I really just want to make sure that no sin would be going on if someone were to be having mental problems. If what I read was right, then, you just need to rely on God and ask Him to help you?
The key is whether or not there are real mental problems, as opposed to emotional tiredness, though, even that is usually chemically related and can be treated with medication and therapy.
Psychological disorders are usually the result of something in the brain not working as it should. Outside factors, life experiences don’t play a role in it’s appearance as much as the life experiences reveal the symptoms of the underlying problem.
Emotional disorders are different, though manifest real physical symptoms. Emotional disorders are a matter of not being able to process life experiences in a healthy manner…we supress thoughts, desires, emotions, words, expressions for a myriad of reasons (usually developed by our external environment - how our families interacted, how our teachers affected us, how other kids affected us)…like a pressure cooker our minds can hold all this stuff in for so long until it reaches a point that something’s going to explode. For some it’s a mental breakdown, for others its an eating disorder, for others its addictions to drugs, alcohol, or sex, for others its just reaching the point of giving up all together.
Psychiatrists deal with the psychiatric disorders, psychologists and psychotherapist deal with the emotional disorders. Both are people called into the profession in order to do good. God gave them the skills, the intelligence, the insight, the bedside manner, the desire to help His people.
So, it’s not just a matter of relying on God and asking for His help, it’s also up to you to receive the help He sends to you. You’ve reached out to us here. We are pointing you in the right direction, now it’s up to you to reach out to those other messengers of God waiting to help you through whatever it is you’re going through. They have the answers for you, God gave the answers to them. Now if you don’t try to help yourself by answering God’s call for you to call those doctors, then the sin factor gets a little foggy.
If you don’t call the doctors out of pride or because you know they can get you through this but you’d rather not get through it then that’s where sin can creep in. I doubt that’s the case for you, but there are some people out there who just want attention and don’t care how they get it - think of the guy who recently confessed to Joan Bonnet’s murder. Still, you know your heart, I don’t. God does. Place your trust in Him and He’ll get you through anything…even giving you the strength and courage to pick up the phone to make an appointment.
Peace to you.
). So a person’s mental capacity to understand sin is important, and likewise the diminished mental capacity is certainly not counted against a poor soul as sin in itself!