Get Over It says Dr Ed Young on Christian show The Winning Walk – And People Who Maybe Do Need to Get Over It
I watched a few minutes of “The Winning Walk” television program hosted by preacher Ed Young Sr. today. He’s a preacher based out of Houston, Texas. I believe he is Southern Baptist.
For about two or three minutes, he lectured his audience on how if something bad happened to them (or even something good, because sometimes people allow success to go to their heads), he said “don’t let that get you down.”
He yelled several times over two minutes, “Get over it! Get over it!”
If you’ve seen my previous posts, you know how much this annoys me. Please see this post:
I could only withstand watching about two minutes of Young’s “get over it” rant and had to turn the channel.
I will add a caveat, here.
I have known a few people over my life who are consistently negative about everything, or about the same two or three topics, or, they allow one or two major hurtful life events from the past define them and their attitude now – even if they were victimized many years ago.
I have listened to them complain or cry about the same problems for many years (and these people are often reluctant to listen to my problems and give me love and encouragement).
I have been very tempted to tell them on occasions where they are once more bringing up the same problem from years ago to “just get over it” but so far have bitten my lip.
I’d say most people I have known, though, do try to get out of the pain, anger, and hurt and not “camp out” in it.
I think for those people, the ‘just get over it’ message is terribly heartless, and I wish preachers would stop barking it at their audiences.
Related:
(Link): Life Lessons After Recovering from Codependency – I Can’t Save You, and I No Longer Want To
(Link): Mental Illness Doesn’t Make You Special by F. Deboer
(Link): How To Deal With Chronic Complainers, by Guy Winch, Ph.D.
(Link): Hedonism is Overrated – to Make the Best of Life There Must Be Pain, Says This Yale Professor
(Link): Chronic Pain and the Self Pity, Depression Trap
(Link): Clinical Depression Doesn’t Make People Incapable of Making Choices or Changes
(Link): Victim Syndrome (‘Are You A Victim of the Victim Syndrome’) – by Insead
(Link): Not all Narcissists are Grandiose – the ‘Vulnerable’ Type can be Just as Dangerous
(Link): Are You Stuck in the “I’ll Feel Better When” Cycle? by Diana Hill, phD
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