To pose the question.

A little history. While still in my 3rd year of medical school, listening to a lecture on the theory of stress by G. Selye, I was surprised by the fact that the idea of ​​​​creating a doctrine came to the author during his student years. Without any doubt, I decided to create something like that, but alas, not having come up with anything, I soon abandoned the good intention.

But nothing passes without a trace, I began to be interested in the question of the driving motives of human behavior, and began to look for my answer. In the 6th year I became acquainted with Freud's theory, but “we did not understand each other.” I did not find the answer to the question “about the structure” of the soul. Trying Freud's concept on myself over and over again (since I had neither a laboratory nor a clinic), I remained dissatisfied, since “pansexualism” (at least this is how this theory seemed to me) did not explain my questions. I decided to better study the “sexual instinct” and took a course in sexopathology, and then after a while I had medical practice in this specialty. Unfortunately, I did not find unity between psychoanalysis and clinical sexology. Intuitively sensing a certain incompleteness in Freud’s concept, I decided to reconsider it in my own way. Firstly, in addition to the sexual instinct, I was also interested in the question of other (food, parental, cognitive, defensive) instincts. Why exactly these, because only they have an anatomical and physiological representation in the soma and psyche. The death instinct seems to me to be a virtual concept. Despite my criticism, I am very grateful to the great scientist S. Freud for his pioneering work in the field of the subconscious,

unconsciousness and childhood sexuality, which inspired me to study instincts

The method was as follows. In difficult cases of diagnosing and treating sexological patients, I began to study the expression of all 5 human instincts, a certain biosocial, biotherapeutic view of ontogenesis, and thus gain a deeper understanding of the personality and its problems. By interviewing patients, he found out their instinctive status, ranking them from weak to strong, in comparison with a certain average norm, taken arbitrarily from everyday common sense.

The results obtained were very valuable for psychotherapy, acquiring significance as an algorithm for working with the patient. First of all, we can highlight the extreme options. For the food instinct - from anorexia nervosa (hypofunction) to obesity with Pickwick's syndrome (hyperfunction). An indicator of the biological activity of the food instinct is appetite. For the sexual instinct - from asexuality, frigidity to satyriasis and nymphomania. The biological marker is the expression of libido, a term aptly coined by 3 Freud. For parental instinct - from a complete refusal to have children to devoting your life to children (not only your own). For the cognitive instinct - from self-sacrifice for the sake of science, truth - to complete indifference to knowledge. For the instinct of self-preservation - between courage and cowardice (the pilot lost both legs in battle, after treatment he became a parachutist). Such people can be classified as persons prone to self-destructive activities (stunt performers, climbers, race car drivers, etc.). The extreme expression is homicidomania, i.e. desire to commit suicide at any cost.

Unfortunately, for the last three instincts there are not yet adequate terms that reflect the state of the instinct in one word (such as the words appetite or libido); linguistics is still indebted to science. More complex are the issues of interaction of instincts, but this topic requires further special study.

For more than 20 years I had been nurturing my concept of the interaction of instincts, turning to scientists more than once, but I did not find understanding until I found support from my teacher S.A. Ovsyannikov. Joint observations made it possible to formulate a propaedeutic method for studying the human biological matrix in the form of the so-called formula of human instincts (FIH).

A. Self-preservation instinct (IS)

A. I do not value my life, I often have thoughts of leaving my life, I have attempted suicide.

1. I have no egoism, serving people and the ideal is the meaning of my life. I cannot lie, in the name of honor and justice I am ready to sacrifice my

2. I don’t like lies, I value justice and try to defend it, but without sacrificing myself. Material well-being and health care do not play a major role for me.

3. Material well-being and spiritual life are equally important to me. I sympathize with honest people, but I am not inclined to fight for justice. I am able to find compromise solutions in any situation. I will not suffer because of others; I am more likely to think about myself.

4. I am a real egoist (I love myself most of all), material well-being is the main thing for me. I never go against circumstances to my detriment. Accumulating valuables gives me pleasure. Honor and justice mean nothing to me when it comes to benefits for me

5. I am concerned only with myself, my health, I am indifferent even to close people, I protect myself from any worries. I devote my life to my well-being, I am suspicious, I love to be treated, most of all I value my precious health and life.

