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God Healed me from Anxiety and Depression
February 16th, 2009
I remember the first panic attack that I ever had happen was when I was a little girl. I had a tormenting thought engulf my mind. “What if my mom died?” Oh my goodness, I became so scared that my mom was going to die. I would cry and lay on my mom’s lap, hoping that God would never let that happen to me. Of course, now I know that it was just Satan trying to steal my joy as a child, but I never really dealt with my problem of fear until I was much older.
As I grew up, I would have these times in my life that were really stressful. I would feel anxiety attacking my mind and body. As time passed, I slipped further and further away from the presence of God. I began to reach for the things of the world. I started drinking alcohol and partying. This only led to more guilt, shame and anxiety. Whenever I felt anxious, I would reach for a strong drink; something that would calm my nerves and make me feel numb. This went on for 14 years. Finally, I found myself hitting rock bottom, what could I do? Who could I turn to? Even though I had drifted so far away from God for all of these years, I made the decision to make a change in my life. I could not continue to slip further into the pit. I decided to go back to the cross. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and began to rebuild my life.
In 1996 I came under such an attack of the enemy that fear tried to overtake my life. I was so afraid that I was going to lose my mind and end up in a mental institution. The more I stressed about it, the stronger the attack became. I would have all of these really strange feelings and my mind became consumed with such torment. I would cry out to the Lord, “Please help me” I am desperate! I am pleading to you God; please take this from me! I went to several different doctors and their diagnosis was that I had a panic disorder. The doctors prescribed Xanax and antidepressants. But wait God, I am trusting in you to take care of me. Why do I have to take this medicine when you are King of Kings and Lord of Lords? You are the Great Physician. I continually warred with the idea of taking all of this medicine when God is the healer. Satan would tell me, “God will heal others but not you. You are not worthy of his healing.” Satan would also tell me that I had an evil spirit and that is why I was in this mess. Everything Satan could throw at me, he did. I became so tormented with crazy dreams that I could not sleep. I would ask God “where are you?” I was sinking into a pit and needed help. I didn’t want to leave my house, I would get in the car and this terrible cloud of anxiety would engulf me. I would want to go back to my house as fast as I could get there. Help me God Please!
My wonderful husband Bill, and my mother, father and two sisters prayed diligently for me every day. I also had a very close friend Vonda Bishop who helped me and prayed with me. Finally one day, God placed an anointed woman of God in my life. Sister Mildred Dalton. She was an older, very wise minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She began to take me under her wing and teach me God’s ways. She informed me that I was sowing all kinds of bad seeds over myself with the words that I spoke. “Oh I’m going crazy” and “I am afraid I am having a nervous breakdown”. Sister Dalton told me where the precious promises were in God’s Word for my situation. She had walked through the same attack earlier in her Christian life. She would tell me “Listen to me, don’t listen to the devil.” I began to quote God’s Word over myself every day. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 When I found this scripture, I stood on it with everything in me. Every time I would start to feel panicky, I would quote this scripture over myself. You see, I didn’t have to do anything but stand on God’s Word. God’s Word is medicine to those whose find it. Of course you can’t claim God’s promises if you don’t serve him, but if you are a believer; then it will work for you. I began to search the Bible for God’s promises for me. I wrote all of those down and quoted them daily over myself. I continued to pray and ask God for his strength and help. In the midst of the storm, I used the sword of the spirit, which is God’s Word to defeat the devil. This did not happen overnight, but baby step by baby step I walked out of the attack. Every day I became a little stronger and finally I looked back and I was out of the attack. I renewed my mind with God’s Word, and became victorious. I built my faith by quoting His Word. “So then, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17.
I want to encourage you to make up your mind that you are going to stand, no matter how hard the battle may seem. “Put on the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11. godscureforanxiety.com
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I love the armour of god! Amazing testomony, keep on truckin!
April 28th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I am glad to hear of your testimony. I believe that it was the will of God that I read your testimony. I am experiencing similar situations. The Holy Spirit speaks and directs me as to what I need to do to overcome this problem. As you indicated, it is by speaking what the Word of God says. I’m glad you were delivered, and I know I will receive complete deliverance as well.
