My Helpful “Meaning Making” Brings Hope To Us
Category : Assertiveness Emotional Healing
“Meaning Making” sounds helpful and hopeful for me…
With chronic illness it can be very hard to find meaning in it.
It all seems meaningless and unfair, but I have found that my chronic illnesses are now reversing. I am healing while sharing my new found knowledge with you.
It has been the most meaningful journey of my life!
Let’s make it mean something special for us…what do you think?
Summary from Timothy Weymann, LCSW for “Meaning -Making”
Religion: The Great Mystery
Spirituality: Part of the Great Mystery
Five Themes:
- Loss and uncertainty
- Learning one’s capacity
- Maintaining fellowship and belonging
- Having a source of strength
- Building anew.
Negative Findings:
- Beware of shame
- blame and abandonment with chronic illnesses
- with religion or spirituality or neither
Neutral Findings:
- Intercessory prayer and it’s affect on chronic illness
Positive Findings:
- Lack of forgiveness with increased pain problems
- With improved mental health with forgiveness
Post-traumatic Growth:
- Chronic illness can be traumatic and life threatening leading to PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Belief matters
- Development of self
- Internal growth making meaning out of life
- What life is all about
- Looking back on the post traumatic growth experienced
- Benefit Finding through strengthening the individual with increased empathy relating to others
- Motivated to help others after experiencing chronic illness themselves
Remember: Romans 8:28 King James Version
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Note: I personally have experienced all of these situations. I empathize with those who suffer from chronic illness, hence this article. I hope it helps you as much as it helped me.
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