B. Food instinct (PI)

0. The thought of food disgusts me; if we drink something, I induce vomiting to get rid of food.

1. Food is not the main thing for me, I eat because it is necessary.

2. My appetite is below average, I easily forget to eat if I’m busy with something more important, I easily endure hunger.

Z. I have a good appetite, I eat with pleasure, I try to maintain a food regime in any conditions, the feeling of hunger is unpleasant for me.

4. My appetite is above “average”; I like to eat and drink tasty and plentiful meals. I consider myself a gourmet, I love to cook myself, find new recipes for various dishes and treat myself to what I have prepared.

5. I am constantly hungry and think about food. I eat a lot and indiscriminately, my gluttony does not bother me. I'm overweight.

B. Sexual instinct (SI)

A. I have no desire for sexual intercourse at all. I am indifferent or even disgusted.

1. I experience sexual desire 1-2 times a year. Intimacy does not give me joy and satisfaction. I prefer erotic fantasies.

2. Sexual desire occurs no more than once a month. The romantic side of a relationship is more interesting than the physical intimacy. Not entirely confident in my sexual abilities.

Z. I have a normal sexual desire 2 - 3 - 4 times a week. There is no discomfort or uncertainty, almost always a vivid orgasm.

4. I have a strong sex drive, I can have daily contact with my loved one, I give him all my feelings, I don’t feel any insecurity.

5. I have an irresistible desire for sexual intercourse. Sex is the most important thing in my life. Concepts such as love are indifferent to me. I like “sophisticated forms” in sex. Thinking about homosexual relationships.

D. Parental (maternal - paternal) instinct (RI).

A. I don’t have children, they disgust me. I don't like cats or dogs.

1. I don’t have children, I don’t like them, I prefer pets.

2. I have no desire to have children, but the appearance of a child is associated with the insistence of my husband (wife).

3. I have 1 - 2 beloved children of my own free will, I calmly endure the difficulties of raising them.

4. I love children very much, I want to have more of them, I endure all difficulties, I love raising them, children love me.

5. Children are the only meaning of my life, I tremble over them, I am ready to sacrifice everything for them and forgive them everything. I can easily take in other people's children.

D. Cognitive instinct (CI).

0. I have no desire to learn anything (I consider it a “empty” matter).

1. Studying has never given me any pleasure.

2. I sometimes listen to conversations about new books, but I don’t like to read them. I’m more willing to watch entertainment programs on television, things that everyone watches.

Z. I always studied willingly, I liked to learn new things, I always tried to keep up with the general level, but I’m not eager to become a “scientist”, I want to know as much as I need for life.

4. Books, reading, education occupy a large place in my life, I collect books myself, but without “fanaticism”. Knowledge pleases and inspires.

5. The meaning of my life is to constantly learn new things, in science, art, I constantly read or write myself. I devote myself entirely to learning new things.

This attempt to quantify the biological mechanism of the body is necessary in order to better imagine the relationship of parts as a whole, because it was not without reason that G. Galileo said that nature is written in the language of mathematics.

In my opinion, the diversity of an individual's life does not consist of a large number of discrete elements, then the biological system would hardly endure the hardships of natural selection. Most likely, the principle of biological expediency simplified the number of participating components to a minimum. in the life support of an individual. As we know, it is the 4 nucleotide bases of DNA (adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine) that form the entire variety of non-repeating combinations of genes in the chromosome set of one species. In the 6ological variation series, instinct as an anatomical and functional block can be located between a cell with a gene apparatus (chromosomal set) and the life of a whole organism. It was the anatomical and physiological mechanism of 5 functionally interconnected blocks that ensured the preservation and continuation of the race in the fiercest competition on Earth.

The role of the cognitive instinct is unique. It was he who made it possible to socialize a person, throwing a bridge between the biological and the social, spiritual, truly human. At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, intelligence becomes the main factor of progress. Science, exact knowledge or episteme has become a decisive factor for curbing the animal resp. biological (often arpecative - destructive - war) principle. Suppose that all instincts in a state of dynamic equilibrium, or in working jargon, are closed. This state cannot last long, since elementary hunger in the form of hypoglycemia will cause tension, stress according to Selye.

