Articles
Are Mental Disorders Sinful?
Abstract:
Many people struggle because of the overlap between mental disorders and spiritual problems. This article uses a sample question from a patient among thousands of patients whom I have seen throughout my career as a psychiatrist and hundreds of those that I have seen as both a psychiatrist and a priest since I was ordained five years ago. The question poses an inquiry about the culpability of the affected person for the emotions resulting from his mental disorder symptoms. The answer is very detailed and discusses three main points:
Does Spirituality Have A Role in Treatment of Mental Illness?
Some youth come to me seeking “state of the art” psychiatric advice, regarding their feelings of despondency, despair, and low self-esteem.
After listening to them for a while, they receive a spiritual answer and I start seeing the disappointment on their faces!
We didn’t come to you for that … They say … Can you tell us some psych. Stuff …
I say …
Prayer For Inner Healing
O Lord Jesus, the true physician, who came to heal our human nature from diseases and all types of pain,
I beseech you Lord to heal all the deep psychological wounds that trigger anguish in my heart.
I ask You Lord to enter my life and to heal the emotional traumas that scarred me in my childhood and from all the pain it caused me for the entirety of my life.
My vessel (self) and its innermost seabed
One of the hardest and most important endeavors in life is the journey into the depths of oneself. To uncover what is within the soul and to excavate all of the unclaimed emotional debris, face it, fix it and detox it.
For this soul of ours shall stand one day before God!