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perla_m
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Would anyone out there be able to pray for me? I have been going through extreme stress, anxiety and panic attacks for the past two weeks. They are destroying me physically and mentally…I can barely eat, and the only relief I get is when I can sleep. In fact, I just want to stay in bed and sleep all the time but I cannot. I think I am having a nervous breakdown.
Even worse, this has been so hard on my husband and kids. I’m trying to hide it from the kids, and do what needs to be done, but they know that something is wrong with me. My husband is worn out by the situation and is starting to get impatient with me, and I understand him. He has tried to be supportive but is just exasperated.
I don’t know where to turn for help. I’ve been calling suicide hotlines just to talk to someone so that I don’t burden my husband. I don’t want to commit suicide but I feel like death is the only thing that will put an end to this. Prayer and the sacraments have helped a little bit, but nothing last for long and I’m always back in the anxiety. This is related some underlying problems and worries that cannot be easily solved, so I see no way out of this at all. I feel like God has abandoned me. I keep praying but it doesn’t help much.
I have a telephone consultation with a counselor this week, but I can’t afford their fees and don’t know if I will qualify for a reduction. Mental health services are very limited in my area, so getting help locally is not really an option. I’ve talked to a priest but everyone is busy now, so I feel like I have nowhere to turn and that no one can help me. I’ve never been in this state before, and just hope that I can somehow wait this out…but I don’t know how much longer I can keep going like this…I’m scared that I will end up in hospital or something.
Even worse, this has been so hard on my husband and kids. I’m trying to hide it from the kids, and do what needs to be done, but they know that something is wrong with me. My husband is worn out by the situation and is starting to get impatient with me, and I understand him. He has tried to be supportive but is just exasperated.
I don’t know where to turn for help. I’ve been calling suicide hotlines just to talk to someone so that I don’t burden my husband. I don’t want to commit suicide but I feel like death is the only thing that will put an end to this. Prayer and the sacraments have helped a little bit, but nothing last for long and I’m always back in the anxiety. This is related some underlying problems and worries that cannot be easily solved, so I see no way out of this at all. I feel like God has abandoned me. I keep praying but it doesn’t help much.
I have a telephone consultation with a counselor this week, but I can’t afford their fees and don’t know if I will qualify for a reduction. Mental health services are very limited in my area, so getting help locally is not really an option. I’ve talked to a priest but everyone is busy now, so I feel like I have nowhere to turn and that no one can help me. I’ve never been in this state before, and just hope that I can somehow wait this out…but I don’t know how much longer I can keep going like this…I’m scared that I will end up in hospital or something.
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