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Emotionally Unavailable?
If you are reading this article, then at some time you’ve likely heard something similar to, “You don’t get me. You’re not hearing me. I don’t feel like you understand what I’m saying or feeling.” You might be having a bit of a visceral reaction as you read this. It is not fun to hear them directed at you and they can ignite frustration, anger, feeling sick to your stomach, sadness, and hopelessness.
Personal Growth: Beyond Behavior Management
Whether it is addiction, anger, marriage, or simply feeling stuck, change is hard. That’s not surprising given that we are wonderfully deep and complex creatures. Part of the joy of being a counselor is getting to explore the wilds of a person’s heart with them. When we can frame change in terms of what we want to be true rather than what we want to not be true it taps into those deeper places.
The Kind Gaze of God
Feelings of guilt, defeat, and shame can be overwhelming when we find ourselves acting in ways that we don’t approve of. But, what if the narrative we tell ourselves, “real Christians don’t do that” is just plain unhelpful in this conversation. I think Jesus approaches things differently.
Feeling Down Today
Down and depressed days can swoop in on the unsuspecting heart like an owl at midnight on a rabbit grazing in the cool grass. The heart is taken aback and thrown into hopelessness under the weight of the seemingly unending circumstances that squeeze all lightness of spirit out. Everything can suddenly feel heavy and unmovable.
Depression has a way of acting unpredictably for those who suffer with it. It can move in at a moment’s notice. The brain seems unexplainably primed for it sometimes.