Intrapersonal conflict and ways to resolve it

If a person lives in harmony with himself and the world around him, he can be called a happy person. However, if internal doubts do not give rest and even sometimes torment the soul, it is already a question of an intrapersonal conflict. We suggest to understand what kind of conflict is intrapersonal.

What is an intrapersonal conflict?

Specialists in psychiatry say that the concept of intrapersonal conflict means a conflict within the psychic world of a person, which is a collision of its oppositely directed motives. Among such motives there are different needs, interests, values, goals and ideals. In psychoanalysis, the main place is given to conflicts between needs and social foundations, as well as between the needs of the person himself.

Causes of Intrapersonal Conflict

It is customary to distinguish three main types of related reasons:

1. Internal - expressed in contradictions between different motivations of a person in the absence of agreement between the components of the internal structure.
2. External - are conditioned by the position of the person in the group. Here, an intrapersonal conflict arises from the impossibility of satisfying one's needs.
3. External, conditioned by the position of a person in society, is associated with such a concept as intrapersonal contradictions arising at the level of a social microsystem and stem from the nature of the social system and economic life.

Functions of an intrapersonal conflict

The following intrapersonal mechanisms of psychological defense are called constructive and destructive functions. The first specialists in the field of psychiatry include:

1. Communicative (informational, or linking) - people are even better begin to recognize each other, to understand and gradually come together.
2. The function of a stimulant and a force that can manage social changes.
3. Function to promote the formation of the necessary balance in society.
4. Guarantee the development of society by disclosing various interests.
5. Help in reassessing old norms and values.

The second functions are usually:

1. Dissatisfaction, loss of productivity, poor psychological state .
2. Violation of communication systems.
3. Devotion to one's own group and lack of competition with others.
4. The thought of another as an enemy.
5. It is more important to win the conflict than to solve the problem.
6. signs of intrapersonal conflict

Such a concept as an intrapersonal conflict has the following features:

1. Interact all the elements of the inner worldview of the individual.
2. There are contradictions between interests, goals, emotions and desires.
3. The appearance of negative reactions.

Types of intrapersonal conflicts

Psychologists call such types of intrapersonal conflicts of man:

1. Motivational - is a disagreement between the desires to have and security.
2. Moral - there is not a docking of personal and moral attitudes.
3. Adaptation - the complexity of habituation in the professional sphere and society.
4. Inadequate self-esteem is a disagreement between the assessment of one's own abilities and the claims of a person.
5. Inter - role - the inability to perform several roles at once.
6. Personal-role - the inconsistency of one's own roles because of the ability, or the presence of desire.
7. Conflict of needs - between social principles and needs.

Ways to resolve intrapersonal conflicts

Experts talk about how to resolve an intrapersonal conflict. Among the most effective ways:

1. Compromise is very important in time to realize and solve intrapersonal problems.
2. Care - sometimes you need to "let go" the situation and not even try to solve it.
3. Reorientation is a change in one's attitude toward an object.
4. Sublimation is the transfer of energy to a socially significant channel.
5. Idealization is fantasy, dreams, separation from reality.
6. Repression is an influence on one's own feelings, desires and aspirations for their suppression.
7. Correction - an adequate attitude to yourself and your inner world.

Consequences of an intrapersonal conflict

Speaking about such a thing as an intrapersonal conflict, it is important to say about its consequences. They call positive and negative results. Among the negative:

• delay in personal development;
• disorganization;
• excessive suspiciousness, anxiety and stress;
• inability to perform public and personal functions;
• aggression or submission;
• uncertainty about their own capabilities;
• the invisibility of the meaning of life;
• taciturnity and rejection of any criticism in their own address;
• the accusation of others in their own failures;
• sometimes there is an intrapersonal conflict and a neurosis.

Among the positive consequences:

• tempering the will and character of a person ;
• self-development and self-improvement;
• mobilization of personal resources;
• stability of the psyche.