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After long years efforts and struggle, i feel i m recovered since last month, i start to get up early in morning and fill my day with different activities and tight schedule.It is good feeling ....
But now in the second month,I feel life is starting to repeat the circle of grey color depressed circle again,I m meeting same problems and the old thinking pattern such as"life is meaningless circle, people r basically so cold so scary cruel, the air the world is making me dizzy"....I feel i cant handle and feel life boring and want to escape to a perfect world .
I used to have nightmares due to my ptsd,
now the dreams become much happier and much meaningful,
but i become addicted to that new nice dream,
and start to escape the reality life.....
Anyone can give me some advices and support?
I know many go thru this circle but only the wise and strong one will win...
 

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first of all, fall back on the eternal view. i used to travel a lot, and i was always amazed by how green and beautiful a city is before the airplane starts it's descent. then the closer i'd get to the ground, the more i could see of the concrete and crowded streets, the trash and the decay of what man builds. remind yourself that this life is teeny-tiny compared to eternity - and there will be nothing but joy for you in eternity as a reborn child of God.

next, remember that your well-being is dependent on what you think on. when thoughts and feelings of defeat begin to dominate my thinking, i go and find someone to build up - i can only keep the joy i give away. if that's not practical at the moment, i listen to some good faith-based teachings to remind me of who i am in Christ and all of the good things that i should be expecting in this life and looking forward to in eternity.

here's a couple of good, free sources for faith-based teachings:

Audio Teachings - Andrew Wommack Ministries

Free Downloads | Faith Life Church - Branson, MO

and don't ever say again that you have ptsd or any other curse - Jesus bore your curses at the whipping post - agree with Him about that - and eventually ptsd will agree with you that you don't have it :)

(1 Peter 2:24) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

(Matthew 8:16) When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
(Matthew 8:17) That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

(Isaiah 53:4) Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
(Isaiah 53:5) But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
 
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What are you feeding on?

GIGO

If you feed your spirit on garbage then sooner or later the garbage
will affect the way you think and your moods.

If you feed yourself the good word (from the Bible) of God's love for you and His
plans to bless, heal and restore you, then you will have the faith required
to trust in God to do what He has promised and His hands will be untied
and He will do as He said He would do.

We must have faith to cause God to move.

God gives us freewill and He will not violate it.

If you believe the world is dark and God is distant, God will not force you
to believe differently but He will try to change your mind through His
word, through the Holy Spirit and through others who will point you
in the right direction.

Do you go to church?
Do you belong to a small group that reads the Bible and pray?
Do you listen to music that will lift you up and magnify the Lord?
Do you share your concerns with your pastor and ask for his advice?

You cannot go forward in God if you are unwilling to do what it
takes to feed on all that God has for you.

God will not force you to go to church, read His word, listen to
Godly music or attend a Christian support group but if you
will, God will work though the people you meet to help you
to put good things into your life so that you can grow and help others.

It all begins with prayer.

Pray and ask God in Jesus name to lead you to others in Christian
fellowship so that you can grow and become a blessing to others.

Pray and offer yourself up to God as a person who desires to please Him
more than you want to please yourself or others.

These two books will help you...
Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray and Battlefield of the Mind by
Joyce Meyers....both can be found on Amazon.
 
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I understand. All i have to say is that God kept us on this earth to have a relationship with him. My mum once said to me that if you have a hard life then you must be a very special person as the devil certainly wants to stop you having fun with God. My name is Over taken with blessings because sometimes its hard to see the now. But actually i need to remind myself of this everyday.
I am glad that your ptsd is getting better - have you spoken to anyone just about your feelings and got it prayed through? as i have had some hard times (nothing like what you have experianced) but have found talking it through with a christian has really helped me.
I went to a heaven touches earth conferance and really wanted a change in my thinking then but God wanted otherwise and has been taking me on a jorney into a deeper relationship with him. - maybe he wants to do that with you. However God gives out the gift of peace t us all freely - it is actually one of the most important gifts he gives us (as he generally gives people gifts aswell as peace)
I just pray right now that you do experiance Gods peace that surpasses all understanding - that you get up in the morning and you truly feel that actually God does overtake you with blessings and gives you new gifts everyday. We are Gods children and he loves to give us gifts and reveal to us how amazing he is and how actually we can experiance heaven on earth. He is totally and utterly proud of you and wants to show you what you mean to the world - what he has planned for you. He says in the Bible that he has a plan for you, one to prosper you and not to harm you.
Heaven is for eternity and for a life time (it is like walking into a room and our time on earth is the time it takes to step through the door (about 1 second)) God wants to get to know you here. He wants to use you to inspire others. What you have gone through - what you are going to do, it is inspiring. <3
 
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What are you feeding on?

GIGO

If you feed your spirit on garbage then sooner or later the garbage
will affect the way you think and your moods.

If you feed yourself the good word (from the Bible) of God's love for you and His
plans to bless, heal and restore you, then you will have the faith required
to trust in God to do what He has promised and His hands will be untied
and He will do as He said He would do.

We must have faith to cause God to move.

God gives us freewill and He will not violate it.

If you believe the world is dark and God is distant, God will not force you
to believe differently but He will try to change your mind through His
word, through the Holy Spirit and through others who will point you
in the right direction.