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Encouraging testimony. I am struggling with anxiety and depression now (especially anxiety). I am praying the Lord will show what it is He needs me to learn from this. However, I desire to be delivered. My anxiety is so severe that my lungs feel pressured and breathing becomes constricted. I have had numerous medical tests and they all come back negative. I wonder if this isn’t an attack from the enemy. However, God is sovereign and will deliever me at His appointed time. Please pray for me. I try to have Paul’s attitude. “His grace is sufficient for me”
May 31st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I had the same thing happen to me, reading this was like reading something I could have wrote. I was healed in church , the first night I went back to church after being gone for years. I got so desperate that I went back to the cross… and boy what a relief. Jesus is wonderful….thank you for posting.
July 11th, 2009 at 12:38 am
It is wonderful
July 27th, 2009 at 3:15 am
hi im mark from the philippines, i have a mental illness called by Psychiatrist as schizophrenia, but i do believe the problem is spiritual not mental. i thank God i read the testimony of you i was blessed and enlighten…i know because of this the Lord will use me more for His greatness. God bless take care always…
July 27th, 2009 at 3:19 am
i know the Lord will heal us by His powerful word!
August 17th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I read this story just now and man how can I relate to it ,its me and everything I am feeling right now in my life I also feel like I am going through this I pray and this inner voice says im not going to be healed because i dont have enough faith,and sometimes I feel like I have done to many bad things in my life to be healed of this.I feel like its something evil trying to ruin my life an destoy me ,I have this panic disorder and depression an feel god is the only way to overcome this and your story just gave me the hope I needed thanks alot!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Great testimony! I am having the same mild issues too. My issues with anxiety have gone on for about 2 years now, and though most of it was during a time in my life when I moved away from God, the most recent issues with it are due to the stomach ailments I seem to be having. Since I feel I have all the symptoms for being hypoglycemic, I became nervous/scared/overwhelmed at how I would need to handle this in my life. Being a busy stay at home mom who doesn’t get out much, only intensifies the problem more since I don’t have things like my family, work or other commitments to distract my attention from this anxiety issue. I too have called out to God the Father asking him for his healing and have have rebuked the spirit of anxiety too. As much as I would love to know where this came from, it is definitely not of God; with that in mind, I too will surround myself with the Word everyday. Things like this can also be bondages, and if prayer is not enough to remove the problem, then “this kind can only come out by fasting.” Fasting is an overlooked source of power from God. It may seem hard to do, but try fasting one meal and spending that time completely with God and you will walk away feeling closer to God than you ever thought imaginable.
Scripture also says…
“Do Not Worry” Matthew 6:25
25″Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”
Ah, when life gets you down, it’s always great to have the instuction manual.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Thank you for your testimony. I’m a christian and have been struggling with anxiety & panic attacks for a few years now. How do you feel about the antianxiety medicines that are given? I take a low dose of xanax daily. I do want healing.
October 30th, 2009 at 7:45 am
I am reading your emails right now and have been having the same anxieties and feelings of having left God and unworthiness and sadness, but I woke up this morning and I recognise that these are the last days and the enemy will try everything to immobilise and spiritually paralyse the people of God but I pray the in the name of Jesus, Father you said whatever we bound on earth will be bound in heaven, I cut off in Jesus name, every spirit of darkness and depression that will try to immobilise your church. Father I thank you right now that you despatch your angels, IN JESUS NAME, to go before us you people. I plead the blood of Jesus over your church, because your blood has never lost its power. I thank you for Psalm 91, our divine mantle of protection. People, God is despatching angels.The battle is not ours, it’s the Lords. Jesus said, it is finished, on the cross of Calvary. I break, in the name of Jesus every spirit of premature death. Like the children of Israel Lord we paint the blood on our doorposts. Jesus, your glory will fill this earth and your army will arise, I speak to the dry bones and I say LIVE in the name of Jesus, like Ezekiel. I speak to the four winds and I pray that your spirit, breath and life will fill our bones. THANK YOU JESUS.
Like David we declare, we shall live and not die and we shall declare the glory of the Lord in the land of the living.
Amen.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Your testimony is awesome Lindalong. How often did you have to quotes those scriptures before you actually started to get that freedom? I want that. I did that yrs ago and God set me so free from my anxiety and depression. I am struggling again with it and it seems like it’s not working so great this time–of course that is probably exactly what the enemy wants me to believe, right?
