Psychoanalysis is a relatively new medical field of study which delves into the mind. Psychoanalysis is a treatment for mental illness based on psychoanalytic theory. The system was developed by Sigmund Freud at the beginning of the 20th century as a result of treating, under hypnosis, patients who were suffering from hysteria. Freud believed that mental disorders were a result of the failure of normal emotional development during childhood. Through discussion and memory recall with the patient, Freud believed the cause of any internal strife would be uncovered and resolved, and the illness cured.
Has this field of science helped many people in battling mental illness? For those being helped: probably a great deal; for those refusing help: probably not so much. Like technology—it’s a wonderful thing when it works! However, technology often fails and Sigmund Freud was addicted to cocaine.
What if during the course of childhood, normal emotional development occurs, but the individual is “Mentally Broken” to begin with? Does the name Hazael sound familiar? Please read on and get your “Prenalterol” ready.
The King Aram (Syria) was sick. He sent his personal attendant, Hazael, to the Jewish prophet Elisha, in Israel, to personally ask the man of God; “Will I recover from this illness?” 2 Kings 8 The prophet Elisha told Hazael, the king would recover from the illness, but the king will in fact die! Then, Elisha stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael felt ashamed. Then something strange happened; Elisha got a firsthand psychoanalytic look into the mind of Hazael, (from God) and it caused him to weep! When Hazael asked the prophet why, Elisha gave him the diagnosis. He said that the Lord revealed to him that Hazael was to become the king of Aram, and that he, Hazael, would do terrible things in the future to the people of Israel!
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the harm you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women.” 2 Kings 8:12
Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, Ben-Hadad, king of Aram. The next day, Hazael dipped a thick bed quilt in water and suffocated the king! Elisha’s prophecies about Hazel partially came true: see 2 Kings 10:32-33, 13:3-7 and 22. Apparently Hazael had known he would be king because Elijah had anointed him, see 1 Kings 19:15. But Hazael was impatient and, instead of waiting for God’s timing, took matters into his own hands, killing Ben-Hadad. Was Hazael a bad egg from the beginning? Did he have an internal compass to make a choice to change? Did Hazael ever acknowledge his personal potential for evil?
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