Peace of Mind- Mental Health Conference

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Adventist WholeHealth Network

K'dee Elsen Crews

Know Peace No War

So the question is, in this great controversy, what is your role?

And we started to kind of allude to this, right?

So the first 1, and how about we all read this together?

I understand that I struggle because there is a forgotten war.

I hope you all understand now there is a forgotten war, there's a war that's going on behind the scenes and now today you can say I understand that there's a war.

I know that Satan is behind this war and the mental health great controversy.

The next 1, I know that Jesus suffered and that I don't have to anymore.

So we know the role of the enemy but also that we have a Savior that suffered and that I don't have to suffer anymore.

And the last 1, I also know that Jesus heals every sickness and I want that healing, complete healing.

And maybe some of you throughout this weekend have already had insights, God has already brought to your mind some things that need to be changed.

Whether it be lifestyle, whether it be, we talked about music quite a bit in the last seminar, whatever God is speaking to you, there may be some things that you've already begun to change.

Or maybe even prior to this weekend, God's been speaking to you of what needs to change.

And so you'll start making changes, you'll notice improvements, But you might say, but I'm still struggling maybe with some addictive behaviors.

Or maybe you say, I'm still having strong negative thoughts.

Maybe you have a history of depression or a history of a mental illness.

You said I've had healing, but these negative thoughts are creeping up again.

Or maybe say, I'm still having strong emotions that I can't seem to control.

So a lot of times with mental health and healing, we start, you know, really addressing some kind of surface level things in our lives.

Some of us, we just make a couple of changes, maybe lifestyle or other behaviors, and that starts helping immediately.

For others, if you say I'm still struggling with XYZ, it may be because there are underlying root structures.

So this is an example from my personal life that when I was little, my mom would say, go and pull out the weeds.

Let me ask you, what happens if you just kind of snip the tops of the leaves of weeds?

A lot of times we focus on the bad fruit of our trees.

1 week goes and then the next week, oh, just a little bit.

You're like, oh, The fruit's growing back.

I'm trying so hard to change, and nothing's happening.

And the thing is, with a bad tree, if you just take off the fruit, or if you just trim the branches, what happens?

And so what are the roots in mental health?

So we're going to talk about what we consider in cognitive behavioral therapy as core beliefs.

If you've experienced trauma, sometimes they refer to these things as stuck points, but these are deep-rooted beliefs, okay?

It says, if you want to change the fruits, You will first have to change the roots.

If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.

And so there are many things in our lives that are invisible, especially to those around you, right?

You can smile, you can pretend like nothing's going on, but there are deep-rooted roots in your life that may be impacting how you feel.

And so you must first change the visible, the invisible, to change the visible.

Core beliefs are deeply held, rigid beliefs about ourselves, about others, about the world, and even sometimes about God that we hold.

And they develop sometimes over time from unique personal experiences.

A lot of times, these core beliefs are created in childhood.

And most of the times, they're negative when we're talking about in the context of mental health.

They're poor, they're unhealthy, And a lot of times they come from unhealthy attachments in our childhood.

So if you had a broken home or if you had bad experiences with your parents growing up, and they always said like, you're stupid or you're ugly, You heard these things over and over again and they started building roots, deeper and deeper roots.

You can have good core beliefs about yourself, you know, that I'm beautiful, I'm valuable, right?

But most of the times, especially when it comes to mental health, they're often negative, especially because we live in a sinful world.

And who's behind all that sin and suffering?

He uses, he attacks us even through these deep-rooted structures that often come from childhood, but not always.

I had a patient where we were talking about it starting in childhood and most people said, yeah mine started in childhood And it was a substance use group.

And so they're talking about how, because of their hard childhood, they got into substances.

But this individual, he had a different story.

He had the story that he was just introduced to a substance.

He had a good childhood, good upbringing, but then he got addicted.

And then because of that addiction, then he started creating bad beliefs about himself.

I'm a nobody, I've ruined my family, I'm not a good father, et cetera.

So Sometimes it starts in childhood, but it can also develop later on in life.

And as I read them, I want you guys to start thinking about if you have any of these beliefs.

And I'm just going to say this before I begin.

You don't want to admit these things about yourselves.

In therapy, in the previous seminar, we talked about thoughts, behaviors, and emotions.

Often in therapy we cover those things and then towards the end we actually cover core beliefs because it's often a very difficult journey of finally recognizing and admitting to these core beliefs.

So I don't pretend like everyone's going to be like, yes, this is my core belief.

But please be reflective as I read through these things and think about what might these root structures be in my life.

So these are examples of core beliefs that you have towards yourself.

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