The body includes a mechanism to eliminate this disorder. The food instinct sends a signal to the brain, the cognitive instinct as the highest regulator (located at the top of the hierarchical ladder of instincts) decides what to do with the received signal. Should I delay or start searching for food immediately? This depends on the strength of the signals, in other words, on the dominant (according to A.A. Ukhtomsky). Each person has his own threshold of endurance, of course it is small in children and immature, infantile adults. Speaking in artistic language about brave and courageous people, we must mean high resistance to long-term preservation of dominance. Let us consider the teaching of I.P. Pavlov about conditioned reflexes from the point of view of instincts. As you know, nature was unable to provide “on the road” with all the necessary arsenal along the road of life. She gave only unconditioned reflexes; it was up to the individual, the person, to take care of everything else necessary. In other words, we develop conditioned reflexes all our lives, that is, we learn (something and somehow according to A.S. Pushkin). Those who became extinct due to natural selection are dinosaurs and other large animals, or rather those who were unable to learn new forms of life in time.

Conditioned reflexes are the nutrient medium of instinct with the help of which it realizes its potential. Instinct based on unconditioned reflexes is savagery, ignorance, instinct based on conditioned reflexes, and even of a higher order - culture, civilization, progress. Why does the doctor need this? Very necessary. Without a biological analysis of personality and illness, it is unlikely that many conditions can be correctly assessed.

Most likely, these include diseases of adaptation (disadaptation), in particular, neuroses, depression, psychosomatic diseases, which make up the vast majority of requests for medical help.

In my opinion, it is necessary to reconsider many aspects of medical practice from the point of view of instincts; the work promises to be interesting and useful for practice. In other words, without excessive modesty, we can declare the need to identify a new branch of the science of clinical instinctology, and a doctor - a specialist in the ability to see diseases and patients with a “biological” view - a psychotherapist, biopsychiatrist or biopsychotherapist, etc. Rather, Freud's psychoanalysis will benefit from a paradigm shift to bioanalysis, but not by changing the name, but by changing the essence of the method.

Literature.

1. 3. Freud. Lectures on introduction to psychoanalysis. T.1-2. M. 1922

2. S.A. Ovsyannikov. History and epistemology of borderline psychiatry. - pp. 179-183

3. A. A. Ukhtomsky. The doctrine of physiological dominance. Collected works. T. 1-6, L. 1945-62.

Doctor Abiev Artur Karamasovich
medical aspect

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Biological human instincts - a medical aspect.

By Arthur. K. Abiev, M.D.

A little bit of history. As a third year medical student studying the Hans Celie’s Theory of Stress, I was surprised to learn that the main idea was developed by the author when he was a student. Being inspired by that notion, and being a student myself, I have set to come up with a theory of my own - an ambition I have soon forgotten.

However, the seed was planted in my head, and, before long, I have resumed my interest and started my search for the motives explaining human behavior.

On the sixth grade I have familiarized myself with the Freud’s theory - but, we “didn’t understand each other.” I could not find the answer to my question: how the soul was “organized”. In vain I’ve tried time and time again to apply the Freud’s concept of “pansexualism” to explain my own motives and behavior (I didn’t have the laboratory or clinic at that time). I was determined to understand better the “sexual instinct” and decided to take a sexopathology course. Afterwards I have practiced as a sexopathologist for some time.

Regrettably, I still couldn’t find the unity between the psychoanalysis and clinical sexology.

Intuitively, the Freud’s concept was incomplete to me. So I have decided to revise it to my satisfaction. First, I considered other than the sexual instincts: feeding, parenting, learning, and self-preserving. I have selected these five instincts because they all have anatomical and physiological expression in both the soma and the psychic. The instinct of dying seemed quite virtual to me.

Despite my criticism of the Freud’s concept, I am grateful to the scientific titan for his pioneering studies on subconsciousness, unconsciousness, and childhood sexuality, which inspired me to conduct my own investigations.

I used the following method. In complex cases representing a diagnostic and/or therapeutic challenge, I started to differentiate the degrees at which each of the five instincts was expressed and used this type of algorithmic approach for gaining a deeper understanding of the patients’ condition.

