욥기 21:1-7의 욥의 외상을 통해 본 목회 돌봄 프락시스

Abstract

This study aims to present the meaning of pastoral care and the praxis of listening through understanding the psychosomatic reactions and characteristics revealed in Job's traumatic experience and arguments, focusing on Job 21:1-7. Along with an understanding of the relationship between Job's trauma and physical experience, the characteristics of Job's traumatic memories, and the mute cry contained in Job's anger, the importance of forming a listening culture in the church community is revealed through the voice that Job demanded from the community during his traumatic suffering. The psychosomatic responses to Job's trauma highlight the importance of understanding the physical responses of people in trauma. This is because in trauma care, if we deal with anger, guilt, and sadness right away without first paying attention to the physical reactions, then the emotions may actually be strengthened. In particular, it reveals that trauma has the characteristic of starting in the body and being followed by the mind. Job's traumatic memories reveal characteristics closer to implicit memory than explicit memory. Implicit memories have the characteristic of being imprinted on the body and emotions. Therefore, it is revealed that traumatic memories can cause symptoms such as body tremors and paralysis. Furthermore, it suggests that while trauma may be amplified when talking about traumatic memories, there are also characteristics that are mitigated when testifying about traumatic experiences. For this purpose, we propose a deconstruction response method, where people testify and experience it again in order to eliminate the emotional excess from the experience of pain. This technique reveals that it may serve to positively update traumatic memories that were originally overwhelming and led to failures in self-protection. It is emphasized that when the church community listens to the testimony of a person experiencing trauma, it is a journey of sharing their pain and learning how to cry with them. This study highlights the importance of listening to the grief and anger of people suffering from trauma. In particular, through analysis of the anger emotional system and characteristics of people suffering from trauma, we reveal the characteristics of mute crying that lie behind anger and deep emotions. It reveals that the anger of a person experiencing trauma not only contains emotions such as protest, conflict, agony, doubt, hurt, anxiety, and acceptance, but also that these emotional registers are connected to each other. The church community emphasizes that when it listens to the stories and testimonies of people who are experiencing trauma, and even hears their mute cry, they too can experience post-traumatic growth like Job.