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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO HEALTHY MIND
1) ADEQUATE FEELINGS OF SECURITY :-
Adequate feelings of security are essential for the growth and development of well integrated personality. Physical security is indispensable for life. Feeling of security means to feel at home, The mentally healthy individual radiates poise and emotional confidence. The first duty of home is to educate the child in acquiring emotional security.
2) ADEQUATE FEELINGS OF PERSONAL WORTH :-
Every body is gifted with some talents’ lustre, qualities and assets. This personal worth of an individual must be recognised by himself. He should explore himself to know it, it would be natural and normal to feel proud over such qualities. This aids one’s self-confidence which is an important factor in each and every success, without adequate feelings of personal worth, the child will feel himself belittled. It will make him small in his own eyes. Thus he will leave feeling of inferiority and be victim of neurotic conflicts and indecision.
3) ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF SELF :-
It is very easy to know about others, but it is very difficult to know one’s ownself. Some times, we deceive ourselves. Self knowledge is a great knowledge. In order to achieve self realisation which is one of the most important and fundamental aims of education, knowledge of one’s ownself helps a lot in way of adjustment. It serves a great purpose in rationalization. It resolves
