The most severe diseases require the strongest remedies, precisely applied.(Hippocrates)

Pain is something that everyone is familiar with. Pain can be different: physical and internal or mental (in psychology such pain is called psychalgia). Any pain is heaviness, torment, suffering. We perceive pain as cruel punishment, injustice, evil... This is what we want to stop.

So how can we stop it?

How to deal with pain?

First, let's admit that pain is not evil. Pain is inherent in us last resort make us take care of ourselves. We wouldn't live to see today if there was no pain.

If there was no pain, then we would not feel tooth decay, and then we would lose all our teeth.

If there was no pain, then no one would think of treating bruises, fractures, or internal diseases. This means that we would only live until the first serious illness. If we didn’t feel pain, we wouldn’t understand that something was wrong with our body, and we wouldn’t go to specialists for help.

Pain is our most faithful assistant, protecting our lives and our well-being. Pain prevents the worst consequences by drawing our attention to the fact that something is wrong with us and demands that we fix it.

How to respond to pain?

What would you say if you saw a picture like this... A person who bought a new expensive car, equipped with a good alarm system, wakes up at night because the alarm system is screaming throughout the entire yard. Without finding out the reason, he begins to scold the alarm. In his opinion, it is the alarm system that is to blame, which does not allow him to sleep. Not the thieves who break into the car, not he himself, who out of laziness does not want to go out and look or call the police, but the alarm system! Of course, we will consider such a person not particularly smart (to say the least).

Or another situation... A person suffers pain, despite the fact that everyone around him recommends urgently seeing a doctor. He himself believes that only pain bothers him. At first he tolerates it, then tries to drown it out with painkillers. The pain continues to intensify, but in the end it turns out that if he had contacted him right away, the doctor would have helped him avoid serious consequences for the body. Now unpleasant consequences on the face. Is this person smart?

Oh, how we ourselves are like these characters when we suffer from heartache! Unfortunately, we often do not want to see the reasons for our mental pain. For some reason we stupidly endure, suffer, suffer, reach despair (even suicide), try different ways to drown out the pain, we try to fight it, forget ourselves, but... we don’t hear its signal, we don’t correct its cause.

People whose mental pain is so great that they want to free themselves from that pain by committing suicide are like those who struggle with alarms and fuses rather than with the real cause. They believe that one can be freed from mental pain by destroying the body. It’s not the body that hurts! It’s the same as if a person has a stomach ulcer and he tries to cure it by amputating his leg!..

So what's wrong when your soul hurts?

A normal person understands that it is not pain itself that prevents us from living, but the reason that causes this pain. Therefore, when something hurts in our body, we try to understand the location of the pain and find its cause. If there is hope that the cause can correct itself, we wait, endure, taking painkillers, and if we understand that the cause remains and the pain does not go away, then we go to the doctor, undergo a diagnostic test, and with the help of an appropriate specialist we correct this cause. If your kidney hurts, we go to a urologist, if your throat hurts, go to an otolaryngologist, if your stomach hurts, go to a gastroenterologist, if your heart hurts, go to a cardiologist. And who should you turn to if your soul hurts?

When the body hurts, we understand that from the nerve endings at the point where the disease is localized, a signal about trouble comes to the corresponding part of the brain.

Where and where does the signal come from in case of mental pain? Have you ever thought about this?

No? And why? This is worth thinking about carefully...

Maybe the signal arrives in the brain in an unknown way? Maybe it comes to the heart, because sometimes it hurts from worry? Could it be that the solar plexus is the seat of spiritual pain?

Alas. Science decisively and unequivocally states that human consciousness is not localized in the body. That is, no clot nerve cells, even the brain, cannot and does not perform the function of what we call human consciousness. In the near future, our article on this topic will be posted on the website with links to many authoritative sources of high and impartial science.

