Catholic prayer request: anger issues

[JesusLovesOurLady]

I can understand anger. I understand it very well. I have a very aggressive general anxiety disorder borderline bi polar. TRUST me when I say I get it. You need to speak with a therapist. Preferably a Catholic one. You need to follow any medications you are supposed to take to the T. You need to discuss and speak with a confessor who can act as a spiritual director. You need him to give you a reasonable and doable rule of prayer. You then need to TRUST in Jesus. Read St. Faustina's journal. Look at the torment she underwent. If she persevered so can you.

One last note. Ease up on yourself man. Read the scriptures. Christ was gentle and loving. He was merciful and compassionate. Remember that. Hold it in your heart. Tell Jesus all day long "I trust in you." Let things go brother. Take it from someone who is probably a bit older then you. Life will run you over if you don't take it easy on yourself from time to time. We are all sinful pilgrims walking the same dusty road. I under piety. Trust me I do. I set a rule of prayer for myself that is often a little to much. I leave little time for myself to relax. I often get lost in my routine and my expectations. I often have to slow down and remind myself that I don't have to wear myself with all this religious stuff. Take time to smell the roses and enjoy the world around you. Play a video game. Watch a show on netflix. Go for a walk and play Pokemon Go. Allow yourself to exit the confines of your religiousness just for a bit in order to enjoy the awesome world that God has put before you. Allow yourself a breather from the evangelizing and hard line examinations of conscience. Sometimes people like us with OCD or anxiety we forget to just stop....listen....and appreciate.

I once had a confessor tell me that I was sinning by being so hard on myself I never had the opportunity to just enjoy life. Since then I have always had a picture of Jesus on my cubical at work laughing. It is a constant reminder that I am not here to beat myself up mentally every day. I am here to glorify God and enjoy the amazing world around me.

I pray for you always. Today I pray that you will stop....enjoy....and appreciate the amazing world around you.

I have been planning to, and made a bit of an effort to read J. R. R. Tolkein's the Lord of the Rings Trilogy again for this specific reason. I'll make an effort do that more today, also you'll be pleased to know, that this arrived yesterday:

I've started reading a bit of it yesterday, I'll read more today.

Thanks, I'll be going in a little bit.