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Of the Psyche: adventures in the mind…

  • The search for significance

    We all need our place in life – a sense of significance, that we are not wasting our time and effort. We seek this significance in various ways. Many look to the things of life to validate their thoughts, feeling and deeds. This world is not a good place to seek peace. Many seek this…

    November 24, 2023
  • Peace of mind

    The idea of peace of mind is often used to promote products on the market especially those concerning financial matters. We see the happy smiling seemingly contented faces in the photographs and we pay attention. We are easily reassured and many fall into traps and lose their way and their finances. How can we know…

    November 4, 2023
  • Delusions

    Sometime when we are going through trauma in our thoughts and emotions, the mind uses delusions to help us to sort out what is going on. It is a kind of protection as the mind seeks to protect itself from hurt and blame. It can be a distraction from the reality which is causing us…

    September 11, 2023
  • Voices

    Hearing voices is a curious and disturbing phenomenon, certainly the first few times it happens. But then you realise it’s just another extension of the mind trying to sort out the circumstances and experiences of life, especially traumatic events. The voices can be people you know and love that you perceive are troubling you. They…

    August 27, 2023
  • Catastrophizing

    This is a mindset the leads the mind down into ever increasing thoughts of catastrophic events that could happen and that can seem real. It is another phenomenon on the treadmill of thoughts that our mind can entertain in psychosis, and is a sub-branch from paranoia. We can think of something terrible that could happen…

    August 16, 2023
  • Sleeping

    Sleep can be an elusive blessing. We sleep well when our mind is allowed to run its course and sort out the problems of the day or think of things ahead. We rest in sleep but our mind does not turn off. It continues to function to keep our psyche in a good place –…

    August 12, 2023
  • The labyrinth alive

    How good it is to be alive and functioning. It is the Lord who owns us who keeps us in a good place and able to function on a daily basis. How good it is to understand the labyrinth that is our mind and be at peace. The trouble is that our minds never stay…

    July 25, 2023
  • What is BiPolar?

    BiPolar is a label given as a short-hand to summarise a series of symptoms exhibited by an individual, whose mind seems to be troubled and behaviour full of distress. It is exhibited in episodes that cause the individual serious fear and anxiety and undermines the confidence to live and have a settled life in this…

    June 18, 2023
  • Peaceful mind

    “For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;” Romans 8:6 Our puny humans minds are unsettled very easily. We become conflicted and psychosis can overtake us at points of severe distress and emotional conflict. How we act and react in these times of conflict is…

    June 2, 2023
  • A debased mind

    “… And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;” Romans 1:28 It is possible to be given over to evil in our thoughts, emotions and behaviour as we have chosen to practice them. If…

    May 18, 2023
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