December 1st, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Thank you so very much for this testimony! I’ve been looking and found myself an inspirational word from a fellow God believer. I’ve been struggling with myself, and at first I thought I had many other things such as OCD and Social Anxiety. But I was lying to myself. I used to have depression two years ago, and it came back because of a relationship with a girl I had recently that triggered depression. I didn’t know what in the world I had, and today I noticed: I had depression. To be honest, I started laughing because I’ve gone through Depression before and I know I can beat it again. Thank you very much, and thank you for the verse which I wrote down and put it up right next in my shelf, where I’ll see it everyday! THANK YOU AGAIN THANK YOU GOD LORD MERCIFUL!
December 4th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
This indeed is a blessing.I’ve had the same problems for years and did not know. I grew up thinking that,something was wrong with me, why God allow all these things to be happening to me. I got down,miserable, afraid ,scared all the negative emotions and thinking haunted me for years. But you know I know God, as was always going to church and always wanted to give my life to him, but I keep shrinking back, everytime I feel good, I’m out in the world again, and vice versa. Until I could not take it anymore, as I went to psychologist,psychiatrist, counsellors, everyone that I heard could help me here on earth, but it NEVER worked, not until I cried out to God and relise that I was living outside of His will and surrender totally to Him. Only then I truly experience change. Now I won’t tell you that it is easy, but you can trust God to pull you through. Romans 8:28 says’Everything works together for GOOD to them that love God’, Luke 1:37 ‘All is possible with God’. He will pull you through, as He first love us. God Bless you.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Thank you for this site. I needed to hear from others and I am truley gratefull I found you. I wish I would have been here sooner, but today I needed this more that ever before. Made God continue to bless you and everyone who reaches out to Him.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
I am 31, a mother of 5. I’ve had anxiety/panic/depression for 11 years. I turned from God for about 10 years because of this, became angry. For the past year, I have clung to God about this. It has literally just about ruined my life and myself. Your testimony is encouraging and gives me hope! Bless you…..
January 28th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
it is the hardest thing ever. everytime you go on with not having had it for what you feel is quite a long or decent time, it all comes back to hit you in the face and tell you that you still have it. <- not sure if that made perfect sense but.. i mean that is anxiety isnt it. you have a great day, but at the end of the day you suddenly get these thoughts that go 'wow.. i havnt had it for SO long..no panic no anxiety, i was/am normal.. how come!?' e.g. feeling too tired, hearing news about death etcetc then it gets triggered. its almost like.. ‘i havnt had it in so long. this cant be. why not? i think i should have it. il have it’ and so you then have it.. i wish i could sometimes switch my brain off..i have been reading the word of god for quite a while now but..only He knows when i will be 100% better, no symptoms no side thoughts no nothing.. but i am really sick of this and if i werent a christian, i wouldve attempted suicide (no joke.) i guess i sound like im whining as ive only had it for 3 months (cant believe im saying ‘only’ lol, it was actually an anally long time) whereas people here have been saying theyve had it for years…. i just hope the end is freaking damn near. i mean, extreme eczema for 18 years, followed by anxiety..funfun lol. sorry just had to vent! and damn, why is it that some people just pick up the bible and then theyre healed immediately/miraculously. of course any and ALL healings are miraculous but.. with eczema and now this, why does my healing have to draaaag
. wish i could just get healed in the moment.
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Lindalong, thanks for posting your story. I’m struggling with this myself in various periodes of my life, but it seems to keep comming back. Now I sometimes have trouble breathing even. It is encouraging to read that if you hold on to Gods promises he will come through. I know God has so much more in store for us. God promises us LIFE and have it abundantly(John 10:10). That makes me fight to overcome.
February 15th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Wow Linda! that is awesome!! I have been through the same thing! I am thankful for this day and age of computers! I am most thankful that god is using you Linda to bring the truth to others!!
March 16th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
All this brings tears to my eyes.I have been spending countless days researching websites on different ways to treat this anxiety(which only brought more anxiety). I have been searching for a solution when the one and only solution has been waiting for me all along to seek Him and to dig deep into His word for encouragement.Im going to do a word search on peace, protection, health, healing whatever and Im going to fight!!! Im not taking this any longer!! God is my healer and I know that one day I will be able to look back on all of this and know there was a point.God is going to use me and all of u to help others through these same things. There are alot of people going through similar things like this right now. I believe there should be more christian support groups with bible studys that will help people with these attacks from the enemy.I pray that God would provide that option for all of us that want it.
