The Systematic Person Textual Analysis

While reading under the heading, The Systematic Person, in Chapter Ten, I am reminded of one of the things that I found the most difficult to understand at the beginning of this class. I was unsure how Noah and Joe’s physical disabilities could possibly have anything to do with emotional anxiety. It made more sense to me that Ryan’s diagnosis of Aspergers would be influenced by anxiety since it is more obviously affected by emotions. After reading the text and spending time processing the information, I can understand how even the manifestations of physical symptoms can be impacted by the presence of heightened emotional reactivity. I will take notice of deteriorations in Noah’s hearing loss and watch for how it relates to what has been
going on in our family at the time. Joe has even accepted that the total loss of hearing on his right side may be explained in part by the emotional stress of having to deal with his dad’s suicide. While the realization sounds small having that personal understanding is important to him, and we are both grateful that once again God has placed us in a situation where we have been able to learn more about ourselves.