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Rosi3

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Hi everyone,

Let me explain where I'm coming from: I haven't been to church for four years. As a PTSD sufferer, I wanted to seek the Lord for healing from the effects of the trauma, all the time thinking: one day I can use this to help other people. It didn't quite work out that way. I began to feel a total failure as a Christian. Every time I had a flash-back or feelings of intense rage, or deep troughs of depression, which happened randomly, I felt I'd failed and God seemed a million miles away. Id go to church and someone would pass on a verse like: there is no fear in love, perfect love casts out fear or, most difficult of all: Be anxious about nothing (......). Going to a support group or a therapist outside the church was helping me. I began to distance myself from Christians because I assumed they'd want to be distant from me, given that all their prayer and lovingly offered Bible verses had apparently hit stony ground. I drifted away from church completely.


Fast forward and I want to try going back to a church again. I keep chickening out. I love Jesus with all my heart and miss Him when He isn't there.
 
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SweetmorningDew78

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Hello !Sis :) and good morning to you :)

I am not knowledgeable about PTSD...sorry about that but I can feel that you've really suffered from it..I am not sure what to tell you sis but here's my sweet hug XXXX ❤ welcome to CC :) hope you will like it here :)

God bless you ❤
 
Corbinscam

Corbinscam

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Hi and welcome to CC.
I think I can share this here, if not then sorry mods :D
This is a youtube channel that imo explains ptsd very well https://www.youtube.com/user/JoyceGFW/videos The whys and whats and that sort of thing.
The videos of Dr Frank Ochberg are easy to understand and detailed. I'd recommend looking for ones that apply to you. Understanding the why should help ease the guilt as well as make you understand why in an effort to prevent those types feelings. I also don't believe Jesus only lives in a church :) Look for Him through His word and talk to Him. Ask Him to point you to the right church and to give you what you need to succeed there.
 
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