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jmjphe -> RE: faith, anxiety and relationships issues (5/11/2008 4:31:06 PM)
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Hi there, I've had the same issues in the past and ive dealt with them through and through There is a prior response i typed out to another topic that ill past here for a feel its relates greatly. But first I'd like to say that in the case of "social anxiety" or "social paranoia" in that you worry what others think, thats normally a guise (unbenounced to you) for low-esteem. Heres the post i typed
I know EXACTLY what your talking about and i think i can shed some light on this and put it in perspectve.
Whats going on is this mental dialouge of compulsive, random, harmful thoughts. Your mind just wont shut up right? I wouldnt be suprised if you had trouble sleeping, or suffered form occasional anxiety or panic attacks, maybe you seem distant at times from others in thier eyes yet dont mean to. All your engery is focused on the contents of your brain which over time feels very fragile. One train of thought spawns millions of others throughout the course of a single day...and i literally do mean close to millions, or some ridiculous number. The thoughts get to a point where they sort of become "all thought out" meaning they mature to a point where you cant even comprehend them and they sort of go into the void making room for the next one like clock work at times. On top of that you may feel this is something you need to address and start to scrutinize your very being in different variations, and begin a process of self-pre-occupation that just recycles everything. by the way, some physcho-therapists beleive this is a core reason for bi-polar disorder as opposed to it being purely inherited or a fully biochemical disorder.
So in a nutshell it very much seems your unknowingly drawing you very identity from the contents of your mind as opposed to you as a child of God through Jesus Christ. The above mentioned conditioned seems to becoming more and more common, I suffered from it greatly so your not alone.
I really and truely want your to understand these next 2 sentences...YOU are not your mind. YOU are a child of God through the death of Christ imbued with the holy spirit. This central core of your very being cant be comprimised, but when you begin to draw off of your brain which is just an organ, or a tool to use, it begins using you, and makes way for the devil and his forces to reak havoc in your life.
There is a common phrase that people use sometimes, in real life, or in moves etc....the phrase is some variation of "I can't live with myself any longer"...this phrase is often muttered or thought in times of deep despair, fear, anger, self doubt, etc. Really read that phrase "I can't live with myself any longer"...who is the "I" and who is "myself"? One is the mind identified person, the other is the spirutally identified person, its a matter of which is leading.
Understanding this is the start to stopping it. Dont entertain these thoughts you have, just watch them without judegment, no matter how sexually preverse, nasty, or horid they may be and they will disipate, for this is not you. 2nd Cornthians is a great book on the matter, so is ROmans chapter 8. Remember this, Christ said "Although the spirit is willing, the flesh is weak" Your mind is the flesh's control center, any thought or action or attitude centers from there. When you let God in control (meaning be silent and bathe in the Joy that is you,the child of God through Christ) you are now simply YOU.
Our minds will always get the best of us at times, but it takes practice, prayer, and a practice at putting the mind in it's place.
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