I need help with my daughter...

[Honoluluwindow]

Please don't go there. Mental illness including suicide idealization is a real MEDICAL problem...no different than pancreatis or diabetes. The brain is an organ in the body that can dysfunction the same as any other organ. Yes, not having a relationship with God can complicate it or make it worse but there are plenty of solid Christians who battle mental illness. Attitudes like this leave them feeling isolated and often unwilling to seek help when they really need it. Christians get sick too. That is a consequence of original sin.

Right. But if medication doesn't help it could be a spiritual problem.

Unless you don't believe that people who practice the occult aren't tapping into the spiritual realm by illegitimate means.

My mother and aunt were products of the 60's hippie generation and both got involved in the occult. Mom died at 31 years old after coming to know Christ. My aunt had 2 children commit suicide, Sharon at 18 and Jesse at 16. My older brother took his life when he was 22 and I was 21 he died in my arms. The Bible teaches that people who access the demonic world can pass on those demonic influences to their posterity down to the 4th generation. I personally have prayed to renounce all of what my mother had done and had my children do the same.

I'm not a Christian that is drawn to emotionally driven teachings or supernatural experiences but am drawn to God thru the word alone. And I highly discourage others from seeking signs and wonders since Jesus says that the extent of those that He say "I never knew you" to were able to perform miracles.

I hope that she will seek the Lord on this and if there has been demonic control in her family's history that she will pray a prayer of denouncement to our God and Father and seek healing in His Name.

 

[little1]

Please don't go there. Mental illness including suicide idealization is a real MEDICAL problem...no different than pancreatis or diabetes. The brain is an organ in the body that can dysfunction the same as any other organ. Yes, not having a relationship with God can complicate it or make it worse but there are plenty of solid Christians who battle mental illness. Attitudes like this leave them feeling isolated and often unwilling to seek help when they really need it. Christians get sick too. That is a consequence of original sin.

I have PTSD And DID. I am trying to stop self harm currently and am 3 weeks clean.
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Mental illness is a real medical problem but self harm has a spiritual element to it. It symbolise ownership and covenant.

The mother hear has a right to understand all aspects of her daughters struggle.

As a sufferer of extremely bad life ruining self mutilation I can tell you it's not offensive to suggest generational involvement in the occult. No one is suggesting it's not mental illness or anything but I've been in lots of therapy trust me people who cut are not crazy. They are very rational very normal people.

I just wanted to weigh in there I'll try and write some info for mum soon 一

 

[little1]

My daughter is 20 years old, and I found out not through her, but other channels, that she went to the hospital for cutting herself and trying to commit

God Bless

How is your daughter doing? Were you able to talk to her about her hospital stay and self harm? 20 is not that old. She's only very young. Is she getting help?

 

[blackribbon]

I have PTSD And DID. I am trying to stop self harm currently and am 3 weeks clean.
Listen
Mental illness is a real medical problem but self harm has a spiritual element to it. It symbolise ownership and covenant.

The mother hear has a right to understand all aspects of her daughters struggle.

As a sufferer of extremely bad life ruining self mutilation I can tell you it's not offensive to suggest generational involvement in the occult. No one is suggesting it's not mental illness or anything but I've been in lots of therapy trust me people who cut are not crazy. They are very rational very normal people.

I just wanted to weigh in there I'll try and write some info for mum soon 一

My point is that people with mental illness are NOT crazy....nor are most demon possessed, They have a disorder that manifests it self by altering thinking.

Reasons people cut. They want attention. They are very sad and depressed and don't think they have value. They feel numb and the pain involved in cutting actually is an improvement on feeling nothing at all. They want to escape some pain in their life that makes dying appear to be the best option when compared to living. They want to fit in with some twisted group. Or it is a power trip over parents ( or some authority figure ) that they can do this to themselves the authority figure can't make them stop and often isn't even aware that they are doing it.

Did I miss any?

Self harm is a psych disorder. It is the admitting diagnoses for many involuntary admissions into psych hospitals. It is evidence that there is a mental problem and it is very hard for people who do exhibit to stop (it has a mental hold on the cutter). In that way, it isn't really voluntary behavior.

 

[Celticroots]

Ribbon,

I like your posts regarding mental illnesses and how they aren't spiritual issues. Unfortunately, I disagree vehemently with this one. Many people who self-harm in any way do not do so for attention. Many people deliberately hurt themselves in places that can be easily covered, or will make up excuses as for their cuts, burns, bruises, etc.

This topic means a lot to me as I've struggled with self-harm in many kinds. I did it in places where I was confident people wouldn't see.