The Truth about Mental Health: Teens and Emotions

ILMS 8 - The Truth about Mental Health: Emotions + YA: Tremble Psalm 46:3   Internal and external turmoil   HCSB – "though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with its turmoil."   What in the world feels chaotic, or adds to the turmoil of life?   Goal: We want our emotions  to inform us, rather than lead us. How do you like to let your emotions out, rather than roiling inside?   6 common spectrums of emotion: 1 – Warmth and acceptance Inverse = loneliness and rejection How does acceptance feel?   How is warmth and acceptance associated with happiness for us? Romans 14:1-3   2 – Irritable, Frustrated, and Angry Ephesians 4:26 1 Corinthians 13:5   Getting into the Word to change our mood Asknig self: What's in this? Why am I (fill in the blank)? Finding someplace to put it   Psalm 37:8-9   3 – Discouragement, Sadness, and Depression Inverse: Joy, Zeal, Engagement Understanding and differences   2 Corinthians 1:3-4   How do you engage in life?   4 – Fear, Anxiety, and Worry Fear and Creation Anxiety – internal, biochemical, inner turmoil, broad Worry – thought process related to something specific   What are you afraid of most? What makes you anxious? What worries do you have?   5 – Confusion or the Fog The teenage brain, details, and early mornings Sleeping and eating matter Jeremiah 29:11   6 – Helplessness When we feel like we have very little control Mood swings – the struggle is real   Exodus 3:14 What is the most encouraging part of Who God is for you in the middle of the trembling?   Find the downloadable group talk sheet here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mg_p1f_MsOULAaQsXtVvPb_X8wBh7tuG   ilovemyshepherd.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0fe9BbadMkIZwWx-esd-g Facebook - @ilovemyshepherd Twitter -  @ilovemyshepherd Instagram - @ilovemyshepherdcommunity   ESV Bible translation - Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved.   Scripture quotations marked HCSB®, are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. HCSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.