Freedom is a compound word that is used in different meanings. So, if we look in dictionaries, we find:
1.The possibility of the subject of his will in terms of awareness of the laws of development of nature and society.
2.Independence, no constraint and the constraints linking the socio-political life and activity of any class of society or its members.
3.The absence of any restriction, constraint in any way.
4.State who is not in custody, in captivity.
But all these meanings have something in common – the absence of constraints, constraint, dependency, freedom of choice, ways of thinking, actions, deeds... Therefore, the state of freedom very closely connected with the state of happiness.
Freedom is a subjective sensation. In the same environment different people can differently feel the degree of freedom. So, you can feel free, sitting in jail, and unfree, living alone in the forest... It depends on how one understands the criteria for freedom, what are the principles lives. So, for some people to be free is not to burden themselves with the observance of the rules, responsibilities for other people is the opportunity to travel, others to work for the fourth is not to have a family, for the fifth – to say and do what you like.
In any case, as we had not perceived freedom, we live in a society and cannot be completely free from him. In addition, freedom each of us ends where it begins freedom of another person. That is, our freedom may not harm those around us. Otherwise, come into force a law that regulates the degree of freedom citizens.
And yet, stepping back from the philosophical concepts, and, approaching the psychological understanding of this condition, we can say that freedom is a state of mind, which is the basis of happiness. Because it implies no dependencies, the possibility of choosing a life path, profession, hobby, life, friends, the number of children in the family, style and lifestyle and much much more...
I would like to wish all the readers of our articles – be free and happy!
the Article was first published on the website of the Psychological centre "GROWTH" Saint-Petersburg: https://www.psycenter-rost.com/single-post/svoboda
© Elena and Alexander, Bazanchuk, psychologists-psychotherapists, neuropsychologists, family and individual psychologists, the Psychological center of "GROWTH" Saint-Petersburg
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