Untangling the Jumble

Quite often, people are labeled as having a mental disorder when, in actuality, they are simply dealing with unresolved trauma.

It's a very fine line, and the labels we are given can cause us to create the symptoms of the label. 

My first diagnosis was actually a wrong diagnosis and, most certainly, did not address a large chunk of what I was dealing with. 

The greatest Physician and Healer is the God that created us. 

Busy-ness, in the form of any and every distraction, including running to therapists to get diagnosed, can keep us from accessing the solution to our dilemma. 

Throughout my lifetime, I have seen countless therapists who have been unable to help me fully heal. They have been somewhat helpful, but not to the degree that was life-changing. 

I found that once I completely committed my life to Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah), everything changed. And it needed to be a full and complete commitment to Him. 

Everyday He peels back yet another layer and shows me how to live differently and handle what I am feeling, without losing control. He shows me how to control my emotions, my dangerous impulses, set and enforce healthy boundaries, walk in confidence, etc. 

It does take a complete commitment, not a lukewarm, half-hearted one. Walking in the Spirit is dramatically different than keeping one of your feet in this world while attempting to serve Him with the other foot in the Spirit. You can't have both. 

I finally have peace, am able to take good care of myself, quell my unhealthy impulses, can smile at others, can look people in the eye without discomfort and so much more. 

Praise you Abba. Thank you, my Father for helping me realize my full potential and not cave to labels the doctors put on me.