Do you go to church?
Do you belong to a small group that reads the Bible and pray?
Do you listen to music that will lift you up and magnify the Lord?
Do you share your concerns with your pastor and ask for his advice?

You cannot go forward in God if you are unwilling to do what it
takes to feed on all that God has for you.

God will not force you to go to church, read His word, listen to
Godly music or attend a Christian support group but if you
will, God will work though the people you meet to help you
to put good things into your life so that you can grow and help others.

It all begins with prayer.

Pray and ask God in Jesus name to lead you to others in Christian
fellowship so that you can grow and become a blessing to others.

Pray and offer yourself up to God as a person who desires to please Him
more than you want to please yourself or others.

These two books will help you...
Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray and Battlefield of the Mind by
Joyce Meyers....both can be found on Amazon.
Thank u for the reminding that i must pray ....
sometimes i m tired of praying, it seems always a silence, but actually God is working in my life, he sent good friends and the good books etc, i read and listen many from Joyce meyers...
 
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I understand. All i have to say is that God kept us on this earth to have a relationship with him. My mum once said to me that if you have a hard life then you must be a very special person as the devil certainly wants to stop you having fun with God. My name is Over taken with blessings because sometimes its hard to see the now. But actually i need to remind myself of this everyday.
I am glad that your ptsd is getting better - have you spoken to anyone just about your feelings and got it prayed through? as i have had some hard times (nothing like what you have experianced) but have found talking it through with a christian has really helped me.
I went to a heaven touches earth conferance and really wanted a change in my thinking then but God wanted otherwise and has been taking me on a jorney into a deeper relationship with him. - maybe he wants to do that with you. However God gives out the gift of peace t us all freely - it is actually one of the most important gifts he gives us (as he generally gives people gifts aswell as peace)
I just pray right now that you do experiance Gods peace that surpasses all understanding - that you get up in the morning and you truly feel that actually God does overtake you with blessings and gives you new gifts everyday. We are Gods children and he loves to give us gifts and reveal to us how amazing he is and how actually we can experiance heaven on earth. He is totally and utterly proud of you and wants to show you what you mean to the world - what he has planned for you. He says in the Bible that he has a plan for you, one to prosper you and not to harm you.
Heaven is for eternity and for a life time (it is like walking into a room and our time on earth is the time it takes to step through the door (about 1 second)) God wants to get to know you here. He wants to use you to inspire others. What you have gone through - what you are going to do, it is inspiring. <3
I feel God has a plan for me too, but just never show it clearly, and it makes me in anxiety......yesterday a friend said being a christian is BEING, i need to relax and just BEING.
but i still want to know more.....
i used to have much anger towards males , i notised that the anger is slowly gone, i can talk and share more freely and gentlely with them now,
but i still feel alien with human life, people find a job and stay with that for long time and build a family have babies then grow into old and then leave this earth.....this is our life, right? People enjoy this, and i want to enjoy this now, too....but still feel so far from their joy , i cant catch up......
then what is my life that God wants me to have...?
 
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It's a simple solution that Christ's Second Coming will solve all our problems - and it becomes somewhat 'I know and heard all that before' system as each Christian learns and experiences a positive miraculous change from our invisible supernatural partner Jesus Christ. Quality, not quantity is knowing that Jesus is our positive spiritual partner who knows our advantages once he returns and transforms us with brand new perfect ageless minds and bodies. Our modern civilization is full of wonderful inventions especially Microsoft's Windows 8. I can imagine that with our future Christ-like intelligence, we will know the mysterious secrets of supernatural science - that's if you can call it science - to really understand how the atom works and if there is such a thing as time-travelling then God will tell us what kind of micro-universe that makes atoms give their power to create or destroy, especially what causes human aging, all kinds of un-explainable diseases and finally eternal youth where disease and old age will disappear as we socialize forever together inside God's ultimate free accommodation kingdom of God where free meals and free pure water never run out.;*;.
:liturgy:
 
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God loves you very much and cares for you!

1 John 3:1, 4:10,16,19, John 3:16, 14:21,23, 16:27, 17:23,26, Psalm 103:8,11,13,17,18, Psalm 108:4, Psalm 63:3, Psalm 145:7,8,9,17,20, Psalm 147:11, Psalm 52, Psalm 25, Psalm 130, Ephesians 2:4-9, 3:14-19, 5:1, 6:23, Psalm 136, Psalm 33, Psalm 62:12, Psalm 117:2, Lamentations 3:22,23,25,31,32,33, Titus 3:4,5, Psalm 13, Galatians 6:2, Psalm 31:16,19,21, Jeremiah 29:11, 31:3,14, 32:41,42, 33:9,11, Psalm 85:7

Romans 15:13, Psalm 121:7, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 62:8, 68:19, 2 Corinthians 1:3-11, 4:16-18, 7:6, 12:8,9,10, Psalm 43:5, Psalm 119:50, Psalm 34, Psalm 42:5, Psalm 86, Job 29:3, Isaiah 25:8, 30:18,19,20, 40:1, 41:10,13,14, Psalm 69, Psalm 13, Psalm 94:19, Lamentations 3:1-66
 
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