Does Time heals?

Recently, I attended a Christian teaching series on healing of damaged emotions.

The speaker post a question, “Does time heal?”
She had a yes and no answer to the question.

As I pondered upon the question, I believe Holy Spirit gave me this understanding.

Time by itself does not heal. Time heals provided the healing mechanism is put in place to start the healing process.

How long to get heal depends on:
* the depth of the cut (wound)
* the existing condition of the person and
* the type of treatment being received

To parallel the healing of the emotion with the physical healing of a cut (wound).

The depth of the cut
Why a minor cut can be healed in one or two days? That is because God builds in us the self healing mechanism. If the cut is deeper, we will need external help to clean up the wound and stitch back the cut. It also take longer time to heal than a minor cut.

If we leave it untreated, it remains an open wound. When people unintentionally or intentionally touches our open wound, we react. We can manifest it in different negative ways. We may scream, shout, get angry, cry. Lots of negative reactions.

If the wound is properly treated and is healed completely, there is no pain in it. So we will not react when people touch it.

If the wound is very serious. Like a deep cut of the hand that it nearly disconnected from the body, it will be an emergency case. The wounded person will need to go to hospital and required more treatments. A specialist or a team of specialists is needed to connect back all the hand nerves and the hand to the body. Leave untreated, the wounded hand most likely to be gone forever.

The existing condition of the person
Whether the person is physically healthy or someone with chronic condition. And the degree of the chronic condition. This affects the speed of the healing. In addition, the willingness of the patient to cooperate with the medical staff. And the mental eagerness of the patient to get heal.

The type of treatment being received
Whether the treatment is done by skilled doctor. And the effectiveness of the medication.

In general, we know better in treating the physical wound because it can be seen. But the same principles apply to emotional wound and sickness in the mind. However, it may not be obvious for the person to know that he / she needs to be treated accordingly.

I know because God gave me some exposures in these areas: body, mind and soul (emotion). I know also because Jesus healed me of my emotional wound caused by my childhood experience.

Recommended book: Healing for Damaged Emotions by David A. Seamands

S.M.A.R.T lifestyle

Everyday is a day of thanksgiving.

Tonight went for a seminar which include a talk by Dr Frederick Toke, a practicing psychologist. He shared on mental strategies to cope and overcome in these difficult times.

Dr Frederick Toke is teaching in Lee Community College.

I am truly inspired by his sharing on S.M.A.R.T lifestyle.

S – Self regulation
M – Margins
A – Adapt
R – Relate
T – Think possibility

S – Self regulation
Discipline. Extricate yourself from entanglements.

M – Margins
Not to live life on the edge. Give yourself buffer. Rest; meditate.

A – Adapt
Learn to adapt; learn to flow with people, learn to flow with time. Be resourceful.

R – Relate
Relationship vs Networking. Go for relationship, not networking. Relationship is for long term.

T – Think possibility
This is different from positive thinking. When the oil indicator in your car is pointing toward E. It is no point to say it has Enough.

Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme

Chronic disease is different from acute disease.
The patient needs to partner with the health professionals and responsible for daily management of their conditions.

Chronic disease includes diabetes, asthma, heart disease, arthritis, high blood pressure, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Just to name some.

Recently, my mum Diabetes condition is deteriorating and she is unable to manage her health condition. To learn to better taking care of her health, I attended above course.

It is a course that I enrolled her on mid last year and her health condition did improve when she applied what she learnt.

I learn many useful lessons in this course.

For example, we did a simple exercise to test our health condition. After the exercise, if the person is breathless, he has overdone the exercise. Overdo/wrong exercise will cause harm instead of improve health.

People that suffer from fatigue can do suitable exercises and take practical steps to improve their health.

I also learn to better communicate mum’s condition to the health professionals.

The course is very useful for people with chronic conditions and also for their caregivers.

Conducted by National Healthcare Group.
1 session per week for 6 weeks.
Each time 2 - 2.5 hours.
Current course fee is $40. Just to cover the expenses.
Email to cdsmp@nhg.com.sg

A recommended book, titled “Living a healthy life with chronic conditions”.
Have 6 authors. Published by Bull Publishing Company.
It is used as a textbook for the course.

The recommended health websites given are:
www.moh.gov.sg
www.jhc.com.sg
www.hpb.gov.sg

Hope the information will be helpful for people who suffer from chronic disease.
Take charge of your health, rather than suffer unnecessary.