How do you deal with an overly sensitive brain?

[Anonymous0210]

As long as I can remember since I started my walk with Christ in 2021 I have had a pretty sensitive brain. I have said before to people I wish I could turn my brain off. My issue is my brain will latch onto the most small minuscule things that I'm aware of and magnify them and have me in a mindset if I dont do it the way it should be done then I'm sinning. It's led me to literally just avoiding new information due to the possibility that it will just add another burden to my life. Couple that with the verse in romans about anything not of faith is sin can just make the issue worse. How do I deal and fix this issue? Thanks.

 

[public hermit]

As long as I can remember since I started my walk with Christ in 2021 I have had a pretty sensitive brain. I have said before to people I wish I could turn my brain off. My issue is my brain will latch onto the most small minuscule things that I'm aware of and magnify them and have me in a mindset if I dont do it the way it should be done then I'm sinning. It's led me to literally just avoiding new information due to the possibility that it will just add another burden to my life. Couple that with the verse in romans about anything not of faith is sin can just make the issue worse. How do I deal and fix this issue? Thanks.

My suggestion: Use something like the Jesus Prayer to keep your mind focused. "Lord Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on me." Say it (mentally if possible). Mean it. Live it, and do it over and over until it finds its way into your heart. The mind is the gateway to the heart, and Christians have developed ancient practices to both fulfill the command to pray always and to guard the heart. Not to be overly harsh, just honest, but there's no reason to have an unruly mind when tried and true practices are available. Another thing one can do is to practice the presence of God like Brother Lawrence, and hold an ongoing conversation with God. There are things one can do, and if you are intent on doing them, they will work.

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[Unqualified]

That’s what I do quite often is to hold an ongoing conversation with God. It helps me check things out and hear what is being said and thereby giving time to act. I also take thoughts captive as in 2Cor 10:3-5. It filters out the useless and bad stuff and helps focus on the important thoughts. Pray about it if God will give you that special power over your thoughts.