The Humanism Perspective

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As a psychoanalyst whom follows the Humanism perspective which states that a person’s behavior is connected to that person’s inner feelings of ones self and can at anytime by choice change their view of life for themselves. Each person is responsible for his or her happiness or state of mental stability. This perspective exercises our right of free will. We all have choices in life and although the society we live in sets really strict rules for what we should and shouldn’t do those are just barriers to hold us back from our true potential. Everyone is meant to be something great if they choose to be.
In my first case a woman came in suffering for many years from avoidant personality disorder and finally lost touch with reality. She has been …show more content…
Due to her disorder I feel that she is able to be held accountable for her actions. Although she lost touch with reality (which was probably triggered by getting fired) she still has enough control over her mental state to know right from wrong. This disorder causes her to believe no one likes her and she isn’t good enough in anyone’s eyes. Although this can be very damaging, it’s not enough to send a person on a murder spree. The disorder doesn’t take away from a person’s morals or self control. Plus she had three days to think of a plan no matter how elaborate it was or wasn’t. If she would have done it later that day or even the next morning when she was asked to retrieve her items it would have made more sense. Not to say the crime would have been anymore acceptable,but it would have been more believable that she got fired and broke down that night. The three days shows she thought it through,made a plan, a pretty good one at that. Avoidant personality disorder is just an extreme form of low self esteem and lack of confidence, people walk around with that everyday and you don’t see them killing 10 people at their school or work place. People get fired on a daily, some with out reason and yes some do lash out but it doesn’t give …show more content…
The court called upon me to determine if he can truly be held accountable to his actions. After getting a few tests run I and a few researchers I know determined that his aggressive behavior was caused by an extreme drop in serotonin levels over the past few months. Officers informed me that the homicide was done with a great deal of anger and that led me to believe he either had a disorder of some sort or one of his chemicals were imbalanced. Serotonin wasn’t the first thing that came to mind but after speaking with his parents it defiantly crossed my mind. His parents told me that besides the last few months he was fairly peaceful throughout his younger years. Everyone was so surprised to find out about his charges but a few of his friends had noticed he was more moody than normal, couldn’t really control himself, aggressive for no apparent reason, So i decided to get his neurotransmitters and chemical levels checked to find out what was really happening. Because whatever it is was more neurological than psychological. I found a study that showed people with a serotonin deficiency had more uncontrollable acts of aggression. Seeing as though the chemical balance of his serotonin isn’t something he can directly control I don’t believe he should be held accountable for the homicide. Though it is an extremely violent act of aggression, He can’t help what he did, it’s been shown that
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