tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post5449668838700834410..comments2023-08-19T01:00:21.479-07:00Comments on Love. Learning. Liberty.: EMDR and moving on with lifeshadowspringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-10236109002829614142012-03-18T08:56:37.653-07:002012-03-18T08:56:37.653-07:00Good work with EMDR! I am currently utilizing thi...Good work with EMDR! I am currently utilizing this form of therapy to recover from childhood abuse and PTSD. I haven't "met" anyone who's used EMDR, much less really knows what it is and how it works. I am so glad it has helped you. It has done uh-maz-ing work in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-24073052756663392292012-03-17T08:26:39.021-07:002012-03-17T08:26:39.021-07:00I really miss our church in Charlotte...there are ...I really miss our church in Charlotte...there are only a few like it in the world, from what I can tell. Jacksonville, London, Auckland, and a few more. <br /><br />http://www.citychurchcharlotte.com/Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589184828366565081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-27193706618753695142012-03-15T05:42:00.517-07:002012-03-15T05:42:00.517-07:00Thanks.
Like Sandra added on one post, my husban...Thanks. <br /><br />Like Sandra added on one post, my husband may never be completely free of the depression from being abandoned to a missionary boarding school. All of those stress chemicals flooding his young brain on a daily basis affected the growth and development that made him who he is today. EMDR is helping to clear out all those direct lines to "danger! high alert!" cortisol dumps that made him so aggressive, and helping to build and strengthen new synapses to peaceful, confident states of mind. The antidepressants enhance the process.<br /><br />One thing that the fundamentalist missionary life ruined for him (so far) is the love of God. This man who grew up with daily devotions several times a day and lots of scripture memory has never FELT the love of God. He has never FELT that God loves him. In fact, the whole "God loves you and we love you so that's we are abandoning you because God wants us to share his love with the Indians (over you) because if they don't convert this same God who loves them will burn them in hell for all eternity" mindf*** has built a huge barrier between him and knowing God experientially.<br /><br />Of course, fundamentalists don't mind this. They don't believe in the direct action of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life. It's all head knowledge, things you "believe" because "the Bible says so". You only know you've been born again because you said the sinner's prayer (write down the date in your pocket New Testament as proof!). No mystery to it all (Sorry Jesus!). More like a spell than a reality. You say the words, and presto chango. Doesn't seem like anything's changed? Must be YOUR problem!<br /><br />Now, it really is as if my husband is being born again into a new life. I can't tell when it happened exactly or how, but I see the effects. It looks a lot more like what Jesus described and a lot less like what Dallas Theological Seminary proscribed. And I'll take Jesus over a fundamentalist any day!!shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-35141864965886883072012-03-14T22:59:20.872-07:002012-03-14T22:59:20.872-07:00It's good to hear that healing is continuing, ...It's good to hear that healing is continuing, and beginning to be so palpably felt. Even if there are setbacks, you are moving forward. So glad for your family.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.com