Anxiety and prayer

[Mark Dohle]

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Anxiety and prayer​

When anxious, which I find to be a very painful inner state, I have also found that it is good for me to simply use that energy as prayer, to sit with it, to offer it, and to let it go. I sink into it knowing that I am one with God and this is my ‘poor’ gift to him. In doing this, things settle down slowly. The energy is not scattered but directed towards the center of the Heart of God. I also join with all who are anxious and pray with them, be with them. Our connections are deeper than we can ever understand. The same can be said for anger or in dealing with sexual energy. It is all the same energy, we just experience it all in different ways and have to deal with it all, or it will deal with us.-Br.MD

 

[MyCatholicLife03]

I have Anxiety BAD,When I do not stay busy that is when my mind goes fast and it gets worse..I feel at times I am out of control with it
I pray, read the Bible,anything Biblical but once my mind is at rest, that is when its the worst

 

[Mark Dohle]

I have Anxiety BAD,When I do not stay busy that is when my mind goes fast and it gets worse..I feel at times I am out of control with it
I pray, read the Bible,anything Biblical but once my mind is at rest, that is when its the worst

Yes, anxiety is difficult, but just keep on praying and moving forward. Only the Lord knows you at your depths, understand that you must stay rooted in Christ. We have a monk here is also has deep anxiety, been here for 47 years, and makes it through each day. I will pray for you, my friend.

peace
mark

 

[MyCatholicLife03]

Yes, anxiety is difficult, but just keep on praying and moving forward. Only the Lord knows you at your depths, understand that you must stay rooted in Christ. We have a monk here is also has deep anxiety, been here for 47 years, and makes it through each day. I will pray for you, my friend.

peace
mark

Thank you Mark..Yes, anxiety is very difficult... I get told by some oh its all in your head, that I programmed it there.. needless to say that friend is no longer a friend, it is tough enough battle then to have someone like that pushing that into my head

 

[Abide with me.]

I think the causes of anxiety are complicated, it can be anything from how we programme our brains to chemical imbalances in the mind, body, spirit, right down to our diet or environmental factors, so I don't think there's just a one size fits all solution.
I now meditate to relax, but this would not have worked at a time when I was chemically overloaded with stress, nothing short of prozac would have calmed my racing mind, palpitations, hyper energetic frenzy, and catastrophic thinking, exacerbated by sleeplessness and attracting worse and worse things into my life through stress.
Violence and trauma kick started it, but I perpetuated it by keeping the anger and anxiety alive for decades, this keeps a viscious cycle in place and gets worse and worse, I finally threw in the towel and handed my life over to God, this acceptance and surrender changed my life, but the habit of anxiety was hard to break till I discovered something that worked for ME.
My anxiety turned into O C D negative thinking, so I decided to become O C D with the Bible! Knowing it would be unlikely to induce more anxiety, obsession over this book slowly calmed me down and replaced my catastrophic thinking with intrigue and questioning, the neaurological highway compelling my negative thinking is now dead, I can look at a flower and just enjoy the flower without any intrusive thoughts, it has also given me the unexpected gift of praying and lead me to meditative prayer, it am now weaning myself off sleeping tablets and alcohol, and the need to understand my life story has diminished to virtually nothing, although in reading the bible, I felt as though it was giving me all the answers I needed, in short, it started using it to brainwash myself, but I have been given SO much more.
I hope you find a solution to your particular kind of anxiety.

 

[Mark Dohle]

Thank you Mark..Yes, anxiety is very difficult... I get told by some oh its all in your head, that I programmed it there.. needless to say that friend is no longer a friend, it is tough enough battle then to have someone like that pushing that into my head

It can be lonely what you are going through, yet you as St.Paus said are "Making up what is lacking in the body of Christ........pray, hope, love, and try to not be afraid of what you are going through.......you are not alone.

peace
mark

 

[Mark Dohle]

I think the causes of anxiety are complicated, it can be anything from how we programme our brains to chemical imbalances in the mind, body, spirit, right down to our diet or environmental factors, so I don't think there's just a one size fits all solution.
I now meditate to relax, but this would not have worked at a time when I was chemically overloaded with stress, nothing short of prozac would have calmed my racing mind, palpitations, hyper energetic frenzy, and catastrophic thinking, exacerbated by sleeplessness and attracting worse and worse things into my life through stress.
Violence and trauma kick started it, but I perpetuated it by keeping the anger and anxiety alive for decades, this keeps a viscious cycle in place and gets worse and worse, I finally threw in the towel and handed my life over to God, this acceptance and surrender changed my life, but the habit of anxiety was hard to break till I discovered something that worked for ME.
My anxiety turned into O C D negative thinking, so I decided to become O C D with the Bible! Knowing it would be unlikely to induce more anxiety, obsession over this book slowly calmed me down and replaced my catastrophic thinking with intrigue and questioning, the neaurological highway compelling my negative thinking is now dead, I can look at a flower and just enjoy the flower without any intrusive thoughts, it has also given me the unexpected gift of praying and lead me to meditative prayer, it am now weaning myself off sleeping tablets and alcohol, and the need to understand my life story has diminished to virtually nothing, although in reading the bible, I felt as though it was giving me all the answers I needed, in short, it started using it to brainwash myself, but I have been given SO much more.
I hope you find a solution to your particular kind of anxiety.

Thank you, a very powerful witness. I agree with you about the neural pathways, when they are operative it is like sleeping and dreaming. Prayer allows us to wake up, to stand back, and gives us hope.

peace
mark