March 22nd, 2010 at 3:19 am
The opposite of Faith is Fear
(False Evidence appearing real) God is real, Gods word is real! I know this dance well and it’s not a fun one, but the good news is you can switch partners, let God cut in. If you are feeling anxious read Psalms 91 out loud and OWN it. Read it over and over and over, out loud. You will stop the panic in its tracks. NOW Take a deep breath, slow breathing, control it, close your eyes and smile. Relax take a nice refreshing breath. Breath normal and stay calm don’t let this feeling take your mind. If you breath normal and remain calm it’s very hard to panic, you’re in control now read.
dwell in the shelter of the Most High
and rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I say of the LORD, “YOU are my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust.”
Surely YOU Lord will save me the fowler’s snare
And from the deadly pestilence.
Lord you cover me with your feathers,
And under YOUR wings I find refuge;
Lord your faithfulness is my shield and rampart.
I DO not fear the terror of night,
Nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
Nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at MY side,
Ten thousand at MY right hand,
But it will not come near ME.
I will only observe with MY eyes
And see the punishment of the wicked.
I make the Most High MY dwelling—
Even the LORD, who is my refuge-
NO harm will befall ME,
No disaster will come near MY tent.
For the LORD commands his angels concerning you
To guard ME in all MY ways;
they will lift ME up in their hands,
So that I will not strike MY foot against a stone.
I will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
I will trample the great lion and the serpent.
“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him
And show him my salvation
DEVIL you are a liar! And I come against you with the Word of GOD. Lord I call your Angels to protect my Brothers and Sisters that are seeking you at this moment to fight this lie that comes against them. I call Your Angels Lord to surround each and every one of us 10,000 Angels to the North and 10,000 to the South, 10,000 to the East and West. I ask you surround these Brothers and Sisters of mine with a hedge of fire to protect them.
I know this is hard trust me I know. You can beat this false feeling you can beat it, stand up and fight! Take your life back! God Loves us he really does and he doesn’t want any of us to hurt or be scared. I could write a book on this fight, but it would not hold a candle to the Bible, this forum has some really good scriptures to read aloud. You are at war and like my Sicilian mother tells me, “Build your spiritual Man”
God’s word is going to build your spiritual man, get into the Bible. Don’t get down if your still fighting this false feeling coming against you. It’s hard and the devil wants you to give up, but don’t because we need you and someone out there is going to need you once you pull through this and you are going to pull through.
Write Psalms 91 down or carry a bible booked marked with it and read it! Pray for me as I pray for you at this moment. I love every one of you and agree with each and every one of you in prayer that this too shall pass;)
PS. If you go into a Panic, some quick calm fixes,
ICE : get a handful and rub it on your neck, head, face ( Your mind thinks about the cold)
Water: Put your head under a facet or just keep splashing the cold water on your face. Your body goes into a calm mode because it thinks it’s getting ready to submerge.
Water again: keep a bottle on you and when you start to feel a little bumpy take slow sips and breath.
Calm slow breaths.
March 30th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
…reading your testimony gave me the chills…I’m on the same situation as you are….it almost made me cry…
April 4th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Hi, thanks so much your sharing is very encouraging and useful. Recently I have a struggle really bother me so much I start feeling anxiety and feel nervous sometime, I am so scared I will fall into depression.
I am a Christian, but sometimes I feel I am so faithless. I know God is faithful he always being with me and he will take care of my problem too. What I can do now is let go my problem totally surrender to God Amen
Love: P
April 25th, 2010 at 12:21 am
Right now, even as I have read these wonderful God filled messages, and wanting to write to you how THANKFUL and GRATEFUL I am to read about you and this amazing and divine hope we have in Jesus Christ…the devil wants me to think “these people are so much better than you, Kristen, because they’ve had the GUTS to write something down before you at this point…and, you couldn’t write such a helpful kind of thing back………LIES LIES LIES!!! The devil gets through to us with his lies, trying to prevent us from moving, action, doing things and working- God wants us to move and work- how much can he work his Glory through his children if we are immobilized? The devil works these days in SUBTLE, UNDERHANDED, DECEITFUL ways…through our minds- the more we believe the LIES he tells us and the more we believe them and give up and surrender to the enemy and the lies he speaks (anything and I repeat ANYTHING all you fellow believers out there that happens to ‘slip’ into your mind such as a negative thought, like perhaps ‘I’m not good enough to do this…or I won’t be able to do this…the way I want to do it or how it SHOULD be’ are words from the enemy- he may even be telling you now, if you are perhaps prone to perfectionism or self-critical that ‘oh, well, we have to have SOME kind of negative thoughts sometimes…we just wouldn’t be NORMAL if we didn’t-again, if you don’t mind me saying…LIESLIESLIES!!!!! If you are someone out there suffering from anxiety, whether you had an ‘imperfect’ childhood (I say ‘imperfect’ because some peoples childhoods are worse than others, however we are ALL sinners from birth to death and sin affects us all in degrees- God has taken this suffering to the cross everyone has the choice and power if he asks God to ACCEPT Gods forgiveness- with the help of the Word of Life- constantly read it and all the wonderful verses and assurance from the beautiful people (posters) above) It will take practice, and perseverance- but what did God say- for EVERY situation, EVERY person DESPITE your circumstance in life- God did not write “And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we KNOW that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope,” Romans 5:3-5, to only some peoples situations- to CERTAIN people. He jolly well wrote this to ALL his children whom he cherishes so dearly. So please, take up the sword of the Spirit and believe GOD, KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS, GOD OF ALL PEACE AND LOVE- HE IS OUR REDEEMER ALWAYS- YESTERDAY NOW AND FOREVER, will provide for you and always be protecting you wherever you are, Amen.
