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Sorry for a long time I don’t come here. I fell into a pit and nearly lose my faith. I am in depression and mania at the same time, very painful, nearly want to die earlier. I don’t understand why God gives me a wretched fate and does not heal me. But fortunately I come here again for I know friendship and support from other patients and guides is one of my way to stand firmly.

Rebuild the broken hearts of patients of depression and BP is one part of the project rebuilding the Holy Temple. Love God and each other is the way out of isolated despair. I am not alone, but a little sheep in a group family. Prayers are very appreciated.

Wish you all have a brave heart to love God and overcome the demons. Depression battlefield is our training field to know the perfect God working in our imperfect more.

Blessings in Jesus Christ. Yusuph :groupray:
 

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I've found that when I have nearly lost my faith and when I've been full of confusion and depression about it, my faith became a bit stronger afterwards. Perhaps a little different too. It can be humbling to understand that we can be weak in our faith, and that God is bigger than our own abilities or disabilities.

Said a prayer for you, hang on there mate. Indeed you aren't alone. We're all parts of the same body.
 
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I've found that when I have nearly lost my faith and when I've been full of confusion and depression about it, my faith became a bit stronger afterwards. Perhaps a little different too. It can be humbling to understand that we can be weak in our faith, and that God is bigger than our own abilities or disabilities.

Said a prayer for you, hang on there mate. Indeed you aren't alone. We're all parts of the same body.
Thank you my friend in Jesus. The experience of rehabilitation room here can also be practiced in China, to help Christian or non-Christian patients. This is one part of my job. May the same God care.
 
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Yusuph,

I'm so sorry you are struggling. I'm so glad you came back and reached out for support and didn't choose to follow your thoughts of hurting you. I'm thankful you are standing firm in spite of it being so difficult.

Managing through depression and bipolar disorders are significant struggles that can definitely take away our energy and drive for a period of our lives as we are dealing with this. Know that you are in my prayers for hope and help and support. May God heal your depression, and if He doesn't, may He provide you all that you need to deal with it.

Here are a couple scriptures to think on (as well as for me too).
John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Psalm 34:17-18 -
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

This is one of the ones I hold on to dearly:
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 - Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Blessings to you.
 
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Sorry to hear you have been down so deep in the pit brother, such times can be very difficult to overcome. Glad you come back for support though, life is hard on our own when we are mentally ill.

Please remember that sometimes our sufferings ring us good life in the end, for we are allowed to know the Lord trough thick and thin. i hope that your faith in His love will ring you hope to continue the battle.

Please don't forget we are here for you.

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Darkness Reigning

When The hour of darkness reigns.
“Where is your God”, they sneer.
Casting their nets of doubt and fear.
Isolation is their jail of presence within.
Happily trading your weakness and your sin.
Oh how they enjoy your every fall or slip.
As your fallen reality is their strongest grip.
Building in your heart their own life form.
So depravity of being is your daily norm.
Now see them fight to retain their place.
Trying to keep away God’s loving grace.
By showing you their godless hold inside.
You in their slimly pits to smite.
Influenced by their dark and godless thrash.
Your light of day took quite a crash.
But remember wicked rule is a very short reign.
For you Christ’s light will surely shine again.
 
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Thank you all for caring me. A temptation is overflowing me. The liar says “God and Jesus are false”, just as my father told me “God is vanity”, may God forgive him. I know some “Christians” are false, but many Christians are true although not pure and mature enough, including myself. I should not doubt God and brothers and sisters’ love. May God strengthen my faith in Jesus Christ. :groupray:
 
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I Am in Distress

Sorry for a long time I don’t come here. I fell into a pit and nearly lose my faith. I am in depression and mania at the same time, very painful, nearly want to die earlier. I don’t understand why God gives me a wretched fate and does not heal me. But fortunately I come here again for I know friendship and support from other patients and guides is one of my way to stand firmly.

Rebuild the broken hearts of patients of depression and BP is one part of the project rebuilding the Holy Temple. Love God and each other is the way out of isolated despair. I am not alone, but a little sheep in a group family. Prayers are very appreciated.

Wish you all have a brave heart to love God and overcome the demons. Depression battlefield is our training field to know the perfect God working in our imperfect more.

Blessings in Jesus Christ. Yusuph :groupray:
You'll really know who's there when the chip's are down.
 
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Thank you all for caring me. A temptation is overflowing me. The liar says “God and Jesus are false”, just as my father told me “God is vanity”, may God forgive him. I know some “Christians” are false, but many Christians are true although not pure and mature enough, including myself. I should not doubt God and brothers and sisters’ love. May God strengthen my faith in Jesus Christ. :groupray:

i know so well what you are going through brother, satan tempted me likewise. i'll give you a hint into the right direction my dear suffering brother not people but The Truth is God.

Jesus says i am the truth and i am the life we may drink from Him in our lives and be thankfully happy and content despite our sufferings - the truth to know and with Him to be, or we belief doubt and unbelief and fall into a pit so dark and deep that only brings lostness and meaninglessness and no truth to put our feet down on ever.

i know your dad puts all knowledge into the logic of this world, and that is hard to fight when we been taught like that as well. Yet Jesus' loving truth nourishes our souls and satisfies our thirst, come to Him my brother, and drink deeply from His graceful love He will comfort you in your distress.

