if u believe in God how do you cope when symptoms are bad and it seems he doesn’t care?
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I listen to music, I pray, sometimes I drink, sometimes I just lay in bed when it’s really bad. But I know God exists.
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Last night it was very bad.
I made myself as comfortable as could with pillows and I took a swig of red wine
I put an eye mask on and rested until it went away such a relief when it did
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I guess I just do believe He cares, and that the crap I’ve experienced on this planet is due to being on this planet. I believe in God’s promises and that this is all temporary. I wait here for the day I’ll be reunited with Him. Until then, I take the good (and there is good) and the bad together as part of being here right now. It’s temporary.
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Yell at him 
Ahaha. Keep in mind that God doesn’t do these things to punish you, they are to help you grow and learn. He is there to help you through them.
Hate that believing in god is classified as an “unusual belief”-it is known that the majority of the world’s population believes in some sort of God, yes? Therefore this is more of a common, usual belief.
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I read a special book of books every weekday. and when things get really bad to the point of suicidal thoughts, one of the few things that save me is the remembrance of my purpose on this earth.
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I used to get headaches so bad it felt like I was going to die, and it was my belief in God that gave me the courage to pull through, as in, I’d be safe as long as I kept Him in mind, even if I didn’t make it.
My belief is Sikhism, so I know Him as Waheguru.
Talking about unusual beliefs…how can one who knows his mind is being read by different people prove that he’s a human being…bcos the Bible says only God knows what is in the hearts of the children of men?
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Sleep. for many more times than others
I didn’t believe in God but I believed in angels and devas, etc. I don’t know that I can believe in them anymore. Then again, something is keeping me alive. I struggle with it.
I just?signed up for this forum. I been struggling so much and it is like overwhelming and embedded in myh head that this is real “voices” and tghat I did something so terribly wrong and that people can hear my inner thoughts… could that bed true? I constantly try to reassure myself it’s symptoms and that I really need to tell my doctor how bad this really is bc the medication I’m on is Not helping !!
some part of me still gets paranoid especially around people that everyone is focused on me and my thou guys
that people feel sorry for me…
could that be true? sometimes I just need reassurance because obviously this makes it seem so real ever since 4 years ago when this all started.
I pray to God for guidance… but I feel like he’s not hearing me… I’m at my wits end.
I need reassurance that this is symptoms and I’m not a terrible person and everyone knows my inner thoughts
why am I like this ? why is it so overwhelmingly drilled in my head? what can I do to help myself? I try breathing… sdo.etines my heart feels like it’s going to burst out especially last night…
Any words if wisdom or advice will help
Thank you !!
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You just have a medical condition and it can get better. Keep working with your doctor. Try other medications. This is a dark place but it can get better from here. This forum is full of people who have been where you are.
Why don’t you tell us what medication you’re on? Have any medications improved your situation at all? If not there are still form of therapy that can help.
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thank you. I am on Laura ( they say tha ts supposed to help but isnt) and lamictal. this has taken over my life I don’t even know how to feel !
I’m making doctors appt hoping can see him Monday…
why does it feel so overwhelmingly real when logically I know it isnt…
I’m on LATUDA… but it isnt taking effect. im defi ately not in a good placr. im trting to be aversge person and work live life wgich im very grateful … but this drfinately affects me a great deal… I don’t know why this condition is taking over me and trying to make me feel it’s real… as if everyone hears my thinking and there’s something out there against me… these are terrible symptoms if they really are… I don’t want to ever lose touch with reality. I just don’t know how one can go through this without becoming coocoo…
it’s hard
I don’t really talk about this much in tgerapy… I try to maintain this pretty average girl on the outside but with this mobster in side my head it starts to make me feel ugly… and I know I’m beautiful with confidence but I can’t help but to get overwhelmed. I j7st want to feel secure… someday I dont… today is a bad day and I have work tomorrow. I am in a funk and really need to get out
Any suggestions ?
Same. I think what was really a mind blower for me was benzos. Like I was able to snap out of paranoia within 30 minutes after taking one and that really made me realize that it was all in my head because if it was true the benzo wouldn’t have had that effect. Like me worrying over there being a spirit in the room, take benzo, suddenly I sense nothing and I’m fine, shows that there probably was not a spirit to begin with.
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Medication helps a lot. I wouldn’t have survived without this fact. I suffered in silence.
tha ts how I feel. suffering in silence. i don’t think I can take benzo… ya see these auditory solutions and paranoia started 4 years ago Drug induced… I had a problem with opiates and other stuff. but 4 years later I st ill struggle. no-one knows I’m still going througg this besides my boyfriend… tha ts it. Like I am i n such a terrible funk and I just want tomorrow to come with maybe couple hours of slee p tonight ( I also don’t sleep I’m getti ng a sleep study done because sleep apnea too) but hoping I feel better tomorrow
I have let this taken over… I just want to feel like an average person… just want to feel how it used to be without this issue… thinking everyone knows what I’m thinking… I been suffering i n silence too long. I’m making a doctor appt. and being open and honest because I need medication that can actually help. I pray I can get an appt. next week and not the following week.
it’s getting out of control… wht does my 1 self deep within me believe this or think this? where does it all come from? why does it feel real?
ty !
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Medication should help. You might have to try a few to get the right one, but hold on to the hope that this is a good first step.
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When it gets bad, I call a Crisis Hotline if it is after hours or the weekend. If it’s during the week and daytime, I call my nurse.
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