Prayers for God to help me overcome PTSD

[Redcars]

I live in constant state of paranoia and fear, because of the abuse I suffered in my past. I feel so exhausted I am at my wits end. Please pray that God gives me the guidance and strength I need to overcome this. I am literally crying and crying and crying and can't pick myself up from this.

 

[Gideon300]

I live in constant state of paranoia and fear, because of the abuse I suffered in my past. I feel so exhausted I am at my wits end. Please pray that God gives me the guidance and strength I need to overcome this. I am literally crying and crying and crying and can't pick myself up from this.

This may be hard to take, but you will need to forgive those who abused you. It's not optional, it is the only way to freedom. You may well say, "Impossible." For us, yes, but God never requires us to do something without making a way to do it.

This article is long and goes deeply into forgiveness. It's a serious study, and it also shows how God has provided us with the way to forgive from the heart. My ex wife took my two children to a new home where I could not find them. It was 15 years before the Lord showed me where they were. That is hard. The principles in this article were the key to forgiving her for what I considered wickedness.

https://www.christianlife.org.au/can-you-forgive-from-your-heart

If we do not forgive others, we stay in a spiritual prison ourselves. This is the meaning of the parable of the unjust servant. That is why we must forgive. As Jesus said to Peter, 70 x 7 if that is what it takes. Once you are free from unforgiveness, God will bind up the broken heart and heal the inner wounds.

It's a serious business. Some people never get free and it ruins their lives. It can damage your health as well as your sanity. It's surely worth investing some time to find out what the article is saying and how it applies to you.

 

[EternalFire]

I live in constant state of paranoia and fear, because of the abuse I suffered in my past. I feel so exhausted I am at my wits end. Please pray that God gives me the guidance and strength I need to overcome this. I am literally crying and crying and crying and can't pick myself up from this.

My heart aches for you, and I’m sorry for the pain you have experienced and are enduring.

We have a savior who is familiar with pain and can help us through it. “For consider him who has endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart” (Hebrews 12:3).

I pray that God comforts you during these hardships and that you come to Him through the Lord Jesus Christ. I also pray that you seek professional help with a specialist in the type of abuse that you suffered. It’s likely to be a long road of recovery, but you don’t have to walk it alone.

God bless you.

 

[Redcars]

This may be hard to take, but you will need to forgive those who abused you. It's not optional, it is the only way to freedom. You may well say, "Impossible." For us, yes, but God never requires us to do something without making a way to do it.

This article is long and goes deeply into forgiveness. It's a serious study, and it also shows how God has provided us with the way to forgive from the heart. My ex wife took my two children to a new home where I could not find them. It was 15 years before the Lord showed me where they were. That is hard. The principles in this article were the key to forgiving her for what I considered wickedness.

https://www.christianlife.org.au/can-you-forgive-from-your-heart

If we do not forgive others, we stay in a spiritual prison ourselves. This is the meaning of the parable of the unjust servant. That is why we must forgive. As Jesus said to Peter, 70 x 7 if that is what it takes. Once you are free from unforgiveness, God will bind up the broken heart and heal the inner wounds.

It's a serious business. Some people never get free and it ruins their lives. It can damage your health as well as your sanity. It's surely worth investing some time to find out what the article is saying and how it applies to you.

I have forgave them and I want nothing to do with them, I don't even wish them harm. I just want to go on with my life. But you are right, I am damaging my health and it feels so debilitating

 

[Redcars]

My heart aches for you, and I’m sorry for the pain you have experienced and are enduring.

We have a savior who is familiar with pain and can help us through it. “For consider him who has endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart” (Hebrews 12:3).

I pray that God comforts you during these hardships and that you come to Him through the Lord Jesus Christ. I also pray that you seek professional help with a specialist in the type of abuse that you suffered. It’s likely to be a long road of recovery, but you don’t have to walk it alone.

God bless you.

I am seeing a phsycologist and it somewhat helping but then I have those sudden moments that I just can't control. Praying and reading the Bible does help but then again the sudden episodes occur. I have found that words and passages like the one you provide also help but then again is temporarily. I'm so torn

 

[Subhumanoidal]

I am seeing a phsycologist and it somewhat helping but then I have those sudden moments that I just can't control. Praying and reading the Bible does help but then again the sudden episodes occur. I have found that words and passages like the one you provide also help but then again is temporarily. I'm so torn

I'm not sure how much your psychologist has explained, but I find knowledge is your biggest weapon against mental illness.

Your days events unfold, at night you sleep and your mind pushes those events into past memories so that the next day they are all processed.
With PTSD what happens is an event happens that your brain doesn't push back into memory. Instead it gets locked in place at the front. Then when something triggers that thought, rather than it being a memory it plays out at the front of your brain, which makes you instead feel you're living it over, rather than remembering it.

So the key is to get that lock open so your brain can process the event properly.
There is a treatment called EMDR which is known to have a high success rate. People must be specifically qualified and trained for it. Simply being a psychologist or psychiatrist alone does not qualify one to use it.

It sounds weird on the surface, but it's actually quite mundane.
You sit in a chair, a light zips side to side. You follow it with your eyes only. Faster is better (to a point). It will be set up by your counselor either way.
And really all you do is spend a few minutes per segment following that light and following the Very lose guidance of your counselor who is helping you to have the correct focus on the trauma.
Following the light replicates REM sleep, where you eyes zip back and forth. The guidance is just to keep you at a steady pace with your thoughts.
In other words you're tricking your own mind to think you're asleep while focusing on the trauma so the fake REM forces your mind to process the event.

Best case scenarios have seen trauma unlocked completely in a single 1 hour session. Some have taken longer. Of course it's not a guarantee, but success rates are high.

At no point are you hypnotized or anything similar. Quite the opposite it requires you to be fully alert, awake and in control.

I, no doubt, could've explained all that in half the time, but I had the time to spare haha.

Hopefully it's a help, and if not you'll soon find what does.

 

[Gideon300]

I have forgave them and I want nothing to do with them, I don't even wish them harm. I just want to go on with my life. But you are right, I am damaging my health and it feels so debilitating

If you have really forgiven them, you will have no negative reaction if you think of them or even if you see them in the street.

My ex left her home with my two kids. The last time I saw them they were packing up to leave. She yelled out that I would never find them. I had done nothing to warrant this.

15 years later, the Lord showed me where they were living. I won't go into how, but it was a miracle. I went to her home. Over the next few weeks a few of us helped clean up her house and gardens. She moved again, much further away. I was completely at peace in my heart and I still am. If anything, I feel sorry for her. That is not my ability to forgive. I have none!

 

[EternalFire]

I am seeing a phsycologist and it somewhat helping but then I have those sudden moments that I just can't control. Praying and reading the Bible does help but then again the sudden episodes occur. I have found that words and passages like the one you provide also help but then again is temporarily. I'm so torn

I'm very happy to hear that you are getting professional help. In addition to that person, I pray you also seek help from elders in a church.

I do understand your frustration, as I, too, have experienced "episodes" in the past. For me, this was training in patience. I recognize it's not easy, but like the verse I previously quoted states, don't grow weary and don't lose heart.

I know the saying that “these things take time” is trite, but you will continue to grow and, as you do, things will continue to improve. Fight the good fight.

 

[SouthernMagnolia]

I live in constant state of paranoia and fear, because of the abuse I suffered in my past. I feel so exhausted I am at my wits end. Please pray that God gives me the guidance and strength I need to overcome this. I am literally crying and crying and crying and can't pick myself up from this.

I’m so sorry my friend. I know so many who suffer from PTSD…such a horrible thing. I will keep you in my prayers. With God nothing is impossible.