That is a good point. I'm just getting into a chapter in "Heartwounds" about healing through grief. It makes sense.
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We have given suffering a bad name. In our feel-good society, we often see struggle as a sign of failure and may resent encountering our own personal trials and conflicts. But it is struggle, not the absense of it, that builds character, strength, self-esteem and personal power. Anyone who has made it through rather than run from adversity knows this. Mental health and spiritual health are deeply linked. Overcoming psychological and emotional blocks - grieving wounds, giving them a name and a process to heal them - cleanses and purifies the spirit and makes it ready to receive grace and wisdom. As the mind and emotional self grow, so does the spirit because they are woven of the same cloth. Grief, then, rather than a collapsing of the self, can be a surrendering to a process - the process of mourning.

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So maybe this is why those who have recovered from trauma and mental illness seem to have so much strength and wisdom and ability to help others. But the key is to work through that stuff, and not run away from it or drown in it.

Rap