Hi, im in my early 40's, live in the USA, and i believe in Jesus Christ. Please allow me to share things that i struggle with.
I have many mental problems. I look back on my life and i see that i was never normal, but i did at one time have a bit more stability than i have now. Since then however, i have sunk deep into a state of total dysfunction. I am deeply disturbed and incapable of functioning as a human being. I am haunted by the past, and when i go to sleep the past haunts me, and when i wake up its much the same. I am tortured by my own failures as a man, a brother, an uncle, a son, a nephew, and as a normal human being altogether. I am also tortured by horrible memories of how people have treated me over the many years of my life. I want to forget it all but i can't. Its very difficult waking up each day, and although i am able to find a small measure of peace after i am fully awake, its sometimes very difficult getting to that point. I also have trouble sleeping, and i often wake up into this nightmare which haunts my thinking.
Judging myself by Gods truth i am no good, i am more than a sinner, i am scum. My only hope is in Gods mercy. I do nothing for God in the way of Christian service, because it will always lead to disaster. I should never again try to do anything good because i will fail. The idea of love and Christian brotherhood is a lovely thought to me, but i don't fit in and so it seems like a dream but not a reality for me personally. I have lost all faith in myself and in the Church as well. I have searched scripture, and from it i have formed a personal understanding of right and wrong. The Church has fallen well short of what i see in scripture (Prosperity preaching for example). I wont listen to preachers anymore, and i don't care to hear their promises of healing or prosperity. The Church has failed, and i myself have also failed. Some Churches may say they have faith and that they help people, but i have yet to see the Church that i read about in scripture. The Church i read about in scripture sold all their possessions and shared them, no one had more than they needed and no one lacked anything. (Acts 4:34 and 2 Corinthians 8:15) This however is not what i see in today's Church. I instead see some people having more than they need while others have nothing, or not enough. I have no faith in government politician either. My only hope is that God will have mercy on us all, not just us but non believers as well. I have no idea if scripture supports this hope of mine, and i really don't care to debate it because it will not change anything, and so i just keep hoping in mercy.
I really should not be here in this forum because i cannot cope with the political and religious division that i see in this world, and i also struggle with relationships with other people because of my mental illness. I have never sought medical help for my affliction so i have no idea whats wrong with me exactly, but i suspect that i am suffering from many things. Im often paranoid, depressed, obsessed, confused, and perhaps a bit delusional at times, but im unsure. I wonder if perhaps i may suffer from many personality disorders, or maybe schizophrenia, and quite possible PTSD. All i know for sure is that i am very screwed up and should avoid other people, but i fear that being isolated may have a bad effects on my mental health, therefore i decided that maybe i would try to find a little fellowship in this mental health forum. Maybe this is a mistake, and maybe i am doomed to repeat the same mistake i have made many times before, i don't know but i suppose that i need a break from my isolation.
My life has become a struggle for survival. I just want to find a measure of peace and happiness because i have suffered more than i can bear. I dont have any answers, and all i have left is hope in Gods mercy, and hope that one day i will die and find the peace that my soul thirsts for.
I have many mental problems. I look back on my life and i see that i was never normal, but i did at one time have a bit more stability than i have now. Since then however, i have sunk deep into a state of total dysfunction. I am deeply disturbed and incapable of functioning as a human being. I am haunted by the past, and when i go to sleep the past haunts me, and when i wake up its much the same. I am tortured by my own failures as a man, a brother, an uncle, a son, a nephew, and as a normal human being altogether. I am also tortured by horrible memories of how people have treated me over the many years of my life. I want to forget it all but i can't. Its very difficult waking up each day, and although i am able to find a small measure of peace after i am fully awake, its sometimes very difficult getting to that point. I also have trouble sleeping, and i often wake up into this nightmare which haunts my thinking.
Judging myself by Gods truth i am no good, i am more than a sinner, i am scum. My only hope is in Gods mercy. I do nothing for God in the way of Christian service, because it will always lead to disaster. I should never again try to do anything good because i will fail. The idea of love and Christian brotherhood is a lovely thought to me, but i don't fit in and so it seems like a dream but not a reality for me personally. I have lost all faith in myself and in the Church as well. I have searched scripture, and from it i have formed a personal understanding of right and wrong. The Church has fallen well short of what i see in scripture (Prosperity preaching for example). I wont listen to preachers anymore, and i don't care to hear their promises of healing or prosperity. The Church has failed, and i myself have also failed. Some Churches may say they have faith and that they help people, but i have yet to see the Church that i read about in scripture. The Church i read about in scripture sold all their possessions and shared them, no one had more than they needed and no one lacked anything. (Acts 4:34 and 2 Corinthians 8:15) This however is not what i see in today's Church. I instead see some people having more than they need while others have nothing, or not enough. I have no faith in government politician either. My only hope is that God will have mercy on us all, not just us but non believers as well. I have no idea if scripture supports this hope of mine, and i really don't care to debate it because it will not change anything, and so i just keep hoping in mercy.
I really should not be here in this forum because i cannot cope with the political and religious division that i see in this world, and i also struggle with relationships with other people because of my mental illness. I have never sought medical help for my affliction so i have no idea whats wrong with me exactly, but i suspect that i am suffering from many things. Im often paranoid, depressed, obsessed, confused, and perhaps a bit delusional at times, but im unsure. I wonder if perhaps i may suffer from many personality disorders, or maybe schizophrenia, and quite possible PTSD. All i know for sure is that i am very screwed up and should avoid other people, but i fear that being isolated may have a bad effects on my mental health, therefore i decided that maybe i would try to find a little fellowship in this mental health forum. Maybe this is a mistake, and maybe i am doomed to repeat the same mistake i have made many times before, i don't know but i suppose that i need a break from my isolation.
My life has become a struggle for survival. I just want to find a measure of peace and happiness because i have suffered more than i can bear. I dont have any answers, and all i have left is hope in Gods mercy, and hope that one day i will die and find the peace that my soul thirsts for.
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