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Feeling so down. My little Lucy bird is dying.

Death is never nice, so sorry you have to go through this.

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I'm so sorry to hear that, Ruth:(
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I'm feeling down. Annoyingly down.

Yes I relate to the annoying bit. I was supposed to go to work today but stayed home because I was feeling so down. I'm feeling like crap.:o

I hope you pick up soon.

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I think it can take at least 3 weeks to a month without any antibiotics, but I hope it doesn't take that long for you. Flus and colds can last at least 2 weeks, maybe longer, but I hope your immune system picks up soon.

My flu symptoms are going luckily, still got a irritating cough but otherwise feeling much better. Today I'm feeling very down so even though my flu isn't to bad right now I still couldn't go to work. I'm totally sick of being sick now.
 
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Struggling with frustration over the fact that the more I try and fight my lustful urges, the worse they are. It's practically OCD, with just a compulsion and know obsessive thoughts. So just "pure-C", I guess. But it's terrible. Why couldn't I have just been a normal guy who got some girlfriends in high school and when on casual dates with them? My little brother (he's 13!) is doing that now, how come he got a girlfriend when I never did? I blame my Asperger's. Never knew how to really ask a girl out and so I turned to quasi-inappropriate content to fill the loneliness, and now I've trained myself to covet the things I can't have.

But I've got to stay strong and flee temptation. I want to get out of this and into a healthy opposite-sex relationship.


One sure way to move away from sin is to let God's love into your time with darkness. Accept God's grace over your sin and begin to let Godly thoughts filter into your obsessive thoughts.

To have sexual desires is not wrong, as a matter of fact God made us to have them, it is only when we have thoughts and fantasies that are contrary to His Word that The Word will accuse us with sin.

Let Jesus rebuild you by applying His loving grace to your sinful times and letting good thoughts and desires begin to filter into your dark times which are so demanding and ungodly that they bring you so much distress.

For example begin to learn to fantasise how you would have sex with your future partner, rather than turn to inappropriate content to satisfy you. I believe that this is the purpose for masturbation in the first place - to learn to love a person when we haven't got one yet but we are sexually mature enough to physically need sex.

It is essential that you do this under the umbrella of God's grace because you need His love within you to be able to move away from your lustful desires and learn how to love a woman the right way instead.

Be of good courage Jesus has overcome sin and can teach you to do the same.
 
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Feeling really down. :( want to cry but too scared to.

Sorry you are feeling so down:hug:

I really relate to not daring to cry, I struggled with that for many years as well. Give your pain to Jesus and keep doing that until the tears can begin to flow again. To have a good cry with Jesus is so uplifting and refreshing I hope you will be able to experience that one day.
 
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I am still tottering with my health, every couple of hours I cycle and the cycles seem to be getting worse.

I'm also shaking badly this flu has really undermined my health by the looks of it.

My boss rang me up this morning and suggested that I work from home today, which suits me fine for then I can work in doable blocks and even over the next few days, rather than having to put in the hours straight in over one day. He is going to send me my tasks by email.

Hoping you are all doing fine:wave:
 
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I am still tottering with my health, every couple of hours I cycle and the cycles seem to be getting worse.

I'm also shaking badly this flu has really undermined my health by the looks of it.

You need to get rest and good sleep Jeshu so your body can fight the virus and regain your health.........Hope you're able to do that! Praying for your recovery.
 
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You need to get rest and good sleep Jeshu so your body can fight the virus and regain your health.........Hope you're able to do that! Praying for your recovery.

Thanks Victor.

I have been sleeping well, often a few hours during the day as well but this flu seems very sticky tomorrow it will have been 14 days since it started. I have tried to keep antibiotics out of it but if I don't feel any better on Monday then I might have to visit a doctor.
 
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Stay away from antibiotics as its a virus not a bacteria. Have you tried cold and flu remedies and keep drinking fluids.

I have been drinking sage tea to aid healing and I have also been taking flu tablets off and on but I don't think the infection in my chest is getting much better any more, though it is not as bad as it was last week. I suppose I just have to sick it out.:o
 
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I have been drinking sage tea to aid healing and I have also been taking flu tablets off and on but I don't think the infection in my chest is getting much better any more, though it is not as bad as it was last week. I suppose I just have to sick it out.:o
I'm sorry to hear you have been ill Jeshu.
Praying that you get back to full health very soon.
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