As previously alluded to the mental tire in this illustration relates to human cognition rather than mental illnesses. The successful application of this tool is to recognize which one of life’s four tires went flat first and attend to properly inflating it.
A combination of several tools previously taught, and now applied, will aid in inflating a mental flat tire. If mental fatigue can be directly related to physical fatigue read the previous article. If it is determined it is not related to physical fatigue consider the following evaluation steps.
If up until now everything you have done has not worked do some thing different – different meaning doing something better. More is not better; different is better.
There is no change if there is no change. If you want tomorrow to be different from yesterday, less mentally fatiguing, then you must develop a new game plan.
Until the problem has a name one will never arrive at a solution. Trying to deal with un-named issues is a primary, major mental tire flattener.
We can dwell on the named, or un-named, problem or we can dwell on a solution – the one we dwell on will grow thus inflating the flattened tire.
Get selective help in determining which life issue caused the mental flat tire. If you do not engage a Bible-Based counselor who is trained in this field select someone who demonstrates living a balanced, productive life.
In the latter case, this should not be (pardon the crude expression) a spill your guts session. Un-trained listeners are not usually emotionally or spiritually equipped to handle such an out-pouring of human emotion.
Do you remember the lesson on C O P E. This acronym stands for Cover Over Problems Effectively. The conclusion was this cannot be done.
Next time: Inflating Life’s Emotional Tire