Therefore, if you are a purely materialist and completely deny the existence of the soul, the invisible world and everything connected with it, we can make you happy: it means that nothing hurts you. Because according to science, there is no consciousness in the material body, which means there can be no mental pain. Therefore, you can now begin to rejoice - just as materially as you suffer - and finish reading this article.

Psychology - a science whose very name contains recognition of the existence of the soul (psyche - soul, logos - to know) - lost a lot when it abandoned the very concept of the soul. That is, it sets itself the task of treating the soul, which it has ceased to recognize, but has not introduced any other reasonable understanding of the soul. The situation is simply absurd. How can you treat an organ if you don’t recognize it and know nothing about it? Therefore, traditional psychology almost always throws up its hands in the case of mental pain. With the help of modern pharmacological drugs, you can reduce the intensity of the pain of the soul, with the help of psychotherapeutic techniques, distract from pain, learn to live with it, certain time even this pain to drown out, but despite the vast experience accumulated over a century and a half, modern psychology does not have the opportunity to influence the eradication of the cause leading to this severe pain.

Why does the soul hurt? (Let's say right away that we do not consider cases of severe mental illness- schizophrenia, etc., - which occur in suicide victims in approximately 20% of cases.)

Just as the body hurts because we damage it in some way or do not give it what it needs, so does the soul. What does the soul need?

One of the modern priests writes:

“It is well known that ignoring the deepest aspirations human spirit gives rise to the very distortion of human nature that is traditionally called sin - the source of disease. Therefore, the most important thing for a sick person is reconciliation with God, restoration of trampled or lost manifestations of the human spirit. Reconciliation with God is repentance, this awareness of one’s sin, awareness of responsibility for one’s life, for the state into which a person has driven himself and the desire, the thirst to begin new life, reconciling with God and asking Him for forgiveness.

Since ancient times, the Church has always associated illness with internal state man, with human sin. Therefore, the basis of the church Sacrament of Anointing for the healing of the sick is a prayer for the forgiveness of sins. And regardless of whether we resort to the Sacrament of Anointing, or we are going to be treated, the first thing we must start with is awareness of our responsibility, awareness of our sin and the will of God for you to be healthy.”

Sin is not a fashionable word. Perhaps because people who are far from the Church understand by it a violation of some rules, the observance of which God needs from us, and not at all ourselves. After all, the motto of our time is “take everything from life.” And here for some reason they demand something from us. Of course, we can’t like this...

In fact, sin is a crime against one's own soul. If you compare it with the body, it’s like not feeding your body, like cutting it with a knife, hammering nails into it, pouring acid on it. God in in this case looks like a good doctor who stands nearby, with medical instruments and drugs at the ready, and asks us to quickly stop self-torture and come to him so that he can cure us.

If you observe yourself, every person can notice how unpleasant it becomes in his soul when he does something bad. For example, he will get angry with someone, become cowardly, upset someone, take a bribe, not give someone what he asks for, or cheat on his wife. As such actions accumulate, it becomes harder and harder for the soul. And we forget what real, pure, childish joy is. We are trying to replace joy with primitive pleasures. But they don’t make you happy, they only dull you. And the soul dries out and hurts more and more...

And when something happens an important event in our life - for example, some great loss, it does not even occur to us that the enormous pain that has befallen us is somehow connected with our mistakes. But that's exactly how it is. Pain during various crises human relations caused by our vindictiveness, or hatred, or vanity. Pain when breaking love relationship would be many times less if the relationship itself were not overshadowed by resentment and selfishness. The pain of the death of a loved one is aggravated by murmuring against God. And so on.

The conclusion is the following: mental pain signals to us that something is wrong with the soul, perhaps we have wounded our soul somewhere and must correct ourselves.

Where is the pain of the soul treated?

If we have never dealt with our soul, believing that spiritual life consists of visiting theaters and reading novels, then we need help in treating mental pain, we cannot cope on our own.

Where to run when your soul hurts? Where to go for help?

Of course, it’s better to go to a place where you can definitely get treatment. This should be a place that has proven treatment traditions, tools and conditions for treatment, and most importantly, millions of cured patients.

