According to Kelly, the four common elements in human disturbance are a threat, fear, anxiety, and guilt. The threat is an apprehension or fear of the firmness one’s basic constructs and beliefs of being shaken by something or someone (Devine, 2014). Fear, on the other hand, is more specific in itself and for one to experience fear requires some incident, some circumstance or a solid reason of one’s constructs being modified (Devine, 2014). Anxiety, similarly, is the experience when people cannot effectively cope with a new situation in life. A concept similar to this is pathological anxiety where a person is aware of the fact that their mismatched constructs will not be tolerated by others and know this breaks them down even further (Devine, 2014). Lastly, guilt is defined as losing the sense of one’s foundational position structure. Therefore, people will feel guilt when they are going opposite to their foundation and core principles, be they moral or ethical (Devine, 2014).
There are various sayings about the common human disturbances according to Scripture. About Threat, it says, “The Lord alone makes me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8). About fear, the Scripture relates, “Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, as tomorrow will take care of itself.” (Matthew 6:25-34). Hence, Scripture provides a reaffirmation of one’s faith and beliefs and to trust the Lord in taking care of one’s affairs. Anxiety is narrated as, “Do not worry about anything but by prayer and supplication let your requests be made to God and God will guide your heart and mind.” (Philippians 4:6). So if one is anxious about their life’s issues, spirituality becomes the answer to all problems. And lastly, about guilt, it says, “There is, therefore, no condemnation in Jesus Christ.” (Romans 8:1). So a human feeling of guilt, which surfaces because of anything double-crossing one’s morals or ethics, is forgivable, and humans are not blamable, lest they seek forgiveness and resort to goodness (Devine, 2014).
References
Devine, Adrienne. (2014). Kelly’s Personal Constructs. “Jewels from time.” Retrieved from
https://thecreativecrave.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/so-good/
