'Anxiety, I wouldn't give it up for the world'

[Fuzzyrug]

I think that sometimes I like my anxiety; I don’t really like the feelings of worry and doom. But I do like my sensitive nature and concern for the world, imagine if we had no feelings of worry and concern, just a kind of selfish outlook on life .. no thanks

 

[mini21]

I really wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. Like most other people on this anxiety forum, I can't make simple phone calls without feeling anxious, and not to mention they always end awkwardly and abruptly (which is BAD because I work at a LAW FIRM and part of my job is to answer phones!). I can't go anywhere I can't trace out in my mind, and without a partner. But in a strange way, I do believe it's brought me closer to God. I spend more time in his word and I am learning to trust him more everyday. So to my spirit, it has been VERY beneficial.


But to my flesh....I think the headache outweighs the benefit.

 

[KRAZYCAT]

You are entitled to your opinion. The Bible says, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matthew 6:27) and "An anxious heart weighs a man down" (Proverbs 12:25). I agree that suffering brings us closer to God, sometimes. However, not everyone decides to lean on God when they suffer. Sometimes people decide to stop talking to God altogether, like I did when I was a teenager. And then I eventually stopped believing in God. I don't see how that made me closer to Him. In other situations suffering did bring me closer to Him, but the example I just gave is an exception. I am lucky that I started believing in God again and leaning on him, but some people never do go back. In those cases suffering definitely does not bring the person closer to God.

For me, the effects of anxiety outweigh any benefits of having it. The reason I am not at church right now is because of anxiety that kept me up all last night. I fail to see how this makes me closer to God. If I had not had the sort of night that I did, I would be at church and taking communion with God right now.

I was diagnosed with agoraphobia 8 years ago and I spent periods of time unable to leave my home. I was not going to church and I was not getting out into the world to serve the Lord. God is the one who helped me and motivated me to fight that and get back out into the world again -- and it is a battle that is still going on. Fear is not from God, IMO, it is from Satan and it is a tool he uses to try to put a wedge between myself and the Lord. It has the potential to keep me from doing what God wants me to do. If I were not afraid I would be a lot more useful to God.

IMO, anxiety is not something for me to embrace and be happy about. It is something that hinders me and something I need to fight back against.

Amen! Anxiety has a life of its(I like to say Satan is having fun!) I am taking Lexapro and it works great for it! I got to church this morning!

 

[Fuzzyrug]

I do agree with you about this Krazycat as my website would demonstrate .. God bless you

 

[urquo1]

PEACE TO YOU>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
If you trust him and obey him as best you can without trying to live upto the christian church expectations then you have no need to be anxious in saying that though i do get anxious at times but it's usually when im not worshiping HIM as much...

 

[Fuzzyrug]

Yep I’m really developing in my outlook on anxiety and depression.. it’s been like a journey of discovery through a dark tunnel. I knew that God was there, I just couldn’t see him. And sometimes I actually wondered if he was really there.. but as I get closer to the light, I’m really getting a sense that he is here with me and holding my hand.. I have matured as a person and come to recognise the anxiety triggers.. I do understand about anxiety now and how it all works and how to reduce it by 60% that I have truly mastered.. but I feel u cant really recover fully without God at the centre, and now I do feel God is closer to the centre of my life now than he has ever been..
Actually he never moved, I did, I move away from him, he never moves away from me, I do now feel full of the Holy Spirit and I am more in touch with him, well most the time anyway. To get to this place, I had to engage with God, Joining second life made a massive difference because I started mixing with Christians from eternal creations.. and we Christians really need each other to grow.. wow . what a difference that made.. so I am feeling much better now and I just keep working towards growing in the lord at every opportunity.