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I have anxiety and intrusive paranoid thought that I take medication for. However, I am experiencing a new wave of this and I feel panic attacks coming on.

I just keep feeling like something horrible is wrong, and I feel restless like I should be doing something about it.

I'm stuck at home because of a winter storm and I think this is making it worse. I've been trying to distract myself with things to do or read, praying and reading Scripture, but it only helps for tiny, short amounts of time.
 
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I'm with you. I have the same feelings, but it will be okay. We'll be okay. Don't worry.
 
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jesuslover811 said:
I love to read select psalms out loud when I have anxiety. From the bible not a screen it makes a difference
Psalm 23 Psalm 34
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Yes, and music. But not just anything. "Select" as you say.

In the Shadow of Your Wings I Sing for Joy - Psalm 63:7
 
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So here is a little project for you. Go through all the Psalms and Gospels. Take note of those that bring you the most comfort and use them to reprogram your mind. Spend at least 5 minutes Morning, noon, and evening with them. Or even more often, bedtime, midmorning and midafternoon.
 
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This is therapy. Take your thoughts captive as in 2Cor10:3-5. If you pray about it and you do it right it takes you thought puts it in jail and your mind keeps flowing to better stuff. Just say ‘captive’. You can do it when distracting thoughts come up or negative or anything not in obedience to Christ. It’s fun because it works.
 
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JAM2b said:
I just keep feeling like something horrible is wrong, and I feel restless like I should be doing something about it.
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My mother has been feeling this way, too. There's times she just wants to break down sobbing. She feels something bad is coming. Do you have a gift of precognition?

My mother and I both felt anxious and restless right before COVID. My mother would have panic attacks and we both had a 'nesting syndrome' type of thing going on. Like we were in a rush to prepare for a coming storm and batten down the hatches.

Someone else noted that they felt the same way--maybe our spirits are picking up on something?

Just remember God is in control; he will never leave us nor forsake us.
 
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Isaac Aldermann said:
Do you have a gift of precognition?
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I don't believe so. There have been many times when I have experienced this and nothing bad happened. I believe for me this is just mental illness that I am dealing with.
 
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Father, comfort Jam and help her with all anxiety and paranoid feelings. Help her and strengthen heroin this time and give her support and help during this winter storm as well as productive things to do. In Jesus Name, Amen
 
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