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HOOP EN GENESING VIR DIEGENE WAT MET ANGS SUKKEL

HOOP EN GENESING VIR DIEGENE WAT MET ANGS SUKKEL

Angs is vir die verstand wat pyn vir die liggaam is – dit is ‘n teken dat iets verkeerd is.

As jy iewers in jou liggaam pyn ervaar, is jou eerste gedagte nie: “Ek het ‘n pynversteuring en daarom het ek pynmedikasie nodig nie.” Nee, jou eerste gedagte is: “Wat is fout?”

Pyn veroorsaak dat ‘n mens die oorsaak van die pyn evalueer – is dit ‘n doring, ‘n gaatjie in my tand, ‘n blaas, ‘n breuk, ‘n verstuiting, ‘n skaafplek, ‘n kramp, ‘n hartaanval of iets anders? Pyn is ontwerp om ons aanduiding te gee wanneer iets nie funksioneer soos dit moet nie, sodat ons die probleem vinnig kan aanspreek, die veroorsakende bron kan verwyder en meer ernstige beserings kan voorkom. En wanneer die oorsaak van die pyn aangespreek word en genesing plaasvind, verdwyn die pyn.

Angs dien dieselfde doel. Dit waarsku ons dat iets verkeerd is sodat ons die onderliggende probleem kan aanspreek, beserings kan verminder en genesing kan ervaar. En net soos pyn ‘n byna oneindige aantal oorsake kan hê, geld dit vir angs ook. Oorsake van angs kan fisiologies wees – soos hipertireose; verhoudingsgebaseer – ‘n egskeiding of verbrokkeling; eksistensieel – die dood van ‘n geliefde; sielkundig – negatiewe denkpatrone, soos valse oortuigings van “Ek is nie goed nie; niemand sal my ooit liefhê nie;” emosionele – disfunksionele verhoudings; geestelik – onopgeloste skuldgevoelens en skaamte of versuim om God te vertrou met die onbekende (toekoms, uitkomste, ens.); omstandighede – toekomstige straf of objektiewe dreigemente; gekondisioneerde reaksies – aangeleerde reaksies van vorige angswekkende ervarings en onopgeloste trauma.

Angs, soos pyn, waarsku ons nie net dat iets verkeerd is nie, maar dit motiveer ons ook om op te tree, om iets te doen om die angs op te los. Met fisiese pyn is die mees algemene aanvanklike reaksie om die oorsaak te identifiseer en op te los, maar met angs neem mense dikwels ‘n ander pad. In plaas daarvan om vas te staan, die angs te verdra en te probeer om die bron daarvan te identifiseer en op te los, soek mense veels te dikwels slegs simptoomverligting – deur medikasie, alkohol, dagga, dwelms, trooskos, vermaak, plesiersoeke van verskillende soorte, opwindinge soeke, oordra van die angs op ander, vertroosting in die arms van ander, ontkenning en verdraaiing, oordrewe versigtigheid, godsdienstigheid, die strewe na beheer (veral oor ander), reëlhouding, en meer.

Die keuse om angs weg te medikeer in plaas daarvan om die kernoorsaak daarvan op te los, is aansienlik vererger deur die besigheidswêreld van medisyne (gesondheidsorg as ‘n winsgewende bedryf) en die invloed van groot farmaseutiese produkte, wat gelei het tot ‘n verwronge filosofie dat sielkundige, verhoudings-, geestelike en bestaans kwessies effektief met ‘n pil behandel kan word. Dit het ‘n generasie mense geskep wat op dwelms is om simptome van angs te bestuur eerder as om die angs te herken as ‘n aanpasbare sein wat bedoel is om hulle te motiveer om die onderliggende oorsaak aan te spreek en op te los, en sodoende nie net die probleem te genees nie, maar ook geestelike en emosionele hanteringsvaardighede op te doen, om volwasse te word en te ontwikkel deur verskeie lewensprobleme te oorkom en op te los.

Die Bybel leer,

Al kry ons nou baie swaar, vat dit glad nie ons blydskap weg nie. Allesbehalwe. Ons weet mos dat swaarkry ons vorm en slyp om nog meer op God te vertrou. En wanneer ons onverskrokke op God vertrou, help dit ons om ’n sterk Christelike karakter te vorm. En ’n sterk Christelike karakter maak dat ons deur dik en dun glo dat God se nuwe wêreld op ons wag (Romeine 5:3, 4 DB’06).

