Episode 13: Comparison and Feeling Invisible

07/19/21 • 38 min

Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery

Episode Description:
Comparison and Feeling Invisible discusses how many of us, particularly those of us who've experienced trauma and mental health challenges, feel invisible, and this episodes offers encouragement and healing strategies if you've experienced invisibility or felt insignificant. I also share personal experiences and discuss how we've all had these moments in our lives, making these experiences relatable.

You can take all your comparisons, jealousies, and envies to God with complete honesty and vulnerability without fear of condemnation or judgement. God will accept you just as you are and heal you with His deep love. This episode discusses your worth in Christ. He would have died for you alone. This episode then shares strategies that can help you heal comparison, invisibility, and feelings of insignificance. For more information on the A.C.O.R.N technique, please see Podcast Episode 11: A.C.O.R.N: A Tool to Process Difficult Emotions.

Breakdown of Episode:
0:00 Intro to the Topic and Encouragement if You've Felt Invisible Your Whole Life
6:34 I Know What It Feels Like to Feel Invisible and Insignificant
9:39 Christ Would Have Died for You Alone, So You Are Not Insignificant
14:50 Bring Your Vulnerabilities Completely Honestly Before God

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A bulleted list of resources for each week's episode will be included, but no specific outside resources were mentioned here.

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Previous Episode

Episode 12: Why We Need to Talk about the Shame of Mental Illness

Episode Description:
Why We Need to Talk about the Shame of Mental Illness discusses whether or not we should share our mental health conditions and struggles with others, and if so, whom. This episode also discusses the differences between shame and guilt, how trauma is connected to shame and mental illness, and how people cover up and deny shame. We then discuss why you need to tell yourself the shame you feel is not your fault.

Jesus' finished work on the cross defeated shame once and for all. As a result, knowing who you are in Christ heals shame. Speaking about shame with those that we trust, can also heal it. There are solutions to heal shame, if we as a culture can openly address the shame and stigma mental illness.

Breakdown of Episode:
0:00 Intro to the Topic
6:32 Why We Need to Talk About the Shame Around Mental Illness
8:40 The Difference Between Shame and Guilt
14:35 How is Shame Connected to Trauma, Mental Illness, and Suicide, and Why People Cover up and Deny Shame
25:52 Why the Shame You Feel Is Not Your Fault
27:46 How Jesus' Finished Work Heals Your Shame Forever
22:39 How You Can Start to Heal Yourself
33:22 What Does the Presence of Jesus Mean for Shame?
37:57 Vulnerability and Compassion as Keys to Heal Shame
40:05 Solutions to Heal Shame
58:40 What We as a Culture Need to do About the Shame of Mental Illness

Bulleted List of Resources

"Dealing with Shame When You Have BPD" by Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-shame-425328

This article addresses those who have borderline personality disorder, but the differences between shame and guilt given can help anyone who struggles with mental health issues. Shame is debilitation, whereas guilt is a tool that helps us to course correct.

"Suicide and Shame," The General Psychologist, John C. Minahan

https://www.apadivisions.org/division-1/publications/newsletters/general/2016/10/suicide-shame

This article discusses shame that is associated with suicide and suicide ideation, and how we need to address the root causes of suicide and suicide itsel

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Episode 14: What Is an HSP?

What Is an HSP? explains what a Highly Sensitive Person is, whether or not you may be one, and the science behind being one. The episode describes how HSP's relate to the world, and it discusses how you can support yourself if you're an HSP, or how you can support someone if you love someone who is. The episode also clarifies the gifts and vulnerabilities of being an HSP, in terms of how they relate to the world.

We then discuss how being a Christian and an HSP allows you to contribute to the world in unique ways, and why the highly sensitive are often misunderstood. The podcast covers how a chaotic childhood or childhood trauma can uniquely impact an HSP, as well as ways to heal if this was your experience. God can take what was meant for your harm and use it for your good.
Breakdown of Episode:
1:42 What Is an HSP?
5:09 Breakdown of Episode and the Science Behind HSP's
11:59 Gifts and Vulnerabilities of HSP's
19:38 How to Support HSP's You Love and Yourself If You Are One
24:46 What Does It Mean Being an HSP as a Christian?
28:37 How Does Trauma or a Chaotic Trauma Impact an HSP?
36:54 How God Can Take What Was Meant for Your Harm and Use it for Your Good

Bulleted List of Resources

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GT1YES8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
This book will help you understand yourself if you're an HSP, and help you to learn how to cope and even thrive as an HSP.