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mental illness

  1. Alun Lewis

    Saved and kept by God's grace

    I was born to Christian parents and brought up by their faithful discipline and instruction to know and love the Lord. I cannot recall a time when I didn't believe in the God they taught me about and whom I came to know in the Scriptures. However I struggled greatly with assurance and was...
  2. C

    Could someone please interpret this dream for me

    My mom had this dream about me. In the dream I went "crazy" and ran away from her. She yelled at a certain man to grab me and after he did, I was back to normal. Just when she was taking me home, healed from my mental illness, I began to be physically ill. I lost a lot of weight and I was boney...
  3. DeerGlow

    Mental health help

    I'd like to request prayers for my mental health issues to be able to be diagnosed. I think having other people acknowledge what I deal with and help me would improve a lot of things. Most people invalidate me, say I am imagining problems or lying for attention. If I was diagnosed no one could...
  4. JesusIsMyTicket

    How to not be defined by mental illness

    So, I am a college student, and in my social work 101 class today, they had guest speakers from NAMI. Both of the speakers mentioned their stories and struggles with mental illness and management. I mean, it was emotionally hard for me to hear them discuss such dark times, but also as they...
  5. DeerGlow

    This thought is scaring me

    There seem to be a number of people who believe all things are caused by demons or angels (not calling out anyone specifically just someone's comment made me think of this again) so like, would someone with Schizophrenia or Dissociative Identity Disorder ... have demons? Need an exorcism not...
  6. AdamGill1999

    My girlfriend is in danger...I don't know what to do...

    My girlfriend has been to her family doctor and he has diagnosed her with depression via a chemical imbalance in her brain (I know that's not a full diagnosis but it helps) and she's on antidepressants and has even doubled her dosage since it wasn't effective before. Since then, it's only gotten...
  7. SunsetRose

    I've always dreaded my wedding day.

    Most girls dream of walking down the aisle one day, with their family and loved ones around them but I sadly dread this day. To sum it up, my family is toxic. They leach off others, they hurt and abuse and they have never provided a loving environment in the 24 years of my life. Because of...
  8. Quid est Veritas?

    The Visions of Joan of Arc

    A peasant girl being led by God to free France from English rule. It is a powerful narrative. But how trustworthy is it? She claimed to have received visions from Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret of Antioch and Michael the Archangel. Margaret is supposed to have died under Diocletian after...
  9. brainstormer

    Do you think one could do an exorcism remotely?

    There was this homeless woman I was trying to help. She was dressed very nice, and took care of her physical appearance, but she was an alcoholic and psychotic. She would ramble on and on, talking to herself, and when you listened to what she said it was about how she owned million dollar real...
  10. Quid est Veritas?

    Christianity and Psychiatry

    In modern Psychiatry, there is a concept called a Religious delusion or Religious Ideation. This is when someone reports hearing voices or being called by God and is seen as a part of the presentation of mental illness. However, it can be seen as any religious experience that impacts normal...
  11. B

    Is there such a thing as having too much faith?

    This is a bit difficult for me to write because it involves someone I love very much. Over the years they have spoken about being promised or told quite big things from God, as yet none of these things have come true. They still believe them very strongly and prays and fasts into these areas...
  12. D

    Help Me

    Hello everyone, I'm 29 yr old man who was raised in a very charismatic church. It was a very abusive environment for me and I experienced a lot of abuse (sexual) from many people growing up. I was exposed to pornography at age nine by a family member and have had issues with it ever since. I've...