RE: https://kamu.social/@JankaWessman/116288622141914350
I especially appreciate this point ~ that discontent is necessary as an indication that something needs attention. It’s the whole #symptoms are #messengers idea. If we just try to push #suffering away so we can be “normal” and functional, we might never understand the cause.
This is #dhamma territory for me. We need to build #distress #tolerance so we can turn toward pain ~ unless it is debilitating or causing harm of course ~ with wisdom and see the causes, not just the symptoms.
RE: https://kamu.social/@JankaWessman/116288514282615733
A good thread from @JankaWessman. It is heartening to hear a psychiatrist talk about #resilience building and the perils of #diagnosis and the importance of (my words, but on theme 👉🏼) allowing #distress to be distress without necessarily freaking out. Includes a good perspective from #evolutionary #psychology and on the narrow-mindedness of binaries.
Paul did not shy away from the many forms of difficulty and distress he had experienced recently when writing to the Corinthian Christians.
We should expect times of #difficulty and #distress as well.
Paul did not shy away from the many forms of difficulty and distress he had experienced recently when writing to the Corinthian Christians.
We should expect times of #difficulty and #distress as well.