I used a standardized questionnaire and a method for comparing patients' data against some arbitrary mean (drawn from the common life experiences and sense), to grade the patients' “instinctive status”, which was ranging between two extremes: weak (hypofunction) and strong (hyperfunction)

The obtained data turned out to be quite valuable for psychotherapy, and underscored the advantages of the algorithmic approach in patient’s care.

First, the extreme conditions - weak and strong - for each instinct were defined:

For the feeding instinct - anorexia nervosa (hypofunction) and the Pickwickian obesity (hyperfunction). The intensity of the appetite was considered an indicator of biological activity for that instinct.

For the sexual instinct - asexuality, or frigidity (hypofunction), and satyriasis and nymphomania (hyperfunction). The intensity of the libido (term brilliantly coined by Dr. Freud), was considered a biological marker for that instinct.

For the parenting instinct - a complete refusal to have children (hypofunction), and dedicating one’s life to raising children - own or adopted (hyperfunction).

For the learning instinct - a complete indifference towards the knowledge (hypofunction), and sacrificial drive towards the knowledge, and thirst for the “truth” (hyperfunction).

For the self-preserving instinct - suicidomania - too scared to live and too scared to die, and cowardliness - inability to handle risks (hypofunction), and self-destructive bravery - i.e., a pilot who lost both legs in a plane crash becomes a sky-diver - (hyperfunction).

For the last three instincts, unfortunately, there is still a lack of adequate terminology for naming their respective ranges (for example, as the terms “appetite” and “libido” are used to name ranges of the feeding and sexual instincts, respectively). In this regard, the linguistics are still indebted to psychology.

The interaction of the instincts is a more complex aspect altogether, requiring further and more specific studies.

It is not until some 20 years later and after approaching my teacher Dr. S.A. Ovsyannikov, did I find the support for my concept on the interaction of the instincts. As a result of our collaborative efforts with Dr. S.A. Ovsyannikov, we developed a propedeutic method for studying a person’s biological matrix. We have also developed a formula for calculating a person’s instinctive status (the Instinctive Status Formula - ISF).

The self-preserving instinct (SPI).

0. I don’t value life; I fantasize about taking my own life and have a history of attempted suicide.

1. I am an unselfish person; serving people and ideals is the meaning of my life. I can’t lie and am ready to sacrifice my life for the sake of honor and justice.

2. I don’t like lying; I believe in justice and will support it, however not with my life. Material well being and health are not my primary goals.

3. Material well being and spiritualism are equally important to me. I sympathize with the honest people, but I am not inclined to fight for justice myself. I am good at compromising. I am not willing to suffer for someone else’s benefit.

4. I am egoist (I love myself more than anybody else). Material well being is the most important to me. I won’t ever argue if it can hurt me. Increasing my wealth is my passion. When it comes to my benefit - the honor and justice mean nothing to me.

5. I am preoccupied with myself and my health; I am obliterate towards others, even close to me people, and protect myself from any and all disturbances. I am dedicated to my well being, keep high opinion of myself, like to take care of my health; there is nothing more important to me than my life and my health.

The feeding instinct (FI)

0. The thought of food is repugnant to me; If I ate something, I will induce vomiting to get rid of food.

1. The food is a necessity for me, rather than a primary concern.

2. My appetite is below average - I often forget to eat, especially if I am doing something interesting, without feeling hungry.

3. I have a good appetite and like to eat; I try to adhere to established eating schedule at all time; I feel uncomfortable when I am hungry.

4. My appetite is above average; I enjoy consuming abundant quantities of tasty food and drinks. I consider myself a gourmet, like to cook, try new recipes, and to share food with others.

5. I am constantly hungry and thinking of food. I eat a lot and without choosing; my voracity doesn't embarrass me. I am obese.

Sexual Instinct (SI)

0. I have no desire for sex. The thought of sex disgusts me or leaves indifferent at best.

1. I feel like having sex once or twice a year. I don’t experience joy or relief from the sexual intercourse. I prefer erotic fantasies.

2. I want to have sex no more than once a month. The romantic aspect of relationships interests me more than the sex. I am not confident in my sexual abilities.

3. I have “normal” sexual needs - 2-3-4 times a week. I don’t experience any discomfort or doubts (during intercourse) and almost always have orgasm.

4. I have a strong sexual drive; with the person I love I can have sex every day - during sex I don’t hold back and experience no doubts.

