Anger?

I don't understand why I am so angry all of the time............

Unit 4 - Psychospiritual Flourishing (Rough Week).

1.      Ok, this week’s post is not going to be as enlightening as many of my others. I am having a very difficult time with any of these relaxation exercises. Between the monotony of my house and the endless struggle to find some kind of time and peace for me my brain feels like it’s going to explode this week. I have tried these things for the last few weeks. The first one was awesome, the second one was not so awesome, and this one (well, was continuously interrupted by screaming children and my loving husband). This week’s exercise would have been much better and enlightening if I didn’t have to pause it every five stinking minutes! Sorry for the negativity. However, I do feel better now that I have gotten that off of my chest! Did anyone else get to actually partake in the activity fully? Did you like it? Moving on to portion number two (with my foul mood-right behind me). The concept of a mental workout is – living in my house…just kidding – well kind-of. The concepts of mental workouts are to enable you to strengthen and maintain a level of mental fitness that is contusive to everyday living. This can be done through almost anything. If I could have 10 minutes to myself in my house I would choose meditation for a minimum of 15 minutes a day. This could help ensure that by the time I earn this degree I will not have already lost my mind!

Week 3 Already! :) Physical, Spiritual, and Psychological Well-Being

1.        Based on your reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal wellbeing), where do you rate your:

A-physical wellbeing = (2) My physical wellbeing is poor. 10 years ago I was diagnosed with Paget’s disease. The diagnosis is so rare for patients of my age that I can even go into a doctor’s office for a runny nose without them asking me a million questions on the diagnosis. Really??? I just went in for a sinus cold!

 B-spiritual well-being = (3) I do not routinely practice any form of specified religion. I have spent a number of years living in the mid-west and I can’t image any human, nonhuman, or higher power letting people suffer in the ways that I have seen in the past. When I was younger my spiritual well-being was much higher, but as I have aged it has become progressively worse.

 C-psychological well-being = (7) this is where I can say that I compensate for my physical and spiritual well-being (or lack thereof). I call it my “compensational Umbrella”. My psychological health is both poor and good. The stressors of life seem to keep this internal wheel going. This has brought much prosperity and good into my life.

    However, being that I lack so much in both of the other categories it catches up to me sometimes.

2.        Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological).

Physical – be more optimistic about my diagnosis. It’s been 10 years and I am still angry at my genetics (there is some serious projection going on here!) “Blame the genetics”. Wow, let’s analyze that……

Spiritual – I have not really come up with a good solution to find a good source of spirituality again. In ways I wish I would have never seen how other countries live and thrive. On the other hand – I would not trade that experience for the world. I will try to be more open minded everyday and not see things from my personal perspective, but a perspective that encourages open-mindedness and compassion.

Psychological – Hmmmmm? Were to begin? The goal that I will attempt to integrate into my life encompassing my psychological health is……drum roll please? …….. “I will try to not be mad at the genetics that I have acquired”.  

3.        What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?

    For the time being I am going to keep researching these concepts more in depth through the time of this course. Until recently I was not aware that these factors could influence so many aspects within our lives. This means that if I can learn to be more spiritual, more positive, more expressive, more loving, maybe my psychological and physical body can become more – Healthy. I am going to learn about me for the time being and attempt to right some of the major wrongs.

4.        Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century.

This exercise was very frustrating to me. I could not get the program to open even after sitting in front of my computer for over thirty minutes. I was so frustrated with the program that I honestly did not have enough patients to open it. Later that evening I went back to the computer and tried again. It worked. My home is very hectic – so trying to complete the exercise in full was virtually impossible. I think that if I were in the right environment that it would have been less frustrating. However, this was not the case yesterday. I hope you all enjoyed the new experience more than I.

Journey to Relaxation?

I attempted to try the "Journey on Relaxation Exercise". It really worked. I could not believe how relaxed I was after I completed. (With the exceptions of a few Interruptions). My stress levels are much higher than they should be for being a 30 year old woman. I hope to obtain a better understanding of myself and others around me by the end of this course.

Sarah Pratt

Reflective Statement

Reflective Statement: I am looking forward to getting to know all of you on a more personal level. I understand that this blog will be used for aspects of personal wellbeing, spiritual, and emotional health. I am asking all of you to please be patient with me. This is the first time I have ever used a blog. It has been frustrating to me so far. I am not sure how to set up circles or follow blogs - so if you have any suggestions (or instructions) that will make this process less stressful to me - I am all "ears".
I believe people should be more in-tune with their "self". The concept of good health has been around for so many years, but everyone in the world seems to be wrapped up in everything else. A fast pace life really has gotten Americans away from relaxation and self-awareness. It is sad to me. However, I have followed suit. What a shame.

Sarah Pratt

Introduction!

Oh yeah! Introduction...... My name is sarah Pratt. I work as a career firefighter, part time on an Ambulance, and teach at a college on my days off. I am very busy all the time and never really make a whole lot of time for myself. I have a husband whom I rarely see and a career that is super demanding. I NEED to learn to relax! I feel like I am a walking time-bomb sometimes. However, I would offer my last dime, pair of sock, and crumble of food to those who needed it more than I. I love people, love to help them, and have an undying passion for "little elderly people". Their has always been a soft spot in my heart for them. I think that sums it up. I look forward to chatting with all of you and gaining personal insight to your lives.
Sarah Pratt

I had to re-set this site up. My Appologies.

Last week I set up a blog. However, I believe I set it up improperly. So to make it easier for everyone (to include myself) I am going to just start completely over from scratch. (exept, for the comments I posted to you all last week, for obvious reasons). I am so sorry for this inconvienence and hope this one is much easier to access and post to. I still may need some advice, but for now I am going to try tp get the hang of this blogging thing.


Sarah Pratt