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Sound decision making is what most Christians base their gut feeling on whether they are in obedience or not. First I'm going to explain what people with bipolar struggle with, then I want to share a thought for discussion.
People diagnosed with bipolar have a frontal lobe in the brain that does not think normally. The cognative, sound decisions, good judgment, wise choice part of the brain often fails because the frontal lobe, where this part takes place, has a lack of neurotransmitters working properly here. DBT and CBT are both exercises in gaining back the "wise mind", where emotions and reality meet.
What I want to bring across, is that unfortunately people with bipolar live in a place of irrational fear in their emotions regarding good decision making, and it's not their fault. Finding where reality and emotion meet is hard. Bipolar often has irrational qualities that label it part schizophrenic, or schizoaffective. The natural tendency of bipolar is to move into schizoaffective, then schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is the loss of reality much of the time. So finding that central ground can be difficult or nearly impossible.
Jesus knows these weaknesses. We are like poor sheep, wounded and also angry, tired, depressed, and frightened. Just the thought life of a person with bipolar or schizophrenia family is tormenting. I know, because I have bipolar which has advanced to schizoaffective. I suffer most from my enemy who wishes to further discourage me, accuse me, try to break the fellowship I have with God the Father.
The discussion I wanted to engage in involves how people feel about this: Making sound decisions is good. We are to have the mind of Christ, a sound mind. But I propose that's not a physical mind similarity, but an attitude of the heart. An inner man mind and heart, where bipolar can't touch it. And instead of saying, "Look what I can do for God with my sound mind!" we need to say "Look what God has done with Christ in me?" The fact is every believer has claim to say they have Christ living in them, so therefore they have a sound mind. Even the ones on the forum suffering from doubts and fears and who wonder if they're lost or not. That's the physical brain saying those things. May the Spirit of God comfort those who are troubled in mind today.
People diagnosed with bipolar have a frontal lobe in the brain that does not think normally. The cognative, sound decisions, good judgment, wise choice part of the brain often fails because the frontal lobe, where this part takes place, has a lack of neurotransmitters working properly here. DBT and CBT are both exercises in gaining back the "wise mind", where emotions and reality meet.
What I want to bring across, is that unfortunately people with bipolar live in a place of irrational fear in their emotions regarding good decision making, and it's not their fault. Finding where reality and emotion meet is hard. Bipolar often has irrational qualities that label it part schizophrenic, or schizoaffective. The natural tendency of bipolar is to move into schizoaffective, then schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is the loss of reality much of the time. So finding that central ground can be difficult or nearly impossible.
Jesus knows these weaknesses. We are like poor sheep, wounded and also angry, tired, depressed, and frightened. Just the thought life of a person with bipolar or schizophrenia family is tormenting. I know, because I have bipolar which has advanced to schizoaffective. I suffer most from my enemy who wishes to further discourage me, accuse me, try to break the fellowship I have with God the Father.
The discussion I wanted to engage in involves how people feel about this: Making sound decisions is good. We are to have the mind of Christ, a sound mind. But I propose that's not a physical mind similarity, but an attitude of the heart. An inner man mind and heart, where bipolar can't touch it. And instead of saying, "Look what I can do for God with my sound mind!" we need to say "Look what God has done with Christ in me?" The fact is every believer has claim to say they have Christ living in them, so therefore they have a sound mind. Even the ones on the forum suffering from doubts and fears and who wonder if they're lost or not. That's the physical brain saying those things. May the Spirit of God comfort those who are troubled in mind today.
