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  1. Completely lost on where to go in my life

    All my way through school I never really knew what I wanted to do as I’m not really excited about anything. So I picked my college major, mathematics, based entirely on the fact it was my best subject. I’m now in my third year at university and I still do not know what I want to do. Next year...

  2. Looking for a friend to talk with not msg

    Dear future friend(s), I hope: I struggle with anxiety and depression and struggle creating and investing in deep meaningful relationships. I feel very low and that I’m do not have enough to offer. I am married and my husband and I don’t have a very good relationship. I have animals in my...

  3. How to not be lonely

    I am quite a lonely person and I’m very shy in general. I find it hard to speak to people for the first time and so there’s many people I see everyday who I’ve never spoken too - is this odd or normal? I still have a couple of friends from when I was at school but I hardly see them anymore since...

  4. This football coach disarmed a student with a gun. Then he hugged him

    This football coach disarmed a student with a gun. Then he hugged him

  5. Diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder

    Hi all, I was diagnosed today with major depressive disorder. This is actually a good thing. I thought I was suffering from PTSD based on the trauma I experienced as a child. The doctor said, after a full assessment, that I exhibit some PTSD symptoms but not enough to determine conclusively...

  6. Would a college lecturer be able to give me advice?

    Hi there, God blessed me with a gift of being able to do math. I have won an award for having performed the best at my college out of everyone in the math department. For winning this award I have to go to an award ceremony with best students of other colleges across the country. Even though I...

  7. To a Despondent Boy ~

    To a Despondent Boy Has anyone ever told you a time is coming when, without your doing, something great will happen to you? A waking experience, that will shake you to the depths of your being. Know that it is coming, so that when it does you will not run away...

  8. How to get lost desires back

    I have many problems I have struggled with for a long time. 1. I feel very lonely. I don’t really have friends and so spend all my time alone. When I go to university I sit alone because nobody wants to work/be with me. I’m not a bad person, I just don’t really talk as I struggle socially. 2. I...

  9. "My introduction" by Bruce Leiter

    I'm a retired pastor working on my fourth career in retirement. I was an English teacher and then a sales manager running away from God's call to be a pastor, a little like the prophet Jonah. Then, God sent me to seminary and to seven churches in twenty-seven years of ministry until he sent me...
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself

  10. Keep Hoping and Praying

    Psalm 42:1-4 ESV As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”...

  11. Christians and the struggle with impure thoughts...

    Hello everyone, its been a minute huh? I just wanted to drop off this off, it is near and dear to me and when i was impressed upon by the spirit to write about it I felt good for following that feeling. The battle with impure, problematic and down right sinful intrusive thoughts can drain us...

  12. Struggling a lot with my mental health and desperate for help

    Hi my name is Andrew and I’m 20. In the past 3-4 years my life has fallen apart due to my mental health. When I was growing up I took my christian faith seriously and believed 100% in God, Jesus, bible etc. When I was 15 I was friends with an atheist at my school and he never tried to discourage...

  13. outreach to my family in Christ

    i would like to know what others believe the stem of metal issues is, i for instance get depression then the war within happens praise be to Christ i always am pulled out but it can get really rough. Since there is natural ways of coping that help tremendously is this purely a physical issue in...

  14. Pray that I might overcome my depression

    I've been considerably depressed these past couple of months, which I think is widely due to a certain pattern of thinking. I need all the prayer I can get to overcome it. Thanks, brothers and sisters. God bless you all :heartpulse:
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    Please pray for an abusive husband.

    I came to Christ a month ago. My wife brought me to Him over the last three years. And I need Him now more than I ever knew. I am abusive. My wife, who brought me to Christ, is my third, and the first to call it what it is. She's left me, with good reason. And while I hope that God will change...

  16. Devastated by failed marriage and losing faith

    I desperately need prayer and encouragement. I am so deeply hurt by my husband's betrayal and our subsequent separation that I have come to doubt the Truth in my grief. I have come to doubt God's love. I have come to doubt the life giving power of the Gospel. The pain is excruciating. I am so...

  17. Is it ok for christians to go to nightclubs

    I feel like I've really missed out on experiences at university to make friends. I don't drink, talk to women, have good friends. What are your thoughts on going to nightclubs and having a drink or two to become more social and meet new people?
    • pantingdeer
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    • alcohol depression drinking friends lonely nightclub sex
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: College Life

  18. Sexual Desire for women disappeared

    When I was 16/17 it seemed like my sexual desire for women left overnight and since then I begun to hate myself as I could never have a girlfriend because I'd be lying to myself and I wouldn't be able to please her properly or be honest with her. I did bad things to 'test' myself and I couldn't...
    • pantingdeer
    • Thread
    • anxiety depression girlfriend lonely love lust sex sexuality
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Prayer Wall

  19. Christian jokes

    Hey girl, wanna come over to my house? Dont worry my parents are home.

  20. Depressed as don't have feelings for women - please help

    Hi there, over the past 3 years my life has taken a turn for the worse. I am a very studious person and have some interests however I feel very sad as I am missing something very important - my attraction to women. One day when I was 17 I just seemingly felt much less attracted to women and I...
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