Waiting To Exhale
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Mental Wellness
Mental Wellness
Welcome to the couch.
Today is your day to navigate where you are, and to determine what you need to do next to get where you want to be?
Pull out your phone or a notebook. It’s time to work.
Why are you here today?
What’s your self assessment of your mental and emotional health?
I’m going to ask a series of questions, and I need you to write down a number to answer that question based on the following.
Not at all - 0
Several days - 1
More than half the days - 2
Nearly every day - 3
Little interest or pleasure in doing things
Feeling down, depresssed, or hopeless
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much
Feeling tired or having little energy
Poor appetite or overeating
Feeling bad about yourself - or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the opposite - being so figety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual
Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself.
Add your numbers up.
If you scored a 1-4 you likely have minimal depression, and are in a more healthy state of mind.
If you scored a 5-9, you may be dealing with some mild depression.
If you scored a 10-14, you may be dealing with moderate depression.
If you scored a 15-19, you may be entering severe depression, yet moderate.
If you scored a 20-27, you are likely navigating severe depression.
Now this is not a diagnosis, but rather an opportunity to identify where you are right now.
Also, if you are not mentally well, we STRONGLY suggest getting the appropriate help. We will pray with you, but we also encourage you to seek professional help.
**Highlight my own journey through therapy**
Mental health is defined as a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. (Pastor Jaime definition a person’s ability to cope)
Mental health are challenges are things that impact your mental health.
Mental illness, also called mental health disorders, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.
When a person’s mental health is impacted, it is usually triggered by something.
The term "triggered" refers to the experience of having an emotional reaction to a disturbing topic (such as violence or the mention of suicide) in the media or a social setting.
Triggers can be diverse in nature.
An internal trigger comes from within the person. It can be a memory, a physical sensation, or an emotion.
Examples include:
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Vulnerable, abandoned, or out of control
- Loneliness
- Muscle tension
- Memories tied to a traumatic event
- Pain
- Sadness
External triggers come from the person's environment. They can be a person, place, or a specific situation.
Examples include:
- A movie, television show, or news article that reminds them of the experience
- A person connected to the experience
- Arguing with a friend, spouse, or partner
- A specific time of day
- Certain sounds that remind them of the experience
- Changes to relationships or ending a relationship
- Significant dates such as holidays or anniversaries
- Going to a specific location that reminds them of the experience
- Smells associated with the experience, such as smoke
Ask yourself the following questions:
1. What brought on this current state of mind?
2. What triggered you? Was it internal or external?
3. What has gone un or under acknowledged in you?
4. What are you hiding?
5. What are you afraid to address?
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Sound is defined as showing good judgment or sense
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Sober is defined as marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness
**Talk here about the emphasis on the mind in the bible.**
And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.” And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
**Navigate through my personal garden of Gethsemane after losing Mama.**
So what can we learn from Jesus and how He navigated mental weariness and attack?
1. He narrowed the crowd.
And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
This is good for: rest, comfort, clarity, peace, perspective, and more.
2. He acknowledged where He was.
And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.”
This is good for: help, support, progress, perspective, and more.
3. He engaged God.
And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
This is good for: Comfort, guidance, direction, clarity, healing, and more.
4. He communicated clearly with his support system.
And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
This is good for: support, love, wisdom, help, and more.
5. He didn’t lose sight of purpose.
And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
This is good for: perspective, guidance, hope, and more.
6. He resumed His position.
And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
This is good for: survival. The alternative is death. Maybe not physical, but death nonetheless.
