i think I need spiritual help or something?

Question

i dont know nothing is right...i know i posted sometihng before about when everything is dark..but now i dont see everything as black but nothing is going right. for some reason i've been having panick attacks and do not know why which is weird cause when i have them and think about it i would figure why i had them. this time nothing. every time i come home i would be very anxious for no reason. last sunday after church, normally i feel very light and happy, but this time i cried on the way home and i dont know why! i just dont know what's going on with me. i honestly dont. you know when some people know what's wrong but ar ein denial. not even that! if you have some prayers you can tell me about or if you've been through a spiritula down fall just tlel me how u got out cause honestly i dont know what to do and i really cannot take it anymore. i'm not suicidal but it feels like it. honestly i just dont know

Answer 1

I suffer from anxiety attacks. I don't know what brings them on. I can be sitting here, and it come over me that I am going to die. I get really nervous and nothing can calm me down. All I can say is stay in prayer about this. If you can seek out help from a pastor.

Answer 2

This really sounds like depression to me. I would go to a doctor (preferably psychiatrist because they know a whole lot more than gen practitioners on these subjects. Get an evualation, and please, do not be afraid of taking medicine.

The medicine will NOT be a magic happy pill panacea. Whatever baggage you've got will still be there. You will simply be given the same biochemical tools healthy people have to be able to deal with them. There may be things in your life that you are sad about, and you will still be sad about them, however, you will be able to see that they do not control and define your entire outlook.

Please, you mentioned the world suicide yourself. Please, go talk to someone NOW. Especially if you are feeling that way.

Please take it from someone who in the past has tried to commit suicide multiple times, and who would have missed som eof the best years of her life, massively increased skill at the piano, a fantastic boyfriend straight out of a novel, and two beautiful kitty cats and a BA.

Things may seem right now, as if there is nothing left to live for. There is and it will get better, especially with treatment.

Answer 3

As we grow, we change. Some times we change farther than we are mentally ready to deal with, so our growth goes upward, then plateau-s, then we get depressed or stressed until we figure out how we have changed or how to deal with it and our growth may dip down a bit, but then when we recover, we grow upward again.
If you are crying, some part of you knows what it is about.
Get away from everyone and everything else, find a place to be alone with a pen and a pad. Imagine that all of your present feelings flow down out of you into the ground until you just feel empty and you can think clearly about the parts of your life. You could be mourning for something, you could have a need that you don't know about, and some part of you has gone from hope to despair about getting that fulfilled. What it is doesn't matter you just need to find it, see it, accept it.

So when you feel empty and can think clearly, think about a part of your life and write down what you think about it, what you think you are feeling about it, what its value is to you, and what value you are to it. Do that for each part of your life. This might take a while, and it might take several sessions.
If that doesn't work, think about the time you are anxious, write down "I felt anxious then because.." and close your eyes, look away, count to thirty. Often a person's subconscious will engage in automatic writing and let them know what the problem is. If that works, read what your subconscious wrote and figure out what is going on.
Sometime you need to be talking to a person that you trust to let the ideas that scare you all by yourself to actually come out.

Try all of that and get back to us...if it doesn't work we can discuss the penduluum technique....

Answer 4

I don't know who these people are who give thumbs down to advice that suggests seeing a doctor, but they are mistaken.

I am a Christian and well educated in Scripture and theology. Yet I also suffer from Bipolar illness which requires medication. If I did not see a good doctor a few months ago, i would be in terrible shape.

Your faith should and will sustain you and family, friends, and church will give you a support group. But by all means, get checked out and see if everything is in working order with your brain chemistry and mood.

Many, many great Christians throughout history have suffered from depression. If this is what is ailing you, please seek some help. I can also recommend a great book written by Henri Nouwen called The Inner Voice of Love that is about his struggle with depression. He is very highly regarded Christian.

Best to you

Answer 5

Nothing we are going to tell you is going to be some huge revelation that opens your eyes to the absolute truth. Life is a journey. Whether you want to believe it or not, although your suffering seems like it is horrible, you will survive, and you will come out of this a stronger person. Everything takes time. We cannot help you, you can and must weather this out and help yourself. Even if there is a God, He also gave you free will to help yourself. I know how lost you feel, I have been there before as well, however, I know this is going to sound bad, but you are just going to have to trudge it out and wait. Things will start to look up in time. Just keep your two feet firmly planted on the ground to the best of your ability, put things in perspective, and start living.

Answer 6

Your situation boils down to this. You are believing a lie. Many people fall into this state of thought, where they believe the mortal is the man, forgetting that they are actually an idea of God. When you allow yourself to believe in the first lie, you open the door wide for all other lies to come in and make a home in your thought. With the truth in thought, you must begin to kick out every lie, anything that is unlike good. God gives man the power to weed the garden and be conscious of only His idea. You need a better understanding of the truth, and of God. You don't need a shrink. I don't need to wish you good luck, because the truth does not rely or know about luck.

Answer 7

Try reading this poem...



Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.


Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.


Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.


Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.


You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.


With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Answer 8

There was a time when Ive experienced such a downfall.

You must seek two things:

1. support from a healthier person, on a daily basis, and none of that stupid counsellor stuff. Make sure this is someone who really cares about you and loves you unconditionally.

2. Ask forgiveness before you pray to God. As forgiveness cleans your past sins and makes your prayers answerable.

Support yourself through out this time, be positive, do things that make you love yourself and appreciate your self. and remember youre not alone. and you never will be.

Answer 9

You may be experiencing SAD; Seasonal Affective Disorder. Try buying a full spectrum light. Also, get outside more. Lastly, try buying & taking a Vitamin D supplement.
I would also recommend you go buy yourself a quality multivitamin/mineral supplement.
And, consider some mild exercise, as it has been shown to increase seratonin levels naturally.
Do you have some friends, or a good support network of people you can rely on?
These are my ideas to you for coping.
How about a pet for some healthy touch?
Comedy movies for a good laugh.

Answer 10

See your doctor. This is more in the line of clinical depression.

Don't think that it is unChristian to seek medical help, even for emotional problems, those need medical help just as much as any other medical condition.

My wife and daughter both took medication for a short time, until they were able to get their out-of-control emotions under control, reslove some issues at work and school. When their issues were resolved, they were able to drop their medications safely.

Seriously, get help; that does not mean you are not a Christian.