5. I have a constant and irresistible sexual desire. Sex is my life. Word “love” means nothing to me. I like “kinky” sex. I thought about homosexual relationships.

Parenting (maternity-faternity) instinct (PI)

0. I hate children and I don’t have any. I don’t like cats or dogs neither.

1. I don’t like children and I don’t have any - I prefer pets.

2. I don’t want to have children, but I will have a child if my spouse insists.

3. I love my 1-2 children (which I planned to have); the burden of bringing them up is easy for me.

4. I want children very much and want to have more of them; I carry my children-related choirs willingly - I love brining-up children; children love me.

5. Children are the meaning of my life, I adore them and willing to sacrifice and forgive them everything. I would have no problems bringing-up adopted children.

Learning Instinct (LI)

0. I don’t have any desire to study (I consider it useless).

1. Studying has never given me pleasure.

2. I sometimes overhearing conversations about new books, but I don’t like to read them. I enjoy the main stream television entertainment.

3. I always liked studying and learning; I maintain my education and try to keep it current; however I am not interested in becoming a “scientist” - I just want to know enough to succeed in life.

4. Books, reading, and education are an important part of my life; I collect books, however I am not a “book fanatic”. Learning gives me joy and inspiration.

5. The search for anything new in science and art is the meaning of my life; I always read or write. I am dedicated to learning new things.

The above attempt of subdividing instincts into quantifiable stages is necessary for a better understanding of the instincts’ intrinsic unity - it was said by G. Galilee that the Nature is written in a language of mathematics.

It seems that the individual’s complexity derives itself from a rather limited number of the basic components - the structure with the large number of components would have less chances to succeed in the harsh environment of the natural selection. It is consistent with the principal of biological efficiency, that the number of the basic components of the life sustaining system was reduced to a minimum to allow for it’s both simple (compact) organization and complex biological interpretation. It is known, that just four nucleic acids (adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine) are responsible for the rich biological interpretation of an individual genome.

In the biological variation row, an instinct, as a anatomo-physiological block, can be viewed as occupying a position between the cell with it’s genome and the rest of the living organism.

The anatomo-physiological system, comprising 5 united blocks, is a likely structure that is responsible for successful preservation of the species on Earth.

The learning instinct played a unique role. It bridged biological and spiritual domains, producing a social human being. At the turning of the 21st century, human intelligence is an increasingly important factor of progress. The episystem, based on the science and exact knowledge, plays an increasingly important role in controlling often destructive basic biological drives (aggression, destruction, wars).

Let’s assume that all instincts are in the state of dynamic equilibrium, or closed. This condition cannot be prolonged indefinitely - a simple hunger will cause stress, according to Ceilie, physiologically expressed as hypoglycemia. In response, the body activates a compensation mechanism. The feeding instinct signals to the brain, where the learning instinct, presiding on the top of the instinctive decision tree, processes that signal: search for food either to be delayed or to be started immediately.

The intensity of the signal determines it’s dominance (A.A. Ukhtomsky). The endurance threshold varies from individual to individual and is the lowest among infants, and retarded or infantile individuals. Conversely, strong individuals are assumed to have a higher tolerance or endurance threshold to a prolonged signal dominance.

Let’s consider the Ivan P. Pavlov’s theory on conditioning in the context of the instincts. Given, an individual is not provided with all he may need in a course of his life. Instead, the individual is provided with the unconditional reflexes and the ability to form from them the conditional reflexes, appropriate to a given life situation. In the words of the great Russian poet A.C. Pushkin, we spend our lives learning “something somehow”, or developing new conditional reflexes.

Those who failed to form appropriate conditional reflexes were doomed to extinction, i.e., dinosaurs.

The reflexes provide a framework necessary for the instincts’ realization. The instincts deriving from the unconditional reflexes are expected to be more basic and with more primitive social patterns (i.e. egoism). On the other hand, the instincts deriving from the conditional reflexes are expected to be more complex and with more advanced social patterns (i.e. altruistic egoism).

Does this perspective afford any benefit to a practicing physician? I think it does. Analysis of the instinctive status of a patient provides objective references against which his condition(s) can be judged more accurately and comprehensively. It is especially true for uncovering the diseases of adaptation - neurosis, depression, psychosomatic disorders - which are a leading cause among patients visiting physician’s office.

