
Apr 19, 2017, 01:41 PM
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Member Since: Feb 2017
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Originally Posted by still_crazy
Before I start, lemme just say that I'm a Christian. When I was down-and-out, only the "Holy Rollers" (Pentecostals) would help me. Not only am I grateful, I'm now Born Again myself, so I "get" where they were coming from.
Now...one can be mentally ill and be saved. I have a diagnosis of Bipolar I and I've been Born Again for 4 years now. Our God is a God of order, not confusion. To that end, carefully selected and appropriately dosed psych drugs can be helpful for some people, for a season.
Jesus cares about you. Church people...well, a lot of them are judgmental and cruel. I've been on the receiving end of that, and its not fun. Like I wrote above though, only the Pentecostals would help when I was at my worst, so "church people" are a mixed bag. There's great Christians, horrible "Christians," and plenty of struggling in between Christians.
Please don't let your psych problems scare you off Christianity, is basically what I'm trying to say. I also think you might want to see about talking to someone about the content of your hallucinations and such. For me, talking to a counselor and a close friend about things I hear now and then has helped me figure my problems out and has also made my "Bipolar I" a lot more manageable.
I hope things get better for you.
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Thanks. Sometimes I doubt God likes me and that's why he gives me bad circumstances. But the Bible says God loves all his creatures. And circumstances are only ten percent of your happiness according to scientist Sonya lyubomirsky.
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