In fact, we have already named the main and only Doctor of mental pain above. I have seen hundreds of people healed from heartache. And all of them were completely cured in only one place and only with a single Doctor. This hospital is the Church, and Chief Physician in it is the Lord God!

This Doctor, who does not treat for money, He does it selflessly and with great love. This Doctor is waiting for those who feel bad, because He is always ready to lend a helping hand. He doesn't have days off or lunch breaks. He is always ready to begin healing your soul.

This Doctor treats not with fake ones, but with eternally living, proven and very effective medications. He never refused to help anyone, but He will not force Himself on you, He will not persuade you to be treated by Him, because this Doctor respects your freedom and choice, and He does not need advertising. This Doctor simply sincerely wants to help you because he loves you. He is counting on your trust in Him and your fulfillment of His instructions.

If you still have little trust and therefore are still afraid to turn to Him, remember that you are not risking anything. You can commit suicide even after only a year of spiritual life. After all, you still have nothing to lose.

How does God heal heartache?

We have already found out that pain is caused by violations of the needs of the soul. This means that this pain must be treated by satisfying these needs.

Do not believe that the lists of human needs that have been widely circulated and practically canonized by populist psychologists (the most famous of them are Maslow's pyramid), including self-realization, recognition, social status, communication, affection - this is really what a person needs. Even if you score 100 out of 100 according to this list, you will not be happy. Because happy is the one who satisfies the needs of the soul. And they differ from the mentioned list.

The main and only need of the soul is actually love. And God is love. Drawing closer to God increases love. Moving away from God through sins reduces love and increases mental pain.

This means that the soul does not need some little things. She needs God Himself. Only He can satisfy her needs.

And He is ready to give Himself to us. He wants to give himself to us and through this save us from pain and enlighten our souls with love.

Prayer is compared to the breath of the soul or food for the soul. Those who prayed experienced the truth of these comparisons for themselves. Science has not been able to touch or measure the substance that enters the soul during prayer. The Church calls this substance grace. Prayer is the fastest healer of mental pain.

An equally necessary source of grace for a person is the communion of the body and Blood of Christ. This article is not theological. We only want to show you the only true way to heal your soul from its pain. Therefore, regarding the great miracle of communion, we will only say that the fruits of this miracle are undoubted and tangible. Many people I know got rid of severe psychological disorders, body diseases, despair, depression after taking communion, and once, almost before my eyes, a woman recovered from melanoma (very aggressive malignant tumor). Communion is preceded by the healing sacrament of repentance - confession. During confession, a person is forgiven all his confessed sins. It’s as if all the nails that he stuck into it are removed from his soul, and all the wounds he inflicts on himself are healed. A person's conscience becomes clear. Do you still remember how good it feels when your conscience is clear?

One can be satisfied with the short-term effect, the successful survival of a certain crisis. But then a new crisis will soon come. Perhaps heavier than before. If you don’t want to experience pain, if you want to live in love and joy, you need to take care of your soul constantly.

You need to train yourself to give the soul what it needs and not do what hurts it. To do this you need to change your habits.

This is a long process that requires constant attention and effort. But as you, with the help of the Doctor, find your mistakes and correct them in the depths of your soul, the heaviness will leave you, a feeling of true joy will fill your soul.

The main work will be done not by you, but by this omniscient, unappreciated by us, loving Doctor. All you have to do is accept this wonderful gift of healing.

If you want to be physically healthy, you must follow the rules of hygiene. If you want to be mentally healthy, then you also need to observe your hygiene standards). As Professor Zurab Kekelidze, Deputy Director of the State scientific center social and forensic psychiatry named after V.P. Serbsky: “There is such a thing as mental hygiene. Don't do anything that violates mental health! Read the Ten Commandments - everything is written there! We don’t know the laws, we do a lot of stupid things.”

This is evidenced by the experience of generations who lived before us. They understood this well, saw it, felt the results, and passed it on to their children.

