Your Wounded Spirit
Symptoms of a Wounded Spirituality
The relationship within our ‘self’ of body, mind and emotions shapes our ability to relate to other people, and to the spiritual power in the universe.
Depression, addictions, compulsive behaviour and low self-esteem are but symptoms, signs of a broken relationship within our ‘self’. They are symptoms of a ‘wounded spirit’.
When this connection between our body, mind and emotions is broken, our ability, our ‘response-ability’, to respond healthily to life’s circumstances is limited.
In recovery our task is to identify and undo the broken parts of ourselves and learn to respond positively and creatively – to say YES to life in a way which enables serenity to grow and be maintained.
Some of these symptoms are;
Alcoholism / drug addiction / compulsive gambling
Eating disorders (overeating, bulimia, anorexia)
Perfectionism and overachieving
Workaholism
Co-dependency
Depression / shame / guilt / blaming others / denial / self-centredness / grandiosity / sensitivity / immaturity / low self-esteem / inhibitions
Religious addiction
Sex addiction
Relapse, switched addictions, multiple addictions
Controlism
Moneyism
In order to heal our spirituality, it is helpful to discover what we believe; what we think about the Higher Power, the self, other people, the world and life or even what we do about these issues without thinking about them – reactions. Then we need to find how those beliefs may have contributed to the breakdown of...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Adult Children of Alcoholics Alcoholism Codependency Drugs Emotions Gambling Recovery Sexuality Spirituality compulsive behaviour and low self-esteem depression spiritual power wounded spirituality Source Type: blogs
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