric, spoke
in the Niagara lobby on the
"Dangers of Human Emotions".
Fr. Chiaramonte focused his talk on
two major areas, aggressive
behaviors and perfectionism. His
initials steps were to offer
background on the underlying
motivations for such behaviors.
The Father states that perfectionist
and aggression are only symptoms
of fear, deeply rooted in our
unconscious.
He stated these fears arc
established in childhood,, often the
result of parental actions.
According to Fr. Chiaramonte and
other psychologists of the
Humanistic philosophy, this is
called "conditional love". The
theory states that a child will
believe he is good and worthwhile
only if he meets the conditions
required by his parents. An
example of this is the child who
receives praise and effections only
after completing a task to the
satisfaction of the parent.
The result of this according to
the Humanistic theory of Dr. Carl
Rogers, who founded the
philosophy in 1980, based on
Maslow's previous work, is that the
child will develop in an atmosphere
of unconscious fear. The child will
constantly fear failure, which will
mean he is not worthy of love.
Fr. Chiaramonte states that these
fears are unconscious and the
actions of aggression or
perfectionism merely symptoms.
As this child grows he becomes
isolated by these deep set fears. He
is afraid to move within the
mainstream of society for fear
people will recognize his
inadequacies and thus reject him.
He therefore, attempts to conceal
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his fears through action. According
to Fr. Chiaramonte, this gives his
fear power and enables him to
function.
Fr. Chiaramonte states that
aggressive action is not limited to
violence. There are many
subcategories of violence, including
drug and alcohol abuse, self
mutilation, nonviolent crimes, and
basic hostility toward the world.
All of these can occur in
combination and to different
degrees.
The perfectionist, although as
severe as the aggressive, is socially
accepted, and therefore not generally
treated. However, this condition is
as severe as any aggressive act. The
perfectionist is always unhappy and
insecure, believing their self worth
is based on their ability to achieve.
The results of either of these
behaviors can be severe. Fr.
Chiaramonte states that "no one
will do anything to harm himself or
another unless driven by a deep
seated fear." Due to this the
potential for external and internal
violence is always present. Often
when these personalities realize
their coping methods are only
intensifying their feelings of
loneliness and fear, they result to
suicide. Father states the "18 to 21
age group has the highest incidence
of death by suicide."
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Although accurate in many of
his statements, the Father fails to ,
address other causes of ,
predisposition to suicide. The
biological factors of depression, or
the coping methods of a family
unit, have others within the family
committed suicide?, or even the
effect of attention seeking gestures
that went too far, as well as, learned
coping methods within the family
unit were not taken into
consideration. However, the focus
of his talk was excellent in the *
specific area he addressed and Father
Chiaramonte greatly increased the
awareness of those present. As
stated by Father Chiaramonte, "it's
not the fact that a person exhibits a
behavior, but the severity of the
behavior that must be considered.”
Therefore, an occasional drinker is
not an alcoholic, nor a dedicated
studicr a perfectionist. Behaviors
exhibited in the extreme arc
dangerous, both to oneself and
others, and should be treated as soon
as possible to ensure a happy
productive life.
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