Loss Of Hope

Many who seek mental health professionals are looking to deal with emotions that have reaching a breaking point, often inhibiting normal daily life. At the root panic disorders, anxiety, depression, or even suicidal thoughts, is often the painful seed of emotions such as guilt, remorse, and regret. These feelings may sprout from a sense of responsibility that one did not previously own up to, in which your feel bad about something you did or did not do, or maybe falsely believe you did. Remorse, if not handled wisely, has the ability to grow in intensity and imprison one to their past, and as a result, interferes with personal growth. Of course, psychologists have brainstormed theories of therapy that are meant to deconstruct irrational strongholds and empower neutral and/or positive thinking, yet Christians …show more content…
This can be caused by the surrounding environment, a tragic chain of reactions, disappointment, death of a loved one, and events that simply leave us wondering if we’ll see the light at the end of the tunnel soon enough. Even in a more grave stage, loss of hope can influence one to abandon any ounce of trust that was once put upon someone or something. A central theme of the Bible, “faith” is the diea of seeing what is unseen, believing what is to come. Yet for many “secular” psychologists, the advice to look onwards to keep treading is often meaningless to many patients, because unbelievers are not familiar with a safeground in which they can place their trust with the security that they will not be let down. As a Christian psychologist, I have the solution that others are looking for- that is, a belief in the Creator that left obvious traces of intelligent design, and the knowledge that He is our hope for tomorrow. Whether dealing with a patient that agrees or not, the theological principle of faith will be my foundation in guiding those who come my