Dr Rostik Bershadsky

A conversation with Rostik Bershadsky

• What do you think is the most significant problem we face, in the world today?

  Modern life is full of wonderful people, good stuff, rich experiences, and lucky opportunities; however, it also brings about many challenges and confronts us with ever higher demands and resulted amounts of stress and frustration. Some opportunities get lost, wrong choices being made, friendships are ruined, and numerous other problems arise at once. As to ourselves, we are often left completely perplexed, anxious, depressed, angry, feeling lonely, hopeless, and helpless, trying to find better solutions, trying to find a way to do and to feel better.
  
  In many instances we indeed realize and acknowledge our own problems, and yet the origin, the meaning, or the nature of the issue at hand remains unreachable. It constantly escapes our understanding. We find ourselves dazzled with a certain mystery - Why does it always happen to me? Why should I feel this way? Why do I have to live like this? What is wrong with me? Why it is so hard to love someone, or to be loved? Answers to these questions or mysteries could be reached with psychoanalysis. Many of the long-standing and crucial questions may finally achieve their desired answers. The meaning of hardships and painful emotions can become much clearer. It may allow a person a completely different position from which to approach the problems of life, a much higher degree of choice as how to deal with difficulties, freedom to decide whether to restore, create or maintain relationships, progress with a certain career, and overcome painful emotions.