We believe that the revision of physician’s practices in a context of evaluating the patient’s instinctive status is long overdue. We will not be at all surprised, if such a revision will result in the formation of a new discipline - Clinical Instinctology.

1. Z. Freud. Lectures on Introduction to Psychoanalyses. Vol.1-2 M. 1922.

2. S.A. Ovsyannikov. History and Epistemology of the Borderline Psychiatry, p. 179-183.

3. A.A. Ukhtomsky. A Study on Physiological Dominant. Vol. 1-6, L, 1945-1962.

The concept of “basic human instincts” implies an innate predisposition in specific situations to perform certain actions or avoid certain actions. This desire may not be realized in all cases. In some situations, social prohibitions or other factors may interfere. However, in this case, the desire and the emotion that reinforces it can be isolated and defined.

It should be noted that the traditional description, characterizing instincts as a complex of complex innate reactions in the body, formed mainly in an almost unchanged form as a response to internal or external stimuli, is almost not applicable to people. This is mainly due to the lack in humans of fixed types of actions that have been described in animals. An exception can be made only for facial expressions, gestures, and postures, which, as it turns out, are largely inherited.

Modern researchers studying innate programs prefer to use the concept of evolutionarily stable strategies in behavior (ESSB). This term was first introduced by M. Smith.

Evolutionarily stable are those behavioral strategies in which the species and the individual, against the background of selective pressure and modification, bring the greatest adaptive benefits.

Human instincts are divided into three main categories.

The first includes life's congenital predispositions. In this case, they ensure the safety of the individual’s life. These human instincts are endowed with certain characteristic features:

A decrease in an individual’s chances of survival is caused by dissatisfaction of the corresponding need;

There is no practical need for another individual to satisfy one or another need.

  1. Every normal individual has an innate motivation to avoid unsafe situations.
  2. Evolutionary Many people have an innate fear of snakes, the dark, insects, and strangers (particularly when they are larger or in a group). A person may also be afraid of heights, rats, blood, mice, the sick, predators, or being bitten or eaten.
  3. Food aversions or cravings. Genetically, people may have a predisposition to mineralized, salty, high-calorie foods. Some individuals feel the need to try new, unfamiliar food. Many people are predisposed to eating seeds, snacks, and chewing gum.
  4. Thermoregulation.
  5. Wakefulness and sleep.
  6. Brachiation (flight). At the same time, some people are attracted by the view from above, others, when in danger, try to climb higher, and still others are engaged in activities related to the air (parachute jumping, aviation).
  7. Excreta.
  8. Collecting (gathering).
  9. Biological clocks and rhythms.

10. Saving your energy (rest).

  1. Instinct of procreation.
  2. Parental behavior.
  3. Dominance (submission), appeasement and aggression.
  4. Territorial instincts.
  5. Group behavior and others.

The third category includes innate programs. These human instincts are not associated with species or individual adaptation to reality. These programs are aimed at the future. These innate predispositions are not derived from those described above, but exist independently. These, in particular, include:

  1. Instinct of learning.
  2. Games.
  3. Imitation.
  4. Preferences in art.
  5. Freedom (overcoming obstacles) and others.

Human life is based on three basic instincts:

  • The instinct of self-preservation
  • Hierarchical instinct
  • Instinct for procreation

Whether we want it or not, willingly or unwillingly, our whole life is essentially these three instincts, on which our survival, social fulfillment and simple human happiness depend.

The instinct of self-preservation

Ensures the preservation of its own life, itself as a unit of living matter. It works in critical situations, disasters, various threats to life, illnesses, acute and chronic stress.

Hierarchical instinct

Determines our social behavior, our desire to occupy a position in society, success in work, education, desire for career growth, advancement in business, politics, sports, hierarchy of relationships in the team, family, society, rivalry, intraspecific struggle, internal sexual struggle (women with a woman, man with a man), clarification of gender relations (man and woman).

Instinct for procreation

Determines all of our sexual behavior, sexual identification, puberty, reproduction. This instinct is responsible for the preservation of humanity as a living species on planet Earth.

