WHEN BELIEF’S SEEM REAL !

When unhelpful beliefs are formed at a time of deep grief or trauma they seem real and believable, e.g. “its my fault, I should have stopped that or prevented that, or “it happened to me because I am bad or that there is something I did to deserve this”. Even though a trauma belief may seem real because it is linked with strong emotions of grief etc it doesnt mean they are helpful or rational. For good mental health we need to assess whether our thoughts are both: Helpful Truthful – would most people have the same opinion and If you are a Christian does your belief – line up with scripture. (Sometimes this is obvious such as the belief ‘I am bad” does not line up with Genisis that says God made us good) , but other times due to incorrect interpretations of scriptures such as ones on submission to leadership, husbands etc and scriptures about divorce this is more complex. I have put numerous articles on my facebook page regarding these issues, so I suggest you have a brouse of these articles.