Need Advice. Stigmata or Schitsophrenia. "Pardon le French"?

Question

I have stigmata. All 6. Identical marks on the hands and feet in the correct postion where the nails went in, birth mark for the spear position and a 97 stitch scar mark where the crown of thorns should sit. They all happened by accident, at different times, I was not paranoid with four, until I was a side saddle passenger on a motor bike in Thailand, had an accident and a metal bar went through both my feet in the same position. Now I am seriously spooked. Am i scitzo or just over worried.
P.S. I come from Ireland: A land where over 80,000 people turned up to pray at a miracle site when some prankster moved a statue of Mary, Jesus's mother and the government spent $8,000,000 to re-route a road so it wouldnt disturb the Fairy people. I think this might just blow their mind!!
P.P.S. they are not currently bleeding except for the right foot which was agrivated by wearing a shoe that was too small.
P.P.S. Does anyone know of anything like this happening to anyone?

P.P.P.S I am serious I am a really religous person from long before this. But I am private and seriously dont want and publicity Youcan contact me on [e-mail]

Forget the P's and S's for the serious who want to help I can provide hospital reports and pictures of wounds that happened when I was 0, 13, 18, 25 & 28-28 years old.

No.5 I have read up on this "shrowd of Turin etc. etc." and holes in the palms of the hands have been scientifically proven to suport the weight of a cadaver "dead body" What is in question is " the fox biting off its leg when caught in a trap to free itself" If a human pulled then he could free himself from hand holes but mine are through the thumb muscle in the pamb which takes the strength away from the hand. Secondly the scientists believe that the wrist theory is defunct as too many people would bleed to death quickly if this method was used due to ruptured arteries.

Answer 1

In order to be a true Stigmatic, all the Stigmatic marks should not be able to be explained through events/occurrences during your lifetime, but instead, be of supernatural origin.

Unfortunately, you have had (by your own admission) had numerous events that caused the wounds that appear to look like they could be Stigmatic.

To decide merely the facts without deciding whether or not they may be explained by supernatural causes, history tells us that many ecstatics bear on hands, feet, side, or brow the marks of the Passion of Christ with "corresponding and intense sufferings".

There are 62 saints or blessed of both sexes of whom the best known (numbering twenty-six) were:


St. Francis of Assisi (1186-1226);
St. Lutgarde (1182-1246), a Cistercian;
St. Margaret of Cortona (1247-97);
St. Gertrude (1256-1302), a Benedictine;
St. Clare of Montefalco (1268-1308), an Augustinian;
Bl. Angela of Foligno (d. 1309), Franciscan tertiary;
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-80), Dominican tertiary;
St. Lidwine (1380-1433);
St. Frances of Rome (1384-1440);
St. Colette (1380-1447), Franciscan;
St. Rita of Cassia (1386-1456), Augustinian;
Bl. Osanna of Mantua (1499-1505), Dominican tertiary;
St. Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510), Franciscan tertiary;
Bl. Baptista Varani (1458-1524), Poor Clare;
Bl. Lucy of Narni (1476-1547), Dominican tertiary;
Bl. Catherine of Racconigi (1486-1547), Dominican;
St. John of God (1495-1550), founder of the Order of Charity;
St. Catherine de' Ricci (1522-89), Dominican;
St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566-1607), Carmelite;
Bl. Marie de l'Incarnation (1566-1618), Carmelite;
Bl. Mary Anne of Jesus (1557-1620), Franciscan tertiary;
Bl. Carlo of Sezze (d. 1670), Franciscan;
Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-90), Visitandine (who had only the crown of thorns);
St. Veronica Giuliani (1600-1727), Capuchiness;
St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds (1715-91), Franciscan tertiary.

There were 20 stigmatics in the nineteenth century. The most famous were:

Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824), Augustinian;
Elizabeth Canori Mora (1774-1825), Trinitarian tertiary;
Anna Maria Taïgi (1769-1837);
Maria Dominica Lazzari (1815-48);
Marie de Moerl (1812-68) and Louise Lateau (1850-83), Franciscan tertiaries.


The facts having been set forth, it remains to state the explanations that have been offered. Some physiologists, both Catholics and Free-thinkers, have maintained that the wounds might be produced in a purely natural manner by the sole action of the imagination coupled with lively emotions. The person being keenly impressed by the sufferings of the Saviour and penetrated by a great love, this preoccupation acts on her or him physically, reproducing the wounds of Christ. This would in no wise diminish his or her merit in accepting the trial, but the immediate cause of the phenomena would not be supernatural.

As all of your marks can be explained by natural (although unfortunate) events, it would be safe to say that you do NOT have a true Stigmata.

Answer 2

I need a picture, otherwise this is just hearsay. Do you have a picture of yourself? God Bless

I don't know what it is, but I will say this... you are given this for a reason. I think these things can be answered in prayer.

You can email me if you want. Are you ok? It sounds painful. It could be a sign from God. I don't know. I've only seen the movie Stigmata, that's the only time I've heard of anything like that. I think prayer.... yes prayer... you are definitely not schitzo. God bless.

Answer 3

If you have marks on your hands it definitely not Stigmata. The hands of a human would not have supported the body weight, it would have been your wrists. So I'm sorry, I don't believe you

Answer 4

If this isn't a gigantic leg pull (and the Irish are known for playing jokes on people -- certainly the leprechauns are avid joke players) there are a number of parapsychological institutes that would appreciate talking to you.

Answer 5

All that means, if it means anything, is for you to consider the pain these or any wounds inflicted upon you, and the reminder that the scars give you. I mean, why do we scar at all? A child under the age of two is capable of growing an entire digit if they lose it. It is for you to contemplate upon.

Answer 6

the skitso thing comes to mind.