If you look on the Internet and search various statistical sources like the Sidran Institute you will find reference to results from those persons having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.) Here are just a few to mention:
1. Past trauma stress disorder creates a monstrous economic burden to our communities.
2. A $42.3 billion is wasted due to treatments spent on misdiagnosis and not treating the underlying causes.
3. From the over 90,000 Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan one in every five will have PTSD.
4. Children who witness homicide or sexual assault are 100% likely to develop this anxiety disorder.
5. Persons of color are more susceptible to getting this Mental Health disorder.
6. A staggering 50% of all outpatient Mental Health patients have this type of trauma.
7. One out of ten women have this traumatic disorder and are twice as likely to develop it than men.
The current situation in America is that there is an emerging movement through the Christian community to connect (healing, not treating) this Mental Health disorder. This is the biggest difference in using Alternative, Self-Help processes in that the person suffering from past traumatic events are given the knowledge that they are able to heal themselves through connecting to our Higher Power (Christ is mine.) I must emphasize the essence of this epistemology that links to another type of healing the self through New Age thinking.
Too often both Born Again Christians and Catholics get caught up in fixating on their differences and issues like “being saved” and the consequences of abortions. Those of us in faith know that Satan uses division of spiritual forces to weaken that power over him.
Given such, I propose that instead of being at odds with each other, Christians and Catholics yoke in a united, spiritual front in celebrating the word of God through scriptural truths. As a solution this means to follow Christ’s word without interpreting it into any type of dogma, but take it for what it is in meaning that transforms itself through faith.
As I mentioned the dichotomy of New Age thinking, that can only take you so far without a true belief that Christ actually was born to save sinners (in humility of whom I am the greatest.) The difference is that in the Science of Mind paradigm Christ and scripture are used for just that, a model of how we should live our lives rather than the birth and divinity of Christ himself. Although, without researching scripture with faith and discernment we miss out on instructions that are mentioned repeatedly that point to “putting off the old man, removing our filthy garments, and becoming a new creature.” Perhaps we need to look more deeply into the parable of “drinking new wine in new vessels” in explanation of getting rid of old patterns of negative thinking and celebrating healing of self through positive thoughts that manifest into our present state of being.
