Dangers Of Hatred To Your Health

MEDITATION

Dangers Of Hatred To Your Health

Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up dissention, but love covers over all wrongs." NIV

Point to ponder on: Hatred is a gateway to emotional disorder and an enemy of inner peace and love.

“Holding on to Hate is like letting someone live rent-free in your mind,” said Joanna Kleovoulou, a Clinical Psychologist. Hatred is a very strong feeling of dislike.

God knows what is dangerous to our health and some instructions in the Bible are meant to prevent us from ill-health apart from sin in itself.  Also, to help us maintain our peace of mind and embrace love the strongest positive force among human race.

Psychologically, hatred is a form of neurosis, fixation and judgment that is harmful to us as human.
According to Joanna Kleovoulou, "Hateful feelings are normal when they occur sporadically. However, the effects of feeling hatred over a long period of time can have devastating effects on your mind and body."

Research shows that hatred changes the chemistry in the brain as it stimulates the premotor cortex which is responsible for planning and execution of motion. This prepares us to act aggressively when feeling hateful, either to defend or as an attack . This activation also triggers the autonomic nervous system, creating “fight or flight” responses, increasing cortisol and adrenalin. Both these hormones deplete the adrenals and contribute to weight gain, insomnia, anxiety, depression and chronic illness. And so the cycle of bodily and mental disease continues. Hatred also triggers the mind to try to predict what the actions of the person being hated may do, as a way to protect you, but this leads to further anxiety, restlessness, obsessive thinking and paranoia, which also then impacts negatively in the way you engage in relationships. Hatred stirs up disagreement in a relationship or group over a little matter that parties involved should have sought to understand one another if love were present.

It is wise if we must prevent emotional and mental breakdown in our health to avoid hatred like a plague. (1) Acknowledge it when you feel so (2) Ask why you feel so at the heat of the moment (3) Pin the words that come from you as a confirmation you feel hate and anger(4) Don't ignore the issue but try to resolve it (5) Take a break so that you can calm down and feel better letting go of the tension of anger and hate by meditating on Proverbs 10:12(6)  Deal with it by evaluating the cause and work on your mindset (7) And when it seems beyond your control, tell the Lord about it. His peace that passes all understanding will guard your mind.

More importantly, all these negative reactions affect only the hater, and not the hated, breaking down your nervous – immune – and endocrine system, and your mental well-being.

There is always a better way and that way is the way of love and that can be found in God. Let God in over every issue that triggers hatred and let His love overrides all hatred.

Life is good only if we know how to live it.

Good morning. Enjoy His love.

I celebrate you.

David, Johnson