May 4th, 2010 at 3:55 am
Thank you so much for this post–so encouraging in the “darkness of the night”. I have been dealing with severe anxiety and panic attacks since last Wednesday (6 days). Sometimes it helps me to hear of what others have gone through so I will share of my own sufferings: sleepless nights (2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours if I am lucky!), anxious thoughts, fear of going “crazy”, panic attacks, fear that this will never end, sweating, shaking, chest pains, fear of dying from lack of sleep or heart attack. This is the worst it has been since 2001 and I truly feel like this is a spiritual attack–I took over parts of my life (that really belong to God) when I divorced my abusive ex-husband. I have been trying to put the pieces back in my own life on my own–without God’s help. How silly of me! Now, I am racing back into his arms. I feel emboldened to say that the devil can come at me with all the lies he wants! I know the truth–that I am forgiven and God remembers my sin no more. I have also been crying out to God for faith, which now seems so small. But faith comes by hearing the word of God! So let us persevere and read God’s word until something changes! I know that “neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” These feelings of anxiety are so uncomfortable and overwhelming–but nothing compared to the suffering that occurred on the cross for our sins. I am confident that he began a good work–IN ALL OF US–and will carry it to completion!
May 9th, 2010 at 12:17 am
stay strong and continue to meditate the word of god ,he is good and he hears us when we cry out to him ,we are his children .i am going through a mild depression as well ,and the only thing that help me ,is praying and calling out to god . his son died for us .and i would live for him .amen
May 9th, 2010 at 1:32 am
Hello everyone i am so thankful && blessed for your testimonies! i have been suffering with really bad anxiety for about a year now! and its so badd! my symptoms include reallyy bad pressure on head as well as tightness tingling feelings in my head my heart goes fast i get chills numbness in legs hands etc. i feel so weak/tired out of breath. its horrble! sometimes i just wanna die! but i been keeping up && been strong because of gods love! i thank god for everything he has done for me without him my life will b misserebale! i just pray that god will bring healing to me soon! && i pray that he will heal everyone going thru this! the bible says WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU JESUS CHRIST WHO STRENGHTENS USS!! thankyou lord!
May 10th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
stay strong naomi, you just keep on praying and keep on fighting the enemy ,cause he can not win ,for god hath not given us the spirit of fear ,but of power and love,and of a sound mind .amen
May 11th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
May 18th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
HEY!! I’m going through the exact same stage as you! But it’s hard for me at the moment…
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
AMEN TO THAT!!