A person spends his hormonal reserves on the implementation of these basic instincts. Thus, a person spends androgens on the hierarchical instinct, estrogens on the implementation of sexual function, and homeostasis hormones on the instinct of self-preservation. All these hormones are produced from a single precursor.

If we take all available progesterone in the human body as 100%, then we can roughly imagine that all three basic instincts should be provided by approximately 33.3% of the hormone. Perhaps this is true. But then the level of claims in all three areas should be minimal. When the load increases in any of the three directions, there will be a compensatory increase in exactly those hormones that are needed to implement this function. This will happen due to a decrease in other hormones. With excessive long-term loads and stress, this will lead to rapid depletion of the system and may cause the death of the body.

In order for a woman to have enough hormonal reserves for female realization, she must have a reduced level of social demands and stress levels, then testosterone will be used for the production of estrogen, ovulation, a normal menstrual cycle, love, family, childbirth, and the level of female diseases will be minimal. The woman will not have a desire to have an abortion, and pregnancy and childbirth will proceed favorably.

But the continuation of the human race is not entirely a biological process.

I asked the same question many times at my lectures: “Please tell me, when does a person have a desire to have children?” The answer was always the same: “When you have an apartment, a car, money, an education, etc. etc.”, i.e. Some social levels of development have been achieved, material wealth has been accumulated, there is a job, a stable source of income. Everything is confused in people's heads.

No one has ever answered this question as follows: “When will I meet the man (woman) with whom I want to have children!”

If in living nature the desire to give birth to offspring is strictly determined by the sexual behavior of the female - her egg matures, and the male experiences sexual arousal in response to this, then in humans the desire to have children has shifted from the biological plane to the social one. To have children, a person needs an apartment as a nest for offspring, money as a source of food for future offspring, social guarantees for a woman (maternity leave, child benefits, keeping her job, and in general it would be nice for a woman to be Married). The husband in this context acts as the guarantor of providing the woman with her daily needs. biological needs, i.e. provides her instinct for procreation not only with his sperm, but also with material wealth. And marriage for a woman in this sense is biological need, not social.

I had patients for whom marriage was not only sufficient, but also a necessary condition (a stamp in the passport - this must be legal marriage) for pregnancy. There is a contingent of women who are able (unconsciously) to suppress their ovulation so much that until they solve all their social problems, they cannot afford to get pregnant. This is an uncontrolled (unconscious) process.

On the surface, the woman will be concerned about the absence of children, and she will even go to doctors and get examined. But in fact, ovulation and the process of reproduction itself will be taboo (suppressed) by social desires (complete building a house, buy a car, pay off debts, etc., etc.). Therefore, to help such women find female happiness, it requires long-term work on herself and preferably accompanied by a psychotherapist.

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Human life and activity are subject to certain instincts. For its existence, nature forces us to be in constant search of food, clothing and other material goods. In society, people try to assert themselves and gain recognition from other people. To continue one's family line, a person needs to establish relationships with members of the opposite sex, get married and have children. There are many factors on which our whole life directly depends. They can be described as three basic instincts.


What has nature given you?

It is instincts that provide a person with the main advantage in life, playing the role of a powerful impulse to achieve their goals. With their help, you can motivate yourself to succeed in any activity. When a person does not control himself, he is driven by instincts. This process is quite simple and often very effective. The fact is that when actions and desires are conscious, you can resist manipulation, resort to similar techniques yourself, and achieve results with great success. There are three main (basic) instincts:

  1. The desire for self-preservation and survival.
  2. Sexual instinct (procreation).
  3. Leadership instinct.

Human instincts give rise to needs:

  • material well-being; need for security;
  • searching for a sexual partner;
  • child care;
  • the need to influence others.

Humans also have other natural instincts: maternal, the instinct of defending one’s territory, the instinct of following, when we unwittingly repeat what others are doing. Unlike animals, we can control our instincts with our mind and spirit. It is also worth noting that animals survive only due to instincts, while humans are obliged to their knowledge.

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The instinct of self-preservation in humans is based on fears for our health and well-being, forcing us to be careful and show responsibility. He can be considered superior to the rest.

The desire to continue one's family and the desire for power are based on the survival instinct.

Sexual instinct is nothing more than the need to leave behind offspring, which also indicates a desire for self-preservation.

