Mental Fitness

It is easy to be aware of physical pain as a symptom of some disturbance of body function. It is natural to give it immediate attention so that we can return to the comfort zone that is physical well being.  If we have been physically injured Nature demands time in order to mend damaged tissue, bone or nerves. We need time to recover from any hurt inflicted upon us from outside.

When someone hurts our feelings, and this is perhaps the most common injury, it is likely to demonstrate symptoms of emotional upset. This can range from tearful episodes, anger, seething resentment or violent reactions that can cause aggressive behavior or retaliation.  We can also brood about the hurt, or try to resolve the cause by discussion. When it is extremely serious, we can allow depression or even despair to take away our ability to enjoy life.

But if we follow nature’s way we allow time to heal, to restore our positive emotional state and self confidence. This is the best way. And with all healing, it just can happen, sometimes magically, if we place trust in the natural process and give ourselves time to decide how to act. We should refrain from reacting too hastily.

There are also occurrences so traumatic that they damage us physically and psychologically to extend our pain and suffering for a lifetime if we do not find a remedy.

We must find the courage to face or acknowledge the unique causes and hurtful experiences if we are to become free of them to feel whole and happy inside. Acceptance, forgiveness, understanding are valuable tools.

In matters of the heart we must be free of trying to equate or measure affections in relationships. We each love according to our quality of affection, our capacity and in our own unique way. Our love is a gift given to be accepted or rejected by others. We cannot bargain with our heart or demand something another cannot give.

It is often true that when you suffer emotional hurt from another, it is not so much their deliberate intention to hurt but their actions are sparked by their own uncontrolled emotions.

The only positive result of our experience of emotional pain is a determination never to inflict the same hurt upon someone else.

Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: The Complete Self-Help Guide”, offers timely solutions. Read more…

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Mental illness can manifest in a range of symptoms as complex as the physical symptoms of disease and can include discomforts that can relate to both the body and our psychological nature. There have been great advances in the treatment of physical and mental problems since that period in history when ignorance about mental disease was such that patients were incarcerated in dungeons and locked away from society.

Although self-help efforts should always be first encouraged, some serious cases are not possible to correct, except by professional psychologists and psychiatrists. As one seeks for a doctor to help with matters of physical health beyond self-help, so our first search should be to find a reliable professional psychologist whom we can trust to assist with the delicate responsibility of serving as a doctor for our mind.

Remedying any mental disease, once established, is a very complex issue and one which should be approached by any therapist with great sensitivity, caution and understanding.  The most successful therapists would seem to be those who are able to facilitate the restoration of natural balance by encouraging an individual’s innate capacity to identify with their own soul power and to use their inner will, to effect self transformation.

 It is by assisting a patient to become independent that a therapist offers most help. Neither dependence upon a therapist, nor dependence upon drugs, is appropriate. This is a vital issue as many patients are admitted to hospitals because of drug related problems. It would seem counter productive to offer them treatment which substitutes medical drugs for hallucinatory ones. Although drugs are currently routinely administered to patients in psychiatric care, it should be only in extreme cases that such invasive methods are used and only when no other therapy is successful.

Mental disturbances can be overcome. There are many therapies on offer but do not rush into therapy without fully understanding what is involved. In the meantime, begin with self acceptance, commitment to self effort and self improvement. It can work wonders!

Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: The Complete Self-Help Guide”, offers timely solutions. Read more…

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