The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.
If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.
If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. This forum is designed to be like Christian Advice, only for recovery type of issues. Recovery being like a family in many ways, allows us to support one another together. May you be blessed today and each day.
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really, bill? the church is simply those who name the Name of Christ. that includes us. what about all of us here who love and care about you? some of who have even come out of such a life?.... do you feel condemned by us, too?doofus125 said:The church has done nothing but condemed me....so tell me, why do I want anything to do with christianity?
We're still praying with you daily Bill, how can I help you find a church?doofus125 said:A very good old friend of mine has started calling me and inviteing me to come over and hang out. In the last week we've hung out 4 times and have just done stupid stuff. I'm not really sure why he has been calling me so much and wanting to hang out. I can remember 10 months ago he came to me and told me he just wanted to end his life, but this time he's different. He's in the word, he's praying, and he's been reading alot and I can see the huge change in him, he's matured alot. The only reason I can think of why he would even want to hang out with me is because I told a friend of both of ours the direction I am going. I can remember how he used to act about my struggle and now it's totally different. Could prayers have been answered? I'm suposta go over to his appartment tonight....he called me last night after I went to bed and my cell phone ringer was turned off so he left me a voicemail saying he wanted to ask me something and that we would get together and talk more so I'm kinda nervous about that. Anyways, I've just been really empty since I have left the church and now all I seem to want to do is sleep and I've been on the edge of tears for days now. Something is missing and I just don't know how to find it now because it's been shreaded and destroyed and picking up the pieces has become such a prideful thing of anger. I'm so frustrated with the church & christians that I want nothing to do with them, yet I still am longing for something there. Which way I'm going is still unknown but for now my heart is opening to things I've walked away from.
So sorry, Bill, I will be prayingdoofus125 said:At the point that I was ready to go back he took her away from me why did she have to die why, God why did you take her!!!!!!!!!!! Someone very close to me died yesterday and I am a complete wreck. My aunt who was more like my friend died yesterday morning and I am so angry at God. It's 3:30am and all I can do is sit here and be angry because I am in shock and I just don't know what to do. The last time I remember someone close to me dieing was my grandmother and I was 11-12 years old so I don't really remember that much. I saw her lying there on the bathroom floor dead and I just freaked out and it's all I can see in my mind.