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Hi Rachel. How are you? Is there anything that you would like to share with all of us that you need to get off your chest? We are here to support each other. You have friends here. God bless you. Best Wishes. Lily00 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Phillippians 4:13.rfprewitt said:
It's alright. Get it all out!!! That is exactly what I do. Don't believe me, just check out, "Losing Hope" under the depression forums. That was one of my first posts and I still do the same thing once in awhile... I know how you feel. I have felt guilty and shameful so much and I still do. There had been times I have been so weak, I have failed God so much to actually cut secretly inside the church and I just feel like throwing up afterwards. It is okay though. Guilt and shame are human emotions, but please remember, that "All sin and fall short of the glory of God." We are God's children and you are so beautiful in the eyes of the Lord. No matter what happens, God is there for you and He just wants to hold you in His arms and comfort you. It is hard, but with counseling, prayer, fervent study, and Thanksgiving to our Lord, we can get through this!!! We must stick together, and I will pray for you. Don't give up. We are in the same boat here and we know EXACTLY how you feel. Please, if you have anything else you want to say, just get it all off. It feels good to get it off your chest to people going through the same thing. Just keep going. Life is hard when you have depression or OCD but we are Christians and we shouldn't give up without a fight!!! Rely on God, and He will see you through. Happy New Year, my friend. Best Wishes. Lily00rfprewitt said:
p.s. hiding it just makes it worse, I think. I just told a few and now I have someone to talk too... I hate hiding it also. I hate living a double life... but we have an old nature and new nature. They will always fight against each other and we can only feed the one we want to be stronger!
rfprewitt, I am not a good talker either. I am even scared to go back to seeing a counselor because it was hard enough talking to my old one before she graduated. It is so much easier over the net though so a christian counselor was kind enough to help me on here!rfprewitt said:
It is much easier and though the questions are just as deep... I don't know. I know exactly how you feel though. I am mad at myself all of the time because God has blessed me so much in my life and here I am cutting and being sad and frustrated and I just don't understand why at times... God allows this to strengthen us though. He would never give us a burden we can't carry. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, but we need it to strengthen our faith... satan just wants to bring us down, that's all... I tried ignoring my past memories and my OCD and depression, from experience though, my friend, it just doesn't work. The only way to defeat this is to meet it face on and try so hard to trust that God will see us through. Best Wishes to you, I will continue to pray for you. PM me anytime and vent anytime you like. We hear you. We know what you are feeling because we are going through the same thing. Lily00 lily00 said:rfprewitt, I am not a good talker either. I am even scared to go back to seeing a counselor because it was hard enough talking to my old one before she graduated. It is so much easier over the net though so a christian counselor was kind enough to help me on here!
i've been SI-ing since 2003, just after my 14th b-day and amazingly im still here!!
LAWise520 said:I encourage you to read a few books if you like to read....One is called "Abba's child" by Brennan Manning. The others are by a man named David Pelzer who wrote a series about his own life. The three books are "A Child Called It," "The Lost Boy," and "A Man Named Dave." That series is probably the most inspirational thing that I have ever read. It is so amazing to read that. It is something that anyone feeling like we feel at any time should read. And I really encourage you to read it.
i have read the books by dave pelzer and they are fantastic.shows that people can surive the terrible things that happend to them in life.
i read a few good christian books recently. one of which was so like my story that it was as if someone had just opened up my memory and rewritten it. it scared me a lot at first but then i re-read it and it got me thinking about things. even though the books are great they don't seem to help me much. i think thats because they are books. i know most of them are based on reallife stories and stuff but i don't know.they do get me thinking though.
i have self harmed for over a year but peopel found out a year ago. not many people know i still do it they all think i just stopped there and then. my youth pastor and a few friends at church now. i do fel uncomforatable aswell when things to do with si and other stuff get brought up. you just want to dissapear there and then without being noticed. it is so hard
