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Thank you so much for this post.Anxiety certainly is a lot of trouble, I can agree with that. God understands and cares about your anxiety enough to ask you to cast your anxieties on Him as told by 1 Peter 5:7. What I usually do is vent to God when I am alone. Yes, I am brought to tears by the end of it but it feels so much better to do so than to bottle it all up just to please a worldly culture of masculinity. God is above our ways, traditions and values.
An observation I made is that King Saul was said to be tormented by evil spirits and was calmed down by David playing the lyre. It was last year I managed to help my mother's panic attack by playing a lyre song called "Hurrian Hymn #6" on my phone. I suspect King Saul was suffering from an anxiety attack and needed music to calm his nerves. The Bronze Age people at the time probably didn't know how to describe a panic/anxiety attack.
Don't feel ashamed about your anxiety. God is aware that mental health problems exist as he's the guy who designed the brain, the most complex organ in the human body to which we as humans still know least about.
Perhaps some music can help ease your anxiety? This helped my mother when she was having a panic attack like I said earlier.
I worry about my health a lot too...it seems like everything in my life is ironic. When I was a kid I didn't care a lot about my health but I felt good, now I try to take care of myself but I (often) feel miserable. I worry about how things from my childhood that I couldn't control might be causing some problems I have now or might cause new problems in the future. I'm allergic to some foods that would be good for me otherwise, and I fear for my health because I can't eat them. I'm too young to be dealing with so much.It scares me about how my health might be when I'm older if I even make it that long. No matter what I tell myself it doesn't help; I just don't have the answers and whenever I'm reminded about something that worries me the fears come back.
Yes, I think I might be overreacting here a bit because I don't have anything serious right now, but I just can't help being frustrated and afraid, possibly from the anxiety.
In some ways I am doing better, but in other ways maybe not so much. It isn't easy, but I can try.It will be okay, Knightess. You said you have been doing pretty well as of late, right? So this is just one day of setback, I hope? Can you try to just look on the bright side of that, that overall in comparison to last year you seem to be doing better? I am sorry this is happening to you, though.
It seems @Wayholka has really helped you, here. Please take heed of his words.
Have to fight it over and over again but the battles become fewer? I don't know. I've hit a bump today...or had a rough day and allowed my emotions too much leeway and for a little while an old enemy returned. Thankfully he didn't stay around long but I still feel the remnants and it doesn't feel good. Hopefully they will fade soon.
I think I know what you mean, and I'm sure it isn't fun. Will definitely pray for you, for this enemy to go away so you'll feel better.Is it okay to rant about one's self? I'm not even sure this is a rant.
Why is it that when you think you have an old enemy beat that it pops up when you least expect it? Do somethings simply take longer to defeat, like negative thought patterns? EX. Have to fight it over and over again but the battles become fewer? I don't know. I've hit a bump today...or had a rough day and allowed my emotions too much leeway and for a little while an old enemy returned. Thankfully he didn't stay around long but I still feel the remnants and it doesn't feel good. Hopefully they will fade soon.
I have my ups and downs. Today i felt like a dark shadow had risen overhead in my soul, but then i remembered Psalms 23 and how it always seems to calm the storm. I find rest in that Psalm.Is it okay to rant about one's self? I'm not even sure this is a rant.
Why is it that when you think you have an old enemy beat that it pops up when you least expect it? Do somethings simply take longer to defeat, like negative thought patterns? EX. Have to fight it over and over again but the battles become fewer? I don't know. I've hit a bump today...or had a rough day and allowed my emotions too much leeway and for a little while an old enemy returned. Thankfully he didn't stay around long but I still feel the remnants and it doesn't feel good. Hopefully they will fade soon.
I have Bronchitis and really hope I feel better soon.
But in all seriousness, I really do hope you get better soon. Being sick sucks and you'll be in my prayers.
Will pray for your healing, Nicole.
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