In psychology, the phenomena of sensory, emotional, motor, psychosocial and maternal deprivation are distinguished, which describe the factors of mental development. Speaking of deprivation, we mean a certain state that occurs as a result of unmet needs and has harmful consequences. The most important is the psychological side of these very consequences.
All manifestations of systematic oppression have psychological similarities. They can cover a wide range of violations: from small oddities to deep lesions of personality and intelligence. For example, isolation, severe trauma or mutilation, causing inactivity, entail not only physiological problems, but also mental disorders that are very difficult to overcome.
Sensory deprivation (deprivation of sensations) is characterized by information hunger caused by the restriction of auditory, tactile, visual, taste, olfactory stimuli. It is caused by both physical disturbances and poor environmental conditions. Numerous experiments to recognize human reactions have shown that the majority of the subjects could not spend more than three days in a small enclosed room.
Sensory deprivation for almost every person is perceived hard. Such experiments can be carried out at home: blindfold, insert earplugs in the ears, limit the mobility of the body. In a moderate dosage, sensory deprivation even helps to relax the body and has a beneficial effect on internal functioning: the mental state is stabilized , incoming information from the outside is faster processed, and perception is aggravated.
This condition is used in yoga, psychological practice (trainings), alternative medicine, meditation. The main goal of these classes is the correction of personality, internal “I” and self-development. The most complex device that restricts a person from external stimuli is a sound and lightproof camera, invented in 1954 by the scientist John Lilly. This is a container filled with salt water into which the subject is immersed. Thanks to warm water, a person experiences a state of weightlessness and feels complete isolation from the outside world.
Scientists have proved that with a lack of sensory information , a person has a need for strong feelings and feelings, as a result, emotional hunger develops. Therefore, sensory and emotional deprivation are directly related. The lack of sensory experiences is information hunger and has similar effects. It should be noted that emotional hunger is much more difficult to identify than physical.
Often, depressive states, social problems, development of complexes, a feeling of loneliness have emotional deprivation. Here lies the creation of psychological dependence, the technique of programming the psyche, a huge opportunity for psychological coercion, which a person can be subjected to in interpersonal relationships and society.
Along with the emotional and sensory, there is social deprivation - this is a decrease or deprivation of the individual’s communication with society. People of absolutely all age categories are exposed to it. But most of all, retirees and mothers on maternity leave. It speaks of a wide rupture of social ties. Therefore, often people with this syndrome have unreasonable aggression, irritability, a sense of anxiety - at such moments, the right way will be to phone up with loved ones, go shopping, do what you love, i.e. distract from negative thoughts.
Sensory deprivation, as you understand, can manifest itself in various variations, in other words, it is a shortage of certain impressions or information. It is very important to timely recognize and satisfy that channel of systematic oppression, through which there is a lack of necessary emotions.