May 19th, 2010 at 8:45 am
I’m suffering from anxiety. I sleep about 2.5 hours at night. I wake up in a hot sweat. Fear is ruining my life. It ruined a beautiful relationship. It’s about to ruin my career. I keep praying and shouting and crying out to the Lord in hopes that He will hear me and rescue me. I’ve had anxiety since I was young and the older I get, it gets worse. I pray to God for guidance and I do what my heart says and while I doing it I have so much anxiety. For example, I moved away from home for school and have NOT had peace for 3 years!!! I just want to sleep and not cry and be at ease. Fear prevented me from loving a wonderful man b/c I wasn’t ready. I just wish Jesus would heal me and have mercy on me and bless me again. I’m so sorry Jesus! I pray, started going back to church, talking about my problems, confessing my sins of fear and doubt, repenting, and NOTHING is helping! I feel so OVERWHELMED! I’m so lost. I feel like no one cares b/c they don’t understand. I feel like God stop caring too. I’m so anxious it’s hard to pray at times cause all I do is cry…my throat burns. I can’t calm down at time. I ask Jesus to give me peace so I can listen to Him but isn’t working. I want to be healed by the Lord. I don’t want to take prescription medicine….any advice please???? need_for_greed@yahoo.com
June 5th, 2010 at 1:00 am
Thank God that I came across this site. This is a great testimony and I can relate to everyone. A year ago I fell into a terrible deppression and axiety that I thought would over take me. I know what it is to cry out loud and beg for God’s mercy and healing. I couldn’t work, go out or even get into a car. Forget about grocery shopping I was struck with fear. Last week for the first time in almost a year I went back into the City {NY}. I used to live there. The entire car ride I just kept saying” greater is He who is in me than in the world”. You know what, I made it! I had been speaking words of victory over my life even when I hadn’t felt like it and I still chose to believe God. I kept reminding myself that I am well able to overcome the giants in the land and that this mountain of depression ,anxiety and fear are going to crumble. I have to make it a point to put on my full armor everyday and remind myself that God has an amazing plan for me. I guess the father of lies likes to hit the hardest when he knows that God has something great for us. I have recently learned to sharpen my sword w/ fasting. I know that God is going to heal me. He is in the business of making miracles. I read a book by a pastor who was healed of a deformed heart and how he says the best way to keep our healing is by telling the enemy ” You are NOT putting that sickness back on me! To declare your healing with God’s word and to not open the door to him by doubting your healing. I just got back from another car trip that took me even longer today but I kept relying on God even when I thought I couldn’t make it. I can do ALL things is Christ who strengthens me is a real statement that I cling to and I especially love Psalm 34:4&6. The fact may be that I am on anti-depressants and lorazapram but the TRUTH is that for God NOTHING is impossible!!! He breaks all chains. AMEN we are MORE than conquerors.
June 9th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
My dear brothers and sisters — I write with a broken heart. I feel each of your pain and understand it so because I too am dealing with anxiety and depression myself. It’s been nearly two months, and it’s been so hard. We all know it, feel it, but most importantly have to stick together. 2 Cor 1 tell us that we need each other to comfort one another.
To encourage you all — The day I got home from the hospital from a panic attack I notices a bird outside my window nesting. Not giving it much thought because I was in such a rough spot I paid no attention to it. One evening a friend came over and ask me, “do you know that’s a dove outside your window?” Still not giving it much thought I told him I thought it was a pigeon.
About a week later I did some research on the bird and found out it was a Mourning Dove – Easterner’s refer to it as a Turtle Dove…
When I got out of the hospital two weeks prior I was given several Brennan Manning books (which I strongly recommend reading). The first book I read tells a story about a women on her death bed who was blind and unable to read, however, she quoted a verse that B. Manning had known for years:
See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
… the cooing of the turtle dove
is heard in our land.
Song of Solomon 2:11-12
You all have to read the full story, it’s in the Furious Love of God. But at that point I really felt like I had not been totally abandon, God provided me a dove. Not only does the dove signify peace in the Bible but I realized that for new life to be birth this mother dove has to sit and be patient, wait for the right time to move. Though I am trying to do such, I am not good at waiting. Esp because anxiety and depression is extremely hard to go through. May God grant us more faith and perseverance along with HIS PEACE.