Know that Jesus' truth is really true much more true than the scientific truths ruling this world. Wouldn't Creator God know best? See the world crucifies The Truth of God's love even now so please do understand the significance of His love over us all.

praying your soul will overcome this difficult time

No Thanks Unbelief.

Your voice turned me utterly insane,
believing your suggestions
thinking there is no God.
For you betrayed my Good Life,
pushing me into that bottomless pit,
into fiery Hell for years on end.

Flying right through my reality,
your miserable voice dividing
myself against myself,
your taunts attacking faithful self,
hopelessness cutting me up,
your lies barring access to true Life!

No faith feeding my starving soul,
instead doubt, confusion and terror,
false evidence locking my hopes away,
devoid from true self or any good thing,
torturing me in those dark dungeons,
you only ever set out to murder me!
 
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i know so well what you are going through brother, satan tempted me likewise. i'll give you a hint into the right direction my dear suffering brother not people but The Truth is God.

Jesus says i am the truth and i am the life we may drink from Him in our lives and be thankfully happy and content despite our sufferings - the truth to know and with Him to be, or we belief doubt and unbelief and fall into a pit so dark and deep that only brings lostness and meaninglessness and no truth to put our feet down on ever.

i know your dad puts all knowledge into the logic of this world, and that is hard to fight when we been taught like that as well. Yet Jesus' loving truth nourishes our souls and satisfies our thirst, come to Him my brother, and drink deeply from His graceful love He will comfort you in your distress.

Know that Jesus' truth is really true much more true than the scientific truths ruling this world. Wouldn't Creator God know best? See the world crucifies The Truth of God's love even now so please do understand the significance of His love over us all.

praying your soul will overcome this difficult time

No Thanks Unbelief.

Your voice turned me utterly insane,
believing your suggestions
thinking there is no God.
For you betrayed my Good Life,
pushing me into that bottomless pit,
into fiery Hell for years on end.

Flying right through my reality,
your miserable voice dividing
myself against myself,
your taunts attacking faithful self,
hopelessness cutting me up,
your lies barring access to true Life!

No faith feeding my starving soul,
instead doubt, confusion and terror,
false evidence locking my hopes away,
devoid from true self or any good thing,
torturing me in those dark dungeons,
you only ever set out to murder me!

Dear brother ,

You give me much help when I am in need, also to many others. May God remember your love and honest faith in Him.

I find I misunderstand God’s love. I don’t want to taste any bitterness in my life, but this is not God’s plan. Mat20:23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup”, I can’t only share His glory but do not join His cross. The Lord’s cup tastes bitter but is the Medicine to heal. My old self’s death is a very painful process, but it must die, this is the plan of God’s healing and save. And God would not make me burden what I can’t burden. Yeah Trust God’s love and Jesus’ death is the answer. Or else God’s powerful ability and Jesus’ resurrection would not be upon me. God gives a reward (eternal life) for those who were crucified with Jesus Christ in this temporary world. I am a man of so little faith, and maybe later my faith falls down again and again. So a supportive group is so important.

Many blessings to you. :hug:
Yusuph
 
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My old self’s death is a very painful process, but it must die, this is the plan of God’s healing and save. And God would not make me burden what I can’t burden.

Isaiah 55:1-5
“Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.

Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
Give ear and come to me;
listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a ruler and commander of the peoples.
Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”


Thank you for the encouragement and i pray that you keep dying to the old until you are completely in The New brother. i understand this to be a lifelong process brother for our old nature dies hard.

Still the more we grow in God's loving grace the more free we become from the old. In The End world's ways become distasteful and so obviously wrong that it becomes so much easier to serve the Lord in the New making us joyous and thankful of heart and mind.

i found that went it tried not to be who i was that God's curse was still upon me. Part of the old is thinking that we can bring God's kingdom upon ourselves doing the 'right' things, but of course this is not so. Everything is given and for free with Jesus the cost was His life for ours we don't have to add anything to it but our love for Him doing that.

Once we enter His love we begin to Rest from our old labours and our minds become renewed and our purpose clear.

i hope you will not let the bitterness touch your heart but that you spit it out instead - time and again. Let His loving grace grow in your heart brother and you will be strong enough to fight the battle depression brings your way.

God's love is very best ever. He saved me from my pit through His love over me and He wants to do the same for you.

Praying you may be close to Him even today.

:hug:

An invitation to The Chosen.

God's Love will not take or will
you to conform to rules or demand
which imprison, enslave, burn or kill you.

God's Love will not pervert what's Good
The Lord loves truthfully Wise and Good.
True Love was, is and always will be Good!

In God's Love you are free to be right!
In His love everything is good proper and kind.
He loves all who love good and true to rule!

His Love is caring, providing, and sharing.
His Love always enjoys and protects good life.
His love rules even when bad life has being in us!

Hear Jesus call - 'Come join up with us all!
Leave whatever ties you down and be free
loving good life with all God's own to be.'

To the rest in your heart God's asks
how long will you tarry in the darkness?
Please leave such bad existence within.

For life must not, no never should, or would, or could,
be forceful, rude, prideful, arrogant, selfish, lustful
or otherwise be untrue to God's loving truth.

Neither should life be hurting or ill,
hungry, oppressed, despised, hated
or otherwise have existence in wrong.

Please hand your Bad Life over to Jesus
Humbly ask for His Good Life back in return
and go love God, self and neighbour with Joy.

The Church knows that Jesus is coming soon
All bad life will be our shameful past then,
so please leave your bad life while you can!

Love
 
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