And don’t scold the pain, don’t complain about it, don’t suffer, but go treat it.

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Your “heart is out of place”, you do not feel physical pain, this symptom indicates pain in your soul, moral distress. What to do in such a situation and how to survive this period?

Heartache happens different types, can sometimes be far-fetched, without any particular reason for it.

And sometimes your soul hurts so much that you want to cry or run for three nine lands. Perhaps another blow of fate awaits you, what should you do to avoid disastrous consequences?

The concept of “soul” is very abstract; mental pain is a very difficult thing, because coping with it requires short terms using tablets and other medications it is forbidden.

If you do not start health therapy in a timely manner, you can pay with your life. In order to avoid this, you need to change your attitude towards life and reality in general.

Visual form of communication

When your soul aches for a loved one, perhaps for someone who is no longer around, you need not to give up and not become a victim of circumstances, but to use a form of visualization.

Imagine this person in front of you, draw joyful pictures in your imagination, experience positive emotions, and be able to feel them.

Take your mind off the bad

Perhaps you have an unsettled personal life, and that is why you are in such a bad mood.

Something is missing in life, depression is not far away, you urgently need to cheer up, find yourself an interesting hobby that will help fill the space that has arisen.

If you don’t have the funds for expensive trips, you can arrange ordinary get-togethers with friends, watch an interesting film, preferably a comedy one, let this evening be dedicated only to positive moments.

It happens that a person’s soul hurts if he experiences loneliness, there are no friends, family and friends are far away. You can figure out your problems, you need to start meditating, accept the idea that you are not alone, there are so many people around who are ready to accept you and love you like a loved one.

If you meditate correctly and regularly, the inner emptiness will soon be filled with happiness; thanks to meditation, you can look at the world with different eyes and achieve the desired heights.

Sometimes we can do more than we expect from ourselves. Perhaps it is enough for you to stop communicating with people who cause unpleasant emotions, or not to watch the news, which constantly upsets and causes negative emotions.

If the past is gone, then you don’t need to keep it in your soul, reproach yourself for bad actions, retribution will come for them, and why remind yourself again that everything is so bad. Such emotions poison life and make it intolerable.

Put things in order in your soul, regain peace and tranquility, become happy and confident in yourself and your actions. Forgive everyone for the insults, bitterness, and disappointment caused.

Basic postulates on the path to soul purification

There is a popular saying that time will heal everything, even mental wounds. A person needs to get enough of his experiences for some time, let go of the problem, and gradually say goodbye to it.

Time will pass and there will be no trace of the experience, you need to remember this. Look confidently into the future, not into the past. When trying to understand your experiences, you cannot get too bogged down in the problem so that it does not drag you on for a long time.

When your soul hurts, you can look for outside support. One of the right ways- psychologist, only a specialist can find a way out of this situation. But if for some reason you do not want to go to him, then you can use the help of your parents or other relatives.

If we talk about drug treatment, then you need to be careful here, yes, antidepressants can relieve pain for a while, but mental wounds from such exposure do not disappear.

Such medications should only be prescribed by a doctor, based on the results of your examination. It’s better to try to avoid chemicals and learn to cope with all emotions and experiences on your own.

Have a heart to heart talk

This is an excellent remedy for treating mental pain, the main thing is to choose the right person to talk to, so that tomorrow half the world won’t know about your troubles. If some things or photographs evoke negative emotions in you, remove them, remove them from your life.

Conclusion!

We must always remember that hopeless situations do not exist. If you calm down and look at the world sensibly, then you will definitely find a way out. Fate thanks those who do not give up, move on, knock on every door.

May the negative past be left behind and a bright future come into your life. Come up with a picture of a beautiful bright day and live with these joyful emotions.

To receive more, give! This brings great moral satisfaction, gratitude and encouragement from others improves your mood and gives positive emotions.

Try to always think positively and then all the bad things will pass you by!