The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.
If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.
If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. This forum is designed to be like Christian Advice, only for recovery type of issues. Recovery being like a family in many ways, allows us to support one another together. May you be blessed today and each day.
Kristen.NewCreation and FreeinChrist
Hey, I really need some good Christian advice. That is why I joined the forum. I have recently been going through some problems. You see when I was in 4th grade I got sexually molested. I have tried to forget about it, and move on. But it lives with me everyday. I cant face everyday things that come up, such as if I see something provocative on t.v. or in person I freak out! I cant handle it. I get all sick to my stomach and almost ill. Well I have learned to try to control those feelings, to forget what happened to me, but just a few weeks ago, a family friend was charged for doing the same thing to small children. Finding that out brought up all the feelings that I had had , I keep having flashbacks of what happened to me when I was molested, and I have not been able to control my feelings of when I see provocative images on t.v. or in person. I am brought to tears almost every time, and get irreversibly depressed. I am also having problems forgiving the family friend for molesting the children. I want to be like Christ and forgive, but I just cant seem to, partly because I know that he did SO wrong, and that I once was molested. I don't know how I should feel, and I don't know how to handle what I am feeling. I have tried to talk to friends, and family, and have been through councouling, and I have prayed. But nothing has seemed to help. I don't know what to do, but it's ruining my life. Can anyone help?
