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mslizzie
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I do have a mental illness as well and I find it very helpful to pray to Saint Dymphna. Today, I went to the Cathedral at Los Angeles and purchased the Saint Dymphna necklace and prayer pamphlet.
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Chrissy1980
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I don’t think people with mental illness, will ever be excluded from heaven. Remember Jesus came onto this earth for the outcast, the sinner. Jesus is very much close those who are oppressed, mental illness.
Do you ever notice the people who are oppression, needy, mental ill. Do you know who you really are seeing. Your seeing Jesus. As Jesus said, when you help people who are less,you are doing it to me.
So mental illness is not cause by sin, its not a punishment from god. Jesus went through the same deal as people with mental illness. And he died on the cross for us, for love. So how could god bring pain and sorrow to us. I question god, why I have to have this. Do you know, god is going through all your pain, sorrow with you. He feels your hurt
And what about when someone takes their own life, are they sent to hell for what they did? Are we to passed sin on them if they decide to committee suicide. We have no right to say to someone, that is a sin. Do you know what that person has suffered in their life to take their life?
We are the body of Christ, so what are we doing to help people with mental illness to come to know god?
Christine
Do you ever notice the people who are oppression, needy, mental ill. Do you know who you really are seeing. Your seeing Jesus. As Jesus said, when you help people who are less,you are doing it to me.
So mental illness is not cause by sin, its not a punishment from god. Jesus went through the same deal as people with mental illness. And he died on the cross for us, for love. So how could god bring pain and sorrow to us. I question god, why I have to have this. Do you know, god is going through all your pain, sorrow with you. He feels your hurt
And what about when someone takes their own life, are they sent to hell for what they did? Are we to passed sin on them if they decide to committee suicide. We have no right to say to someone, that is a sin. Do you know what that person has suffered in their life to take their life?
We are the body of Christ, so what are we doing to help people with mental illness to come to know god?
Christine
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Rocks_91
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Why does God let some people have disorders?
Exactly for one reason. What did our Lord say about the blind man? What was the reason that he was blind from birth? So that the works of God may be made manifest in him.
Same with those who suffer from mental illness. I’ve been diagnosed with Major Depression with aggression problems. Some doctors say it might be a form of schizophrenia. Most of the days I feel severely depressed and would rather be happier if God hadn’t created me at all. Having Depression means that certain chemicals in your brain which regulate happiness, mood, and pain are imbalanced. It’s too much pain to bear sometimes. I’ve hurt myself a few times, and it doesn’t help that most people in society don’t understand what it means to have a disorder like that. I have trouble making relationships with people. And with many people, I become very emotionally attached, but I’m socially impaired and unable to maintain friendships and the like. So I feel very alone too. I experience reality in a different way than most people. Most things that happen have a deeper effect on me because of it. I feel 100x more pain, 100x more hurt, 100x more tears, 100x more sensitivity.
But I know that through this cross, I grow closer to Christ everyday and become more like him. Remember his agony in the garden? It’s the same thing with me. Remember his scourging and crucifixion? He suffered all this and I am sharing in his suffering, but it’s not a hopeless quest, it has it’s reward. "I have conquered the world."
Exactly for one reason. What did our Lord say about the blind man? What was the reason that he was blind from birth? So that the works of God may be made manifest in him.
Same with those who suffer from mental illness. I’ve been diagnosed with Major Depression with aggression problems. Some doctors say it might be a form of schizophrenia. Most of the days I feel severely depressed and would rather be happier if God hadn’t created me at all. Having Depression means that certain chemicals in your brain which regulate happiness, mood, and pain are imbalanced. It’s too much pain to bear sometimes. I’ve hurt myself a few times, and it doesn’t help that most people in society don’t understand what it means to have a disorder like that. I have trouble making relationships with people. And with many people, I become very emotionally attached, but I’m socially impaired and unable to maintain friendships and the like. So I feel very alone too. I experience reality in a different way than most people. Most things that happen have a deeper effect on me because of it. I feel 100x more pain, 100x more hurt, 100x more tears, 100x more sensitivity.