See you all in heaven
June 11th, 2010 at 12:45 am
hello everyone,
I had been battling severe panic and anxiety for a little over 5 months. I too like many others went to the E.R. with chest pains and was told I was hyperventalating. I would go into extreme fear of dying. I.e. heart attack from my chest pain, anuryism from head pains, etc. Researching the internet made things worse. What worked for me was constant prayer. Every night and still to this day I went to sleep listening to Creflo Dollar and Joyce Meyer sermons on fear and thoughts. This kept me focus on the word and I was able to sleep and become familiar with what God wanted me to do. My last solution was reading ” The hidden power of prayer and fasting” This book was wonderful. I tried fasting and my other tactics and after a few days and weeping for release of fear. I was released and it feels so good. Keep praying fasting and stay deep even if you have to pray all day, do it. Joy truly comes in the morning
July 1st, 2010 at 9:19 am
God bless u all!!!!!!!!!! keep faith in lord Jesus Christ.He is our comforter.I m so happy 2 read ur wonderful testimony.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I feel so ashamed as a Christian I shouldn’t be suffering from panic attacks/anxiety, my husband says I don’t have enough faith, that’s why I havent been healed, I am a stumble stone to him, since he is a man of God, and I asked him to pray for me and don’t get healed. I had this for 10 years and take clonazepam for four years. Is like a demon that comes to attack me when I am not expecting it, I often feel I say or did something wrong and that’s why this is happening, and i start to repent of everything i can remember, I love to talk to people about Jesus, but I am a poor excuse for a Christian. How can I say he heals, I cant even invite people to church, God used to use me on that, it was my passion to bring the lost. Ive been told in church not to tell anyone I take medication and just take them.
July 17th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I have been suffering from depression, anxiety and panic disorder for quite a while and didn’t know it; I have prayed with my mom to break the chains of demonic oppression on my mind in Jesus’ Name, and I believe I am healed. The depression, anxiety and fear keep trying to come back on me, but I still believe I am healed and that through this I will be able to help other people with similar problems. The Lord gave me Psalm 121 while I was in Bible study the other day: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.” I pray this helps anyone else in this situation and I also pray in the Name of Jesus, that they will be loosed from the evil spirits of fear and anxiety and depression, and that they will accept the Lord Jesus as Lord and Savior of their lives. Read the Bible and have personal devotionals as often as you can, pray about everything and think about Jesus all the time. It is Jesus—it is HE that will keep your mind in perfect peace. Praise the Lord!!!
July 18th, 2010 at 5:17 am
Thank you for this article. I have always had fears since I can remember as a little girl. I watched my mother have anxiety and panic attacks right in front of me and she would lose control in front me and my siblings throughout our entire life. I’m sure that didn’t help me at all. I have ALWAYS feared the loss of my father and mother at a young age also. I somtimes feel that fears like this are generational and passed down to us, we have to break them by the power of God’s Spirit. I’ve always been a very happy, popular, outgoing girl. And thanks to the Lord I still am….I am not denying those things that are still me
Though when I first married 12 years ago and suffered a very traumatic miscarriage I had a panic atttack and did not know what it was. I also had another about 6 years ago when I vomitted profusely from the stomach flu. I know these attacks stemmed from the fear of dying. Well, I had two panic attacks in 30 years. That was not considered a disorder yet,….not until I became very ill with a stomach bacteria and that’s what brought all the fear and anxiety OUT!….Four years ago, I ate at a restaurant (which I hate to do,…but it was a business meeting) after eating out that night, I became so sick and hurled over in abdominal pain for about a month, the Dr’s could not figure out what was wrong with me. That alone caused severe anxiety. I also self-diagnosed myself looking things up on the internet…not a good idea. All I could see regarding my symptoms was “stomach cancer”….I freaked out! I truly believed I was dying and going to leave my beautiful husband and babies behind. By the time the doctors figured out that I had a bacterial infection contracted by contaminated food and water, (wonderful!!) I had already had about 100 episodes of anxiety and panic attacks. This is when it became a disorder…I was having them over and over. I blame the doctors everyday for being so ignorant and not being able to help me sooner. Anyway, I too cried out for The Lord’s healing everyday!!! I had 3 little ones….4,3,2, years old back then. I was going crazy ….