From the practice is well known that recovering patients and dependent hard to learn to live by this. It would seem that might be easier: live today, stand on solid ground with both feet, do the specific actions. But the particular psychology of modern man are such that his thoughts are mostly addressed in the future. He wants to constantly seek, to strive for something. Such psychology is undoubtedly contributes to the development, but the person ceases to pay attention to the present. He can not experience the satisfaction of another. At the same time, we tend to go back mentally to the past. Excluding those periods in life when we were really bad, the past often seems better than the present. So we are organized.

Recall Pushkin: "The heart lives in the future. Real sad. In a moment, let it be. That will be dear. "That's how most people see the world: a kind of vague but enticing future, Peter's past and dismal present. But all this is nothing more than an illusion. Only real life can bring a person true happiness. Why is true and not illusory? Yes, because, living in the present, we are happy not memories and dreams, and specific events that occur around and depend on us. Such events in our every day a lot, you just have to learn to notice them.

Chronic patients who are able to live the present, much happier those of his companions in misfortune, who constantly complain about the collapsed due to illness plans or remember what they were before flowering. The first are able to enjoy my little victories: the day passed without any pain - and well, today was able to avoid the attack of suffocation - gratified. And if you have pain and suffocation? So what? One bad day - not yet measure. Tomorrow will be better . Such people, even in the hospital will not be unsociable, suffer from unusual conditions of life, comparing them with home. They always find a company that worthy and interesting exercise.

As you can see, the ability to live in the present helps to feel better even in the face of illness. But even here there is a danger. Sometimes people confuse this wonderful ability to frivolity, irresponsibility. In the absence of any kind was thinking about the future, they are easily able to re-start making old mistakes, break mode, or return to drugs. To look forward to it too, from the present day. People suffering from serious diseases often create fantastic images of their healthy lives, make oath that never again will violate the regime, diet, drugs. But often these thoughts about the future do not agree with their actions in the present.

For them the future, past and present are like in different domains. During the period of cessation of drug use, some patients are constantly going over in memory the sad events of the past, reflecting on the total hopelessness of their lives, as earlier attempts to get out of the viscous quagmire disease ended in failure. Others build an absolutely fantastic plans for rebuilding the whole world - the smaller they do not agree! One patient, hypertensive, wants to become a businessman, but no effort to normalize their status is not engaged in auto-training. Another seminarian manque (expelled from the third year), aims to create a world church. A third, less than three months after cessation of drug use, is going to establish a rehabilitation center. Can we assume these fantasies long term plans of adults in the future?

Is it possible to be healthy, pleaded ill

Only by adhering to the principle of respect of the past, present and future can achieve long-term remission of chronic patients who declared themselves as such. In principle, in this case we can speak of recovery. For the chronically ill cure - is the lack of relapse until death. In this period of remission (absence of painful manifestations) may last a hundred years. The idea that recognition of the sick is a way to keep healthy at first glance it seems absurd, but the practice proves its worth.

Analyzing the cases of exacerbation of chronic diseases, I noticed several patterns. Most patients who during the first two months of aggravation occurred, with the extract expressed the firm conviction that they would never again violate the regime to prevent relapse. As a rule, in fact, since the first days after discharge, the patient begins to violate the recommendations received in the hospital: the regime of the day breaks, meals, conflicts with friends, ignoring the physical education classes. The other group of patients exacerbation occur within six - nine months after remission. There comes a time when people like to forget about the problems associated with the disease. Begins a new life, and with it come new challenges. Among the rules that are often overlooked, patients ban on violations of the food regime of mental and physical stress.

Indeed, it has been six, nine, sometimes more months, life seemed to be included in the normal course, why not relax with a bottle of beer, "former" alcoholic, a piece of herring - "former" lady's finger, why not spend a sleepless night "former" hypertensive patients. It was at this period is the second wave of exacerbations. Very similar to the increase of accidents in drivers with one year experience of driving, when the illusion that everything can and the devil himself I'm not a brother. Next time when sharply increases the risk of exacerbations, and - this time after a year (sometimes more) remissii.V this time represents a special danger arising from a delusion that all behind him, the illness has passed. But, unfortunately, any chronic illness is incurable, in which case the only way to become healthy - it's just learn to live with their illness and take it into account. It is useful to carry at least the first year of remission, the list of losses that occurred as a result of illness, and periodically review it.

Health plan now and for many centuries

Let us return to our formula: "Think about the future, remember the past, live in the present." As it is realized in the life of a patient? As in the first place in healing is a daily admission of patients on the basis of it, we define and daily goal: to prevent exacerbations. It is this requirement underlies the events of the day. Dnyadolzhen plan include activities as to ensure good health, and focused on achieving medium and long term goals. Examples of these objectives are listed below. Long-term plans - to build a mansion, medium - and a half years consistently earning no less than fifteen hundred dollars a month, short term - to find a stable job, every day to maintain sobriety and to ensure their lives today.

Plans for the future very clearly directs postlechebny plan that focuses on the relatively long-term goals (three to six months), medium-term objectives - for a week, month, and short-term. Such compounds are short, medium and long term goals can be illustrated by the following example. As you can see, the principle: "Think about the future, remember the past, live the present" - has allowed a chemically dependent person learn to live with his disease, which in this case is equivalent to the concept of "get well".

How to connect to one straight line past, present and future?

· Constantly aware of his terminal illness or a particular psychological problem - there are nuances in each person. It helps to follow the rules of precaution, without which it is impossible to avoid exacerbation of the disease, the mainstreaming of the problem.

· To set realistic tselii determine the time required to achieve them (a plan for one day, one week, one month).

• Need to increase the period of remission (a period of relative health between relapses).

· Constantly live in the present, providing good health (non-dependence) in a single day.