Miljoene probeer nie net die oorsaak van hul angs vermy nie, maar veels te veel gesondheidspraktisyns is opgelei deur ‘n misleide mediese onderrigstelsel – nie net mislei deur die winsgewende motief nie, maar ook deur die goddelose evolusionêre filosofie wat die betekenis van die meeste dinge verkeerd interpreteer, die bestaan van God ontken en sodoende mense afsny van geestelike en Bybelse oplossings, wat die angs vergroot en mense met die valse oortuiging laat dat die enigste opsie farmaseuties is – om mense wat met angs sukkel met ‘n versteuring te diagnoseer en dan ‘n medikasie voor te skryf om die simptoom van angs te behandel eerder as om die oorsaak van die angs te identifiseer en te verstaan en op te los.

Met ander woorde, moderne medisyne leer gesondheidsorgpraktisyns om angs as ‘n versteuring op sigself te sien eerder as ‘n simptoom van iets anders.

Maar dit sal wees soos om ‘n longontstekingpasiënt met koors, hoes en kouekoors te behandel met aspirien, ‘n hoesonderdrukker en ‘n kombers sonder om ooit die infeksie te behandel. Of dit sou wees soos om iemand met ‘n gat in die tand met pynmedisyne te behandel, maar nooit die holte te vul nie.

Ja, wanneer mense fisiese pyn het, is daar ‘n regverdige gebruik van pynmedikasie. Ons kan dankbaar wees dat die tandarts Novocain gebruik terwyl hy die holte vul! Maar as die tandarts slegs medisyne gegee het om die pyn te verlig, sou die ingryping meer skade aanrig deur te verhoed dat die pasiënt besef dat ‘n patologiese proses besig is om te versprei en sodoende die identifisering en oplossing van die oorsaak vertraag.

Net so, met angs, is daar baie kere wanneer medikasie nodig is om die angs genoeg te verminder sodat die pasiënt die oorsaak kan identifiseer en aanspreek. Maar as ons die simptoom van angs as die siekte bestempel, en in plaas daarvan om die oorsaak daarvan aan te spreek, probeer ons slegs die simptoom verlig (deur alkohol, dagga, kos, plesier, farmaseutiese produkte, ens.), terwyl die patologie wat die angs veroorsaak, vererger, en eerder as om te help, dra ons by tot die disfunksie en verergering van die algehele verloop.

Die benadering tot angs wat slegs poog om die simptome te verlig, belemmer ontwikkeling, volwassenheid van karakter, outonomie en selfvoorsiening. Mense leer nie hoe om die uitdagings van die lewe die hoof te bied nie, en in plaas daarvan om die geestelike en emosionele krag, vaardigheid en vermoë te besit om vas te staan, deur die emosies te werk, die oorsaak te identifiseer en aanpasbare, intelligente, redelike en effektiewe besluite te neem, soek hulle “veilige ruimtes” waar hulle die gevoelens kan vermy en voorgee dat hulle gesond is.

Ware genesing vereis dat ons die werklikheid hanteer – dit wat waar is, wat werklik gebeur; dus, as ons mense met angs wil help, moet ons verder gaan as net die simptoom en die oorsaak probeer identifiseer en dit dan uit te skakel. Dit is wat ons by Honey Lake Clinic doen.

Honey Lake Clinic is ‘n holistiese residensiële behandelingsentrum waarin ons mense help om die onderliggende oorsake van hul angs te identifiseer en op te los. Ons behandel die hele persoon, verstand, liggaam en gees, met bewese, werklikheidsgebaseerde ingrypings wat mense help om herstel tot welstand te ervaar – om in harmonie te wees met die wette van gesondheid, die protokolle waarop die lewe gebou is om te bestaan en te funksioneer.

So as jy of iemand vir wie jy lief is, sukkel met onophoudelike angs wat met die lewe inmeng en gesondheid ondermyn, as jy gesukkel het om oplossings te vind wat genesing bring, en jy wil ‘n intensiewe, Christus-gesentreerde holistiese behandelingsprogram hê, oorweeg Honey Lake Clinic as ‘n terapeutiese opsie.

Die volgende keer as jy angs ervaar, tree terug en vra: “Wat is die oorsaak? Waarteen probeer die angs my waarsku? Wat is die probleem wat ek moet aanspreek om die angs te laat verdwyn?” Is dit fisies, sielkundig, verhoudingsgebaseer, geestelik of omstandigheidsgebaseer? En soek dan God, sy wysheid, metodes en beginsels, en volg ‘n pad wat ontwerp is om die oorsaak op te los, nie net die simptoom te verlig nie.

 

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