When we think of poverty it normally is in the context of finance and we consider people who have no wealth as poor. But poverty comes in many forms and this blog will touch on one of them: Mental poverty.
This means simply that your thinking is not right. Your thinking violates social norms that make your actions stick out like a sore thumb.
Do you know somebody who just seems to look at situations different than most? I don’t mean different in a good way, I mean you hear some of the things they say and you hope no one else hears it.
With this type of thinking it makes it difficult to recognize fairness, justice, compromise or forgiveness. There seems to be a disconnect with logic and understanding. At first glance people would say the person must be crazy. But in a larger sense this thinking is more common than you think.
In many cases it is the result of wounds that have not healed and the pain is so traumatic with the individual that revenge is the only word they can think about with clarity.
You see, when you have been wronged repeatedly with no resolve your mental faculties become impaired. Your thinking gets stuck on resolutions. With every future situation that requires thinking, the individual struggles with negotiating righteousness.
Please understand that this is not an excuse. It is just what is. The solution is so easy that we overthink and never get over some of our mental anguish.
The solution is to forgive what has happened to you. Forbear your perpetrators and deal with them going forward with the lessons you have learned from dealing with them in the past.
Considering that the Lord above has laid claim to revenge anyway, your best move is to heal yourself.
Now that you are aware, you know that arguing with a person who struggles with mental health issues will always struggle with logic so when you get into a shouting match with this person, what is your endgame?
When you continue to repeat the same argument over and over again, how do you think it looks to the sane?
Awareness of mental challenges is half our battle. Now you just need to not engage.
ClydeStyle 