Was Jesus ever mentally ill? I think He might have experienced what it was like after fasting when he was tempted by Satan. I think that may have been the closest He would have come to mental illness.
I think that some sins cause mental illness.
No it doesnât work like that. Impurities are cleansed by the end of each lifetime.
My issues are most likely related to whatever lesson Iâm supposed to be learning this time around, but also because I remember things I should have forgotten, and because bad things harass me. Sigh.
Though if youâd like the more boring explanation perhaps all our brains are just wired differently. Who knows.
I know my sz got really bad when I said,âI renounce the Holy Spirit.â I couldnât control it but it was a sin nonetheless.
i donât think it is because of our sins either. why us then?
judy
Did you feel guilty and stressed when you did it? That could have made your illness worse, also the feeling that youâd given up protection could make it worse.
They wonât cure your illness but they can support you through it. Father is very helpful to me. Also they will protect you from bad things that could exacerbate your illness.
I think my illness is the result of trauma put upon me by the sins of others.
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It canât be âsinâ. I felt very righteous & happy before my SZ began, however I was just too burdened with stress at the time. I didnât have enough time to sleep, but still had to commute two hours to work each day and work 30+ hours on top of that. Iâd read the Bible on my way to work or listen to music & daydream.
After intense dreams, I started to realize I was hallucinating pictures & people in my waking states. My body started to be moved involuntarily and magnetically. I think my SZ started because I was 1. not enough sleep, 2. too much mental exhaustion, 3. low estrogen, 4. low on vitamins & minerals.
So no. SZ is something that disables both the righteous & the unrighteous in this world. Just think of Paul who claimed an angel of Satan kept slapping him. He had a âdemonâ lurker too.
If these spirit persons are real - the ones that harass others - then SZ is really a sin begotten by evil persons, not righteous ones, and evil persons are the ones that keep SZ alive or make SZ possible through extra-dimensional interference. Donât fall into the emotional trap of thinking you caused your SZ through your own, personal wrongdoing.
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I canât explain it.
I have personally sat with enough sz-dxâd pts who displayed hyper-moralistic, excessively perfectionistic religiosity to think that it must be the major factor in the etiology of sz in many (though not all) pts with the disorder that these authors claimed it was a half century ago.
Can you connect the dots from there to⌠here?
(BTW, I have also worked with numerous ex-religious-cult members who exhibited very similar symptoms.)
Bateson, G., Jackson, D., Haley, J.; et al: Percevalâs Narrative: A Patientâs Account of his Psychosis, Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1961.
Esterson, A.: The Leaves of Spring: Schizophrenia, Family and Sacrifice, London: Tavistock, 1972.
Henry, J.: Pathways to Madness, New York: Random House, 1965.
Jackson, D. (ed.): The Etiology of Schizophrenia: Genetics / Physiology / Psychology / Sociology, London: Basic Books, 1960.
Jackson, D. (ed.): Myths of Madness: New Facts for Old Fallacies, New York: Macmillan & Co., 1964.
Laing, R. D.; Esterson, A.: Sanity, Madness and the Family, London: Tavistock, 1964.
Lidz, T.: The Origin and Treatment of Schizophrenic Disorders, New York: Basic Books, 1973.
Lidz, T.; Fleck, S., Cornelison, A.: Schizophrenia and the Family, 2nd Ed.; New York: International Universities Press, 1985.
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I think whatâs going on in âChristianâ circles now is not scriptural. I had exorcists telling me to go off my meds cold turkey bc mind altering drugs invite demons. They told me that a dirty house gave demons legal rights to hang around my house ( Where is that in the Bible?). It was just a mess.
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I wouldnât put the causes for my illness in religious terms, but I probably did a few things that might have enhanced my sz - like heavy drinking, smoking a pretty fair amount of pot, and a generally reckless lifestyle.
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No, Iâve never thought that.
Never have I thought schizophrenia was caused by sins. But I did repent all my sins because I thought I was going to die.
The beings have been known to â â â â with peopleâs heads. They can do alot with a personâs mind to.
The good ones who do these things have a way to do it, it will fit the crime and only last for the appropriate duration. None of it will exceed what has been committed and it will have to do with the crime being committed as well.
This isnât the case with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is the crime and could never be considered a punishment for anything. It makes no sense in any situation whatsoever. Abuse isnât justice, they are two different things.
The good ones though are on record as having done things like this, but never inflict things like schizophrenia on someone. It will never exceed the crime committed and will have something to do with the crime committed, they make it equal, this isnât schizophrenia in the least, not any of the time actually. Only a none experienced person could ever suggest such a thing.
Nah man, the ones doing this know exactly whats up. They also know they will eat it at some point. They told me one night âwhats the point? weâve already done it all, no reason to stop now and weâll take everyone with us if we can as well.â
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Not very long ago my brother told me âthis is what you get for watching so many horror films.â I told him BS I got this because our father has it and it runs heavily in the family. Also I donât believe in god and all of that so no I donât believe you get this because of your sins. If there is/was a god why would he punish you like this? This is a life time thing that you can only take meds for to help control. Also if it was donât you think that maybe god would say at some point âokay youâve had enough.â and take it away but no that isnât how this works you get it, you have it for life.
Moved to Unusual Beliefs.
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If mental illness is punishment for the severity of my sins, then I should be mentally retarded.
No wait, if that were true, then mentally retarded would be saved for killers, which I am not.