But I know that through this cross, I grow closer to Christ everyday and become more like him. Remember his agony in the garden? It’s the same thing with me. Remember his scourging and crucifixion? He suffered all this and I am sharing in his suffering, but it’s not a hopeless quest, it has it’s reward. "I have conquered the world."
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Robert_Sock
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Sickness will surely take the mind
Where minds can’t usually go
Come on the amazing journey
And learn all that you should know
-The Who
The above lyrics are from a classic rock group called The Who. I believe the lyrics can be true for many with a mental illness, including myself. They have a deep religious meaning to me. Mental illness is a struggle that can lead to inner strength and perfection that results in great spiritual consolation and religious understanding.
Where minds can’t usually go
Come on the amazing journey
And learn all that you should know
-The Who
The above lyrics are from a classic rock group called The Who. I believe the lyrics can be true for many with a mental illness, including myself. They have a deep religious meaning to me. Mental illness is a struggle that can lead to inner strength and perfection that results in great spiritual consolation and religious understanding.
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Chrissy1980
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I heard this cross is yours as well as mine. In a song during mass.
Mental Ilness is alot for those in this forumn. We who suffer with mental illness, we’re are shining example to people out in the world who do not know good, and is going through mental illness as well in the church. As well as for people who do not know god and are well.
What I’m also asking is, in the dioceses is there a group that has done mental first aid. And that the group is working in parishes to help people who knows someone whose going through mental illness, or the person itself.
And the parishioners and priests, are they aware of mental illness in the wider community.
This isn’t to do about religion.
I think this is where god is calling the church to act on. As well as disability.
When I was at World Youth Day 2008, I was in the disability area. And that was the best part, to see Jesus in the face of these people.
And it is true, we catholics, can be so caught up in religion. Just like the Pharisses. And they didn’t notice Jesus with them. They were expecting someone who was educated, high status. But they found a guy who was poor in living,uneducated. Yes Pray is very important, but also service as well.
I was in confession with a priest, he was very good. I told him about disability/mental illness. He said don’t I think god cares. I know god cares, but what about the church?
Mental Ilness is alot for those in this forumn. We who suffer with mental illness, we’re are shining example to people out in the world who do not know good, and is going through mental illness as well in the church. As well as for people who do not know god and are well.
What I’m also asking is, in the dioceses is there a group that has done mental first aid. And that the group is working in parishes to help people who knows someone whose going through mental illness, or the person itself.
And the parishioners and priests, are they aware of mental illness in the wider community.
This isn’t to do about religion.
I think this is where god is calling the church to act on. As well as disability.
When I was at World Youth Day 2008, I was in the disability area. And that was the best part, to see Jesus in the face of these people.
And it is true, we catholics, can be so caught up in religion. Just like the Pharisses. And they didn’t notice Jesus with them. They were expecting someone who was educated, high status. But they found a guy who was poor in living,uneducated. Yes Pray is very important, but also service as well.
I was in confession with a priest, he was very good. I told him about disability/mental illness. He said don’t I think god cares. I know god cares, but what about the church?
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Chrissy1980
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I know I talk about mental illness, and giving another load onto the church.
But this is important to me, and sensitive topic to talk about. But it must be addressed.
Many people in the church, even priest are ignorant about mental illness. And I take my hat off to those priest who are ministering for people in pscyhartic hospitals.
I want to share with you, when I was taken into a pscyhartic ward. I was in bed, and I was taken to my room. And all I remember, was seeing my parents in the door way, watching me as I was taken away. No parent or family member has to go through seeing their son or daughter in that condition.
This links to the way Jesus meet his mother, when he was carrying his cross. Mary knew this was god’s will. She as a mother, had to watch her son go through this suffering.
Exactly the same, as mother heard that her son or daughter died from drug overdose. Or is in jail.
