Do you know that 90% of all so called mental illnesses are better treated as spiritual?

Answer 1

Yes! I majored in psychology in college, and have read how mental illness institutions operated in the Nineteenth Century by Christian churches were at *least* as effective as modern day psychiatric hospitals are, and there were very few psychotropic drugs available at the time!

BTW: After seeing some of the other answers to your question, it appears that many are confusing Spiritualism, an occult practice, with *true* spiritual help!

Answer 2

When I hear spiritual, I think in terms of Christianity. If that's what you were referring to then, yes.

I find it extremely interesting though that people feel so terribly knowledgeable on the topic, though. In all the years of studying human behavior, it seems that the possibility of human error would have occurred to them. A possibility which seems especially likely since the "treatments" for these illnesses doesn't seem to work all that well. I mean, they're still "mentally ill" right? I might be mistaken, but is not the entire idea of a cure to make someone well, and not to just downplay the symptoms? After all, shoving drugs down someone's throat just makes it easier for others to pretend nothing is wrong. Does it really help anything? If someone stops taking these drugs, then what? That's not healing.... Is it?

I'm not saying that telling them that God's going to make their life better is going to help. I'm just saying that God can and that maybe someone should present him to them.

By the way, I don't think that all of them are "demon possessed".

Answer 3

Sounds right. In Bible times, Jesus cast demons out of people who were not in their right minds. (dramatic example: Mark 5:1 - 20) Today we would have called that man mentally ill.

As a child I remember wondering why there were demons in people during Bible times and not today. Later I realized the condition has been renamed!

I'm not saying everyone with trouble is demon-possessed - it was just one example. God can fix anything, heal anyone, give courage and strength anyone - He is mightier and can overcome any problem.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills - From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121: 1-2

To helio462: Very interesting comment about not mentioning the name of God to someone with schizophrenia! Wonder why? The bible says "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that - and shudder." I can see why the name of God might disturb them.

To a few other answers: You have to want and accept help from the Lord. Some people simply won't or don't bend a knee. It doesn't change the facts.

Answer 4

You speak the truth, but our society is too caught up with quick fixes. Throw a pill down the kids throat so you don't have to chase after them so hard. Run for a shrink when your marriage is in trouble, and most of the time they will tell the couple that one has "outgrown" the other, or they have just drifted apart. Try some spiritual guidance from a couple that has been married for 30 or 40 years and have MADE it work.They have something to teach. And here's a novel thought; try putting someone besides yourself first for a change. Thank you for a good question that allowed me to blow off a little steam!

Answer 5

Did you know that 90% of zentraedi are blue and like goat fur?

Edit:
I posted such a goofy question to your goofy question with bogus statistics. Where did you get this 90% ratio? Did you just guess it because it "felt" right? Do you honestly want people to be dumb enough just to agree with it because it makes them feel warm and fuzzy inside?

Most of the spiritualist that I know and love are really bonkers in the head, a lot of them are pot heads and most of them suffer from depression. Their mojo does not seem to work for them, but perhaps if they ate a healthy diet and worked out once in a while it would improve a little, it would also help to see a phsychologist, and in the worst case scenario go to a physichiatrist.

But ofcourse, the voice of reason is a hard one to accept and the messenger is often perceived as mean spirited. Sorry, I will let you all go back to your fantasy.

Answer 6

Yes....The song the Love of God was found written on the walls of a sanitarium. Someone who was thought to be "ill" who found the Love of God could not be measured.

Answer 7

Yes and I know a woman (wife and mother) with clinical depression who was being treated by a Christian counsellor who was no doubt looking for the spiritual causes of her problems but was apparently unable to find them before this woman shot herself.

I'm sorry... what was your point?

Answer 8

yes i agree their are many things we don't know about the universe and for the mental health witch doctors to jam halladal adavan and clozapine down people throats every time they see strange lights , is ridiculous.

psychiatric drugs are --chemical straitjackets. and drug companies make a lot of money putting people in chemically induced stupors, to drool down there shirts

Answer 9

to think that mentally ill people need religion preached on them instead of real, rational psychological expertise is one of the most dangerous things i have ever heard on the R/S section.

The people who suffer real clinical depression (as opposed to people who are only temporarily depressed) should not be told that god is the answer to their problems. that is very dangerous and stupid.

and you should never even whisper the name of god to someone who has schizophrenia. Really.

Answer 10

I seriously doubt you have any credible resources to support this, otherwise you would have provided them.

If that were true, science would have recognized the trend and would have allowed religious people to be "in charge". As usual, being a religious person - you have the illusion that you're being oppressed, and that atheists would do anything, including harm themselves if it meant dragging you down.