In the matter of power, it can be noted that a person needs it for greater security. If a person thinks intelligently and acts consciously, then any of his phobias loses power. Anyone who understands the causes of fears can easily eliminate them. Those who are afraid of this die the fastest, because they are driven by an inferior instinct of self-preservation. Blinded by the desire to rule, people often “lose their minds,” which also leads to unpleasant consequences. It should also be noted how many stupid things are committed because of problems with the opposite sex. All these worries and fears unconscious and need to be gotten rid of.

The herd instinct in people is due to psychological necessity. Many people associate a crowd with power. Strength means protection. And again, it turns out that the basis of this instinct is fear for one’s life and the desire for self-preservation. Weak-willed people who do not want to take responsibility and who are unable to overcome their fears follow the crowd where there is a “leader”. The latter, in turn, hones the skill of manipulation.

Don't let your fears control you. Control your instincts and take control of your life.

A person is driven by three basic instincts: the sexual instinct, the instinct of power and the instinct of self-preservation. Using these instincts, you can subjugate a person’s will and manipulate him. You can also use them to motivate yourself to achieve big goals. Psychologists consider the weakest instinct to be the instinct of self-preservation, but I came to a different conclusion, and I put it above the rest, considering it the main one. I believe that both the sexual instinct and the instinct of power have a basis in the instinct of self-preservation, which is responsible for both its own reproduction and maximum safety. Judge for yourself, why else does a person need power, if not for greater security, and the sexual instinct is nothing more than the need to continue one’s kind, which can also be considered self-preservation. All manipulations with the human consciousness, and most importantly the subconscious, are involved in the manipulation of its instincts.

In general, if we talk about the conscious part of a person, then in more than ninety percent of people, this part of consciousness, part of the mind, is, unfortunately, completely atrophied. The whole point is that in our society it is not customary to develop this part, to train the memory, yes, we can do this, we are taught this, but it is not customary for us to develop consciousness. Therefore, the effectiveness of appealing to the subconscious of such an unconscious person, in which only his instincts and, so to speak, background thoughts, and not common sense, predominate, is a much more effective way to subordinate him to your will. But why do psychologists place the instinct of self-preservation below the instinct of power and sexual instinct? With standard human upbringing, the sexual instinct and the instinct of power are suppressed, for obvious reasons.

It is these instincts that give a person the main advantage in life, giving him a powerful impetus to achieve high results. But the instinct of self-preservation, in its pure form, is mainly based on fear, and a person is subjugated because of his fear. But as I already said, this is why I consider the instinct of self-preservation to be higher than the rest, because its complete structure is precisely the instinct of power and the sexual instinct combined. And the fear associated with the instinct of loss of power, as well as the sexual instinct, is much higher, which can be explained by the greater risk of life because of power or sex.

For me, these are obvious facts, because the instinct of self-preservation is often dulled by the other two basic instincts, and this is their drawback, because life for a person is the most important thing, without it he will have nothing. But for the most part, a well-developed power instinct and sexual instinct certainly give a person more security than a self-preservation instinct based on weak fear. I call it weak fear, since all instincts are fear, and fear, as you know, gives mad strength if it is strong fear.

That is why I consider the instinct of self-preservation to be the main one, because it fully collects all the fears associated with a person’s life and forces him to act, forces him to achieve high results. From all that has been said, we can draw a completely logical conclusion: any person is subject to manipulation, and fear is characteristic of everyone, it is only distributed in different proportions for different people.

But if a person thinks consciously, then any of his fears loses power, because when you know the cause of fear, it is not difficult for you to eliminate it. Cowards are afraid to die, driven by an inferior instinct of self-preservation, they die faster than anyone else. Those hungry for power often forget about self-preservation and common sense, which also leads to tragic consequences. Well, I think it makes no sense to list how many stupid things people do because of the opposite sex. And all this is fear for oneself, and unconscious fear.

Instinct is like an autopilot, when you don’t control yourself, instinct moves you, it happens primitively, crudely, quite simply, but often very effectively. And all because only a person who is aware of all his actions and desires can resist manipulation, manipulate himself, and, accordingly, achieve results more gracefully and effectively. But there are few of them, therefore the study and use of subconscious manipulation of a person in order to induce him to do something, through his instincts, is the most effective method of influencing people.