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Stroll through your local town during the early hours of the morning and you will see various johnston 600 road sweepers moving slowly around tidying up the litter left from all the partying of last night. It’s an emblematic early morning time scene, and it often conceals the litter trouble we encounter. We don’t actually give litter a consideration as we assume it will all be picked up for us.

Nevertheless, there is a subtle yet fundamental impact litter plays on human psychology. We are more liable to think a location is lacking law and order if litter is lying around, and thus felons see litter as a possible sign for a chance of a break-in, a mugging, or car-theft. The same sign develops some fearfulness in other individuals who are concerned they might be walking through a more unsafe location and are concerned about possibly being assaulted.

Not only that, but also the influence on the aesthetic attraction of a neighbourhood. Litter lying about can give the visual aspect of a neighbourhood looking a bit derelict even though it’s only been trashed by revellers from the previous night. This can hurt the reputation of a neighbourhood if individuals are only within the location for this particular time and only see it in its unkempt state.

Prevention is always better than cure when it comes to litter. There’s no reason to throw litter if there are unfilled litter bins around the location. If there is a lack of litter bins, or the rubbish bins that are there are overloaded, this is an issue to take up with the local council. Littering has a negative impact on everybody.

A young man lost his mother when he was 10 years old. He could not understand why it happened. He was angry with his mother for leaving him. He was angry with God for taking her away. He could not express it. He was expected not to cry because it would be unmanly. His father remarried. He was angry with him for it. He was angry with his step mother who had taken the place of his mother. He could not express the anger. He was supposed to be a good boy.

He was intelligent. In school, he watched his peers being beaten up by teachers. He felt angry but could do nothing about it. He was himself at the receiving end of some bullying by other students. He did not talk about it to anyone. He thought that once the school was over, it would be easy to forget the bullying. He became a young man. He realised that he had difficulties in relating to women. He was devastated when his relationships with his girlfriends broke down. He used to have rows with them. He did not know why it happened.

He got into a job and found he could not get along with female bosses. He was afraid of male authority figures. He did not know why. He got married to a woman he loved. He continued in his job and with years passing, he realised he needs to be doing something different. He also started to drink a little too much. After three children, his relationship with his wife started to change. He realised he was simply coping with life. He took premature retirement. He separated from his wife. He became depressed.

At that stage, he decided to address his anger and other problems associated with it. As he addressed issues from his past, his life started to change. He never realised before he dealt with his anger how much he was holding on to. It had all to do with his past. His present was being affected by his unresolved anger with his early relationships. As layers of anger were peeled off , his alcohol consumption reduced. He became more and more accepting of himself and his past, the world around him and his relationships. His life changed.

Pradeep K Chadha is a psychiatrist who specialises in helping patients with meditation and imagery using little or no medication. He is the author of The Stress Barrier-Nature’s Way To Overcoming Stress published by Blackhall Publishing, Dublin. He is based in Dublin, Ireland.His website address is :http://www.drpkchadha.com