I remember a priest where I attend mass, he told us, that a mother told him she didn’t believe in god anymore. That her son died from drug overdose. And the priest answered, your son is in heaven is waiting for you. If the priest reply was different, then women would react differently. But isn’t it comforting when a priest says that?
But this is important to me, and sensitive topic to talk about. But it must be addressed.
Many people in the church, even priest are ignorant about mental illness. And I take my hat off to those priest who are ministering for people in pscyhartic hospitals.
I want to share with you, when I was taken into a pscyhartic ward. I was in bed, and I was taken to my room. And all I remember, was seeing my parents in the door way, watching me as I was taken away. No parent or family member has to go through seeing their son or daughter in that condition.
This links to the way Jesus meet his mother, when he was carrying his cross. Mary knew this was god’s will. She as a mother, had to watch her son go through this suffering.
Exactly the same, as mother heard that her son or daughter died from drug overdose. Or is in jail.
I remember a priest where I attend mass, he told us, that a mother told him she didn’t believe in god anymore. That her son died from drug overdose. And the priest answered, your son is in heaven is waiting for you. If the priest reply was different, then women would react differently. But isn’t it comforting when a priest says that?
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kykid
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I too struggle with mental illness. In my case it is Bipolar Disorder. I feel now after much reflection that this illness has been a blessing to me. It has given me a kinder, gentler heart for those who suffer from mental illness, as well as for the mass of humanity considered “normal”.
In my case then, if God gave me my mental illness, then I am sure that He did so out of love and concern for me. He saw the path that I was taking, and saw that it was taking me further from Him. My ego was huge and I felt that I was in control of everything. I needed, as the song says, an “attitude adjustment”. He obliged, with love of course, because at the same time, he gave me the strength to fight through the depression and the mania.
As a result, I am a better person, better husband, and better dad. For each of these I am thankful. I have joined the Catholic Church and find solace in Her sacraments. In fact, in my case, these are just as important to me as my medication.
So in a word, Bipolar illness has been a blessing over all.
In my case then, if God gave me my mental illness, then I am sure that He did so out of love and concern for me. He saw the path that I was taking, and saw that it was taking me further from Him. My ego was huge and I felt that I was in control of everything. I needed, as the song says, an “attitude adjustment”. He obliged, with love of course, because at the same time, he gave me the strength to fight through the depression and the mania.
As a result, I am a better person, better husband, and better dad. For each of these I am thankful. I have joined the Catholic Church and find solace in Her sacraments. In fact, in my case, these are just as important to me as my medication.
So in a word, Bipolar illness has been a blessing over all.
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Holly3278
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I have mental illness. I have Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depression. I don’t know why God allowed me to have these disorders but I do know that I stay closer to Him because of them.
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Justicia_et_Pax
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I have severe depression with psychosis and have been in an episode since February. I don’t think God made me ill: it’s a lot of factors that have combined together to create this. That said, I believe God uses my illness to show me His infinite love for me. Being this ill has truly been a spiritual journey and a great learning curve 
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UriahXG
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I also have Asperger’s Syndrome, I came to this page seeking an answer so that I could stop being mad at God. I don’t know about the rest of you, but all my life I just wanted to be normal so that I could have some friends. I was told(when I was young) that people didn’t want to be my friend because of the way that I acted, and later learned that the way that I acted was due to my disability. Thus, I spent those years cursing my disability and wondering why God had given me great bra(name removed by moderator)ower at the cost of having no friends. I mean, I was well-known in high school, but I wasn’t popular. That’s why now that even though I live 10 miles or less from my high school classmates, none of them come to visit me, and one of them was my best friend. So even now I curse my disability, and thinking about it, I reasoned that if those records were destroyed, if there was no evidence that I ever had a disability, then I could in essence rewrite who I am, but I can because I’d live knowing that the records are not there, but the disability is. I don’t know, I don’t know if I am who people say I am or I am who I think I am. My problem is not whether I have a disability o not, my problem is figuring out who I am and who dictates who I am. I am extremely confused.
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