Did you pass through moments in your life where you felt really lost?

Question

I do right now. All of sudden, and due to a bad experience (loss of my job, death of a friend, family issues...) I started questioning everything around me : God, my religion, my career, life, death love, friendship...
I feel like there's a thousand questions for which I have no answer. Anyone passed through a moment like this, and how did you get over it?

Answer 1

Yes I have....

Then Jesus Christ entered in and plucked me out of the muck & mire of this dead & dying world and saved my sorry butt

Answer 2

I have, quite a few times. One way I got over it is right here in front of you: Yahoo Answers.

When I lost the job I had loved for 16 years, then My Steve, light of my life, committed suicide, then I got sick, I probably would have followed Steve into the grave if I had not discovered Y!A. Here is a remarkable tool for communication and, with 360 as a further link, and Yahoo Groups, a chance to make friends literally all over the world. One of my favorite people (are you listening, Batman?) is in India, while here I sit in St. Louis, Missouri.

In fact, my sitting in St. Louis, which is a wonderful city, is due to Yahoo. When I was put on disability, and realized I could no longer afford the cost of living in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, I posted a blog about my feeling that I needed to relocate, and asking where would be a good place. Friends in the mid-west convinced me that St. Louis was the best place, and I am now convinced they were right.

So think about how communications can give you something to live for.

Answer 3

I think the worst time for me was when my dad died and a couple of months later my little brother. Then I was really sick and in the weeks before the finals which was a stress. I withdrew, cried, was depressed and secluded myself. Wrong way to have dealt with it. Had I known Jesus then it would not have been so painful. It is in these times when God wants to be closest to us if we let Him. I'm not sure what makes us doubt God when things go wrong. He never promised us a smooth journey but a safe landing. He tells us to lay ALL our worries on Him because He cares for us because we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Turn to Him in prayer, my friend. Open your heart and just spill it out. I think you will find that suddenly things don't seem so grim anymore and that God will help you through this. In the big picture it all seems overwhelming. God looks at every little detail and He will show you the way.

Answer 4

Yes, I have been through the same feeling of being lost. I lost both parents in less than 2 years, was asked by my church to leave because of theological differences, and as a result had to completely change my seminary degree program. Funny, the feeling of being lost didn't come while I was going through these things; I felt very close to God while going through these things, but now that life has settled down I feel abandoned, orphaned, whatever. I'm still dealing with it, trying to find deeper connestions at the church I'm in, seeking out Christian friends, trying to read the Bible more, trying to learn how to pray.

Answer 5

yes... i went through a stage of depression in my life and i felt like i was dead inside and i wasn't myself i started cutting my wrists and i wanted to die the worst part was i was in highschool and students gave me hell about it or just thought that i wanted to get attention and that really hurt then my best friend just stopped talking to me for no reason. i personally went to a psychiatrist and talked about it and it really helped me and i know this may sound like a harsh bit of advice but f**k everyone else, don't let your family issues, the death of your friend, and loss of your job bring you down. you'll be okay. it's normal to start questioning everything... i did. i even questioned on whether i wanted to live or not... and im so glad i didn't commit suicide because i have so much to live for. but to answer your question, worry about your own happiness, take some time for yourself and don't let people tell you how you should feel. i hated that. don't feel guilty and hopeless. start a new life. and having God in your life can really help. he has a path and a purpose with you and he cares about you and one day you will understand why all of this happened to you. and my depression only made me a stronger person and now i know my passion... helping people. i know your lost right now... but you'll find your way. i have faith in you! and if you ever need to talk email me anytime.

Answer 6

There comes a point in your life when you reach a situation like this im also down in da dumps and lost by boyfriend dumped me on saturday looks like i never keep up with jobs moving from the one house to another and there was a time where i had everything a flat work a nice life but lost everything at this moment im trying to focus on the positive things in life although the negative come sneeking up sometimes. and once again ive come the know who is the Ruler of my life GOD when things go good we forget about him but when things go bad HE is quickly to blame and help. U'vo got a goal reach for it with God next to you not behind you!!!!! Think positive someday u will get out of life what u wanted

Answer 7

By the sounds of it, I went through a similiar point in my life too - everything seemed to be going wrong.

I was lost, and wandering through life aimlessly. I was trying so hard to find my purpose, but in the wrong places that did not bring meaning to my life. But instead, made me depressed and angry at life, at myself. I experienced this for a long time, but I never stopped searching, and Alhamdulile (praise to Allah) found that in Islam, that gave me that purpose and guided me from darkness to light.

Every individual is tested in this lifetime, and your recent bad experiences are exactly that - a test of your character, your faith and your trust in God. What helped me get through it, was to keep your heart open... in life situations like that, your heart understands things that your mind cannot.

It is important that you do not give up hope and give up all together. Question things that you are not certain about, seek the answers and most of all - do not lose your relationship with your Creator.

Answer 8

Everyone goes through this at some time or another. Myself, I just went through, for want of a better name, a midlife crisis. Realizing that I had just lived at least half my life already and things were definitely not as I wanted them to be. I definitely felt paralyzed because I didn't know what to do. So, I prayed. Hard. Slowly but surely God did reveal to me the steps I should take to get my life back on track. God uses hardships to make us rely on Him. He reminds us that without Him, we can do nothing. With Him, we can do all things. God's blessings upon you.

Answer 9

Yes I have lived some pretty sad things in my life. I don't not any longer feel sorry for myself. I am over it, and moving on with my life just the way it is.
Lessons in life teach us to grow inside and hopefully when we see we can't always fix things on are own when they are really hard. There is Jesus waiting for us to go to Him and ask him. I know that I have and I am waiting it out. Nothing in life will change over night. But, saying a prayer to help you get stronger is a good start.
I know your feeling frustrated right now and might feel nothing can help. But, you can help yourself. Give yourself the time and you will see for yourself.

Answer 10

I'm going through it now, and empathise. I keep coming back to that verse in Matthew about having faith as small as a mustard seed, what that can accomplish and also Hebrews 11 v1-2 (Faith is to be sure of the things we hope for to be certain of the things we cannot see). Have realised the only solid certainty is faith in Father God and that is helping me through. Don't lose heart - will pray for you xx

Answer 11

I felt like that the entire 26 years I spent growing up in Florida -- except I jettisoned the "god" part after the first 10.

My biggest question was always "why the heck did my parents move the family there in the first place?"

I got over it by finally getting the heck away from Florida.