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CallmeThomas
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Posted: Wed Jul 4th, 2007 07:20 am |
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Fighting my problems with "M" and pornography I thought was the reason behind my isolation and just not feeling happy. Recently on seeing my new counselor I had discovered that I was clinicaly depressed. I had always thought for years that the reason I was unable to laugh at jokes and not have fun was due to my "other addictions." I am taking meds for my problem now and do know that meds are not there to do the work for me. My reason for posting this is that I believe it's possible that many men and women (Young and old) that have had my problems might have the same clinical depression I had in which case It can be helped.
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LoveSick4God
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Posted: Tue Jan 20th, 2009 03:21 pm |
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I'm glad that has been revealed to you and I pray that God would heal you from clinical depression. But one thing that I believe would be helpful is knowing that clinical depression and other bodily misfunctions can be caused by masturbation and even pornography.
God never created us for masturbation and things like that so when we take part in such acts it causes our mind to be polluted, for one. It builds lust and corruption in our thought life, resulting in not being able to get our mind off of lust and sex. It takes the joy of even living away from us, because it makes us bound to continually pleasing ourselves by masturbation. It makes it extremely difficult to love others as much, to love God and to be loved by God.
I will pray for you and just keep in mind that God is so in lobe with you and He will never give up on you.
Jeremiah 29:11
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Manz
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Posted: Sun Feb 15th, 2009 04:00 am |
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Hi CallYouThomas,
I was a sufferer of depression for 6 years since I started puberty. I only truly accepted the Lord at the age of 19. I was an atheist before that. But depression made me turn to "a supreme being". 3 days earlier, I was prescribed Prozac, but felt nauseous up till that day. I threw the whole packet of Prozac away and never used it since. That day, I found myself lying on my bed crying and speaking to the supposed God "God, if you exist, you can heal me from my depression!" And he did. The next morning I woke up, I felt a slight uneasiness as if something has been lifted. And so was the second day. The third day I felt slightly depressed in the morning but recovered afterwards. Up till today, my depression would play out only once in a while, not lasting more than a year. In the past, I'd just go bi-polar, it's a terrible feeling. My depression journey ended there, except for the times I've been naughty in my masturbating (then I'd feel useless, worthless and the cycle would go another round). But once I ask God for forgiveness, I could feel him weeping but by his grace, he forgave me of that act of sin.
Having said that, I'm all about strong Biblical teaching. There are some churches out there that would teach you "By His (Jesus's) stripes, we are healed" to mean healing in a physical sense (such as depression), but I believe when he said that in a context of spiritual healing. Nevertheless, I believe that God isn't a God if he can be subjected to our limited thinking.
I am also a recovering porn addict up till today. What I wrote here are but snippets of my journey with the Lord, lover of my soul. There are many facets to the problem and healing of both depression and porn/sex addiction, namely physical (i.e. biological), emotional and spiritual. I believe, apart from the one true Christian God there is no solution to both these problems (no matter how great the breakthroughs of the global psychology and medical research). God has shaped me bit by bit by bit in all three areas, and I'm excited to see what he's going to do next.
In conclusion, I believe if God wants to, He can heal you from both depression and porn/sex addiction. But we have to recognize God's soverignty over his created beings (that is us), such that we cannot force Him to heal us if he doesn't want to. But as man, we are to humbly come before Him, acknowledging our helplessness in the fight against depression and porn/sex addiction, and let Him take control of our lives. Start praying today! Lastly in hindsight, looking back at those eleven years of fight against depression and porn/sex addiction so far, I come to realise this: that He (God) made everything beautiful in His time. God loves you CallYouThomas!
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