Self-improvement - many changes

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Hey everyone! God Bless for your prayers in advance šŸ˜ƒ

Iā€™ve finally decided to get some help for a variety of issues.
For a while I was in the ā€œoffer it up to Godā€ mindset, and I know it had its merits, etc.

But anyway
Went to a therapist yesterday (life-long depression, anxiety, who knows what else), going to a dentist today (TMJ - having trouble opening my mouth), doctor next week (get a physical for the first time, and going to talk about psychiatric medication).

The main thing, I need your prayers for is that all this help doesnā€™t take me away from God, i.e., that it brings me closer to God.

OKā€¦šŸ˜› hope youā€™re all doing well!
 
**I struggled with anxiety and depress; plus procrastination for
over 20 years. Iā€™m glad you are taking care of yourself!
Praying for You!

Dan šŸ‘

I see a Psychiatrist and a Internal Medicine Doctors now.**
 
***Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Amen***
 
Praying for your intentionsā€¦.

Lord Jesus, You have said, ā€œLearn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.ā€ With confidence in Your loving heart which offers rest to weary souls, we come to You in this time of special need. In Your unfailing love, read the prayer that is written on our hearts, and grant the grace that we ask of You, in accordance with Your holy will. In Your name we pray. Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother, to thee I come, before thee I stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate! Despise not my petitions, but, in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
 
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***Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Amen***
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Amen.
 
Praying for your intentionsā€¦.

Lord Jesus, You have said, ā€œLearn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.ā€ With confidence in Your loving heart which offers rest to weary souls, we come to You in this time of special need. In Your unfailing love, read the prayer that is written on our hearts, and grant the grace that we ask of You, in accordance with Your holy will. In Your name we pray. Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother, to thee I come, before thee I stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate! Despise not my petitions, but, in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
 
Bless your heart. Remember Paul had a ā€œthornā€ in his side and God did not ā€œcureā€ him. We do not know what exactly the ā€œthornā€ was. What we do know about this ā€œthornā€ in the flesh comes from Paul himself in 2 Corinthians 12:7: ā€œTo keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.ā€ First, the purpose of the thorn in the flesh was to keep Paul humble. Anyone who had encountered Jesus and was spoken to and commissioned by Him (Acts 9:2-8) would, in his natural state, become ā€œpuffed up.ā€ Add to that the fact of being moved by the Holy Spirit to write much of the New Testament, and it is easy to see how Paul could become ā€œhaughtyā€ (KJV) or ā€œexalted above measureā€ (NKJV) or ā€œtoo proudā€ (NCV). Second, we know that the affliction came from or by a messenger of Satan. Just as God allowed Satan to torment Job (Job 1:1-12), God allowed Satan to torment Paul for Godā€™s own good purposes and always within Godā€™s perfect will.
It is understandable that Paul would consider this thorn a hindrance to wider or more effective ministry (Galatians 5:14-16) and that he would three times petition God for its removal (2 Corinthians 12:8). But Paul learned from this experience the lesson that dominates his writings: divine power is best displayed against the backdrop of human weakness (2 Corinthians 4:7) so that God alone is praised (2 Corinthians 10:17). Rather than removing the problem, God gave him grace and strength through it, and He declared that grace to be ā€œsufficient.ā€

I too was a sufferer of OCD/Anxiety. Use it for the Glory of God. My heart and Prayers go up to God for you!!
 
Thank You Lord for deciding our friend to proper care of this ā€˜temple of the Holy Spiritā€™ that is our physical being.
Please continue to bless and lead this sincere soul deeper into Your love and wisdom.
Please bring all things to willofgods healing and holiness.
 
True humility and meeknessā€¦

I will definitely meditate on Paulā€™s words, and the life of the Virgin Mary, too.

Sometimes with the anxiety I find it even hard to breathe, but how much harder would it be without Him?

It all does cause some type of suffering, but there are moments when all that suffering helps me feel closer to our Lord, and these moments are Heaven; I wouldnā€™t trade them in for the world!

Thank you all so much for your prayers; I will let you know how the doctorā€™s visit goes!
 
I am thankful for all your prayers and thoughts, and time, and love; but I donā€™t feel like I can do this. (Iā€™m not going to kill myself, no worries). I donā€™t know how I can handle this. I continue to pray, and not think that only feeling like Iā€™m doing the right thing is necessary (i.e., I know warm-fuzzy feelings are not necessary to love God or for Him to love us).

But unfortunately the stresses I undergo end up leading me away from Him, and towards old, bad habits/addictions, like needing other peopleā€™s approval, attention, & recognition, among other things - I know I need to go to confession (but I go to confession minimum every two weeks, usually every 5 days) but then it feels like it has no effect on me, i.e., Iā€™m not growing in holiness; Iā€™m the same person, that has all the same issues, just not the same opportunities for sin.

I probably just donā€™t know what holiness is.

Anyway, confession would be a good thingā€¦when Iā€™m like this, needing it the most, itā€™s weird how itā€™s when Iā€™m the most prideful.

It just feels like nothing I do mattersā€¦even writing this seems like itā€™s for nothing and I should delete it. But I guess I should try. God deserves more.
 
Thanks be to God.

God will show you where and how your anxiousness started and how to overcome it. Keep close to our faith as you work through things.
 
Remembering you and your struggles in my daily prayers. God bless :console:
 
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