(so I thought) Remember, if you THINK you are crazy, you really aren’t. Crazy people don’t ever think they are. That helped me alot to hear that one day. Anyway, what I wanted to share was that when our body and mind are pushed to a certain limit too fast, whether its stress, or trauma, etc….the seratonin levels in out brain start to deplete. This means that after a while we are no longer able to cope with fears because our brain is depleted from the seratonin. Seratonin is what helps us cope with fears, anxieties,…etc… The only way to build our seratonin levels is by taking natural supplements which create the seratonin for out brains. Amino acids, 5 HTP…etc…this really helps. And if you are a woman, it is very helpful if you get a hormone panel done to see if your hormones are at their appropriate levels. I do believe that this is also an attack of the evil one….but it is also something that our body does after suffering from much stress and trauma,…we need to build our body and mind with Gods word and also good supplements to help our mind cope with these issues. If anyone is wondering what my take is on anti-anxiety meds or anti depressants, here you go. If you take them, and they work for you, Praise the Lord!, God has given us Dr’s,.. don’t feel ashamed!! But, if you are not feeling well on them,.. discontinue use. I think the anti-anxiety meds are ok to help the onset of an attack. I once was having a panic attack on the highway and almost killed my entire family. I believe that God would want me to take the medicine to help myself, not kill myself. I say be careful with the anti-depressants though. Doctors cannot measure how much seratonin you are lacking and they just clinically diagnose you and let you walk away with 20 mgs of Paxil?…..WHAT!…that scares me. I have known too many peeople that have been suicidal and have committed suicide on these pills. This is not to be taken lighty. Thank you to all for your encouragement. We are all in this together….we have to pray for eachother and bind the enemy. I am a full-time wife and mother to an amazing man of God and 3 gorgeous children. I believe that when I am fully restored I would love to have another baby….but for now, I must trust in Jesus and HIS mighty power for a FULL HEALING!!!! I just wrote an novel!! I wonder if anyone will read this!! LOL!!. Good Night!!!….. Love, Abby
July 25th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
I can definitely, relate to this testimony, I have been
experiencing attacks of the enemy of my mental health,
I been diagnose with MD a mood disorder, and been attack
by fear and negatively thinking and depression, yet will I have faith, to believe the impossible for complete healing over this situation, the enemy always attack me with doubt, saying I not believing enough and
tormenting me past failure that happen my life, overwhelming with guilt,self-condemnation and humiliation, yet I continue to focus on God Word, to help me, in spite of what my emotions dictate to me, and give less place to the enemy, sometimes the attack I don’t always feel the results of healing, yet this testimony let me know if I stay the course deliverance will come, and that God is faithful to His Word, praise be to God for his wonderful power of healing deliverance! Wherein I wait in expectancy wherein
God will never fail, in spite of what our emotions reveal the Lord is the same yesterday today, and forevermore.
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Man Thank you Jesus and thank you for this testimony..Lately I have been experiencing anxiety and insomnia. It got so bad i couldnt even finish a state program to find a job. I kept having these tormenting thoughts that I will never be able to work again and how was i gonna take care of my kids and all these crazy visions of me being a loser!!!I gave my life back to Christ and am reading scriptures to help me get through this!!!I still get these worries that slander my mind but all I can do is continue serving and giving this to God!!your testimony gives me faith that i’m gonna get through this.
August 6th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
All I can say is thank you Jesus. I have had two extremely severe panic attacks in a week, and felt as if I was going to lose my mind. I have never had these before in my life. It was hard for me to ride in cars without hyperventilating and I would shake constantly. I was seriously praying that God would just take my life as a broken ligament would be more desirable than this. But I took a long hot bath a while ago and jumped online and I believe was divinely directed to this page. I have been crying my eyes out reading all of the testimonies and those who are experiencing the same things I am. I have strayed from God so many times, but he remains faithful. And although it may not feel like it, faith is not about feelings. And I claim my healing. Whether it manifests itself today or 3 months from now, I know God loves me enough to help me through this. He promised to put no more on us than we can bear. This condition is painful mentally and physically, and all I ask is that you pray for me as I pray for you. We will get through this! Love you all!
August 19th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
i am a christian with bipolar and ocd .
the verse stated that god give us sound mind , what are those people who is un-sound mind , where is the promise of god ?
September 4th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Philipian 4:6,7. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving; let your request be made to God; and the peace of God which supasses understanding will guard your heart and mind through Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 26:3 you will keep him In perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Intouch ministries of Charles Stanley resently had part 1 and 2 about anxiety on his podcasts. Like august 30,2010. Very helpful to me.
I’m still fighting while taking Xanax and buproprion twice a day.
September 30th, 2010 at 3:02 am
I’ve suffered with a CHRONIC anxiety disorder for 6 months straight. It came on in April and it got so incredibly bad that it had completely taken over my life. My mind was a complete mess, it got to a point where I was scared to let any thought come into my head, because it would spiral off into something horrible and scary. Aside from the mental symptoms, I felt sick everyday, like my throat was being strangled, unable to breathe properly, dizzy, sick in the stomach, tense through my whole body, shaky, sweaty, hazy vision, often with pins and needles in my hands and face. I felt like this from the moment I woke up until the moment I went to bed and often suffered all night panic attacks which were even worse and kept me up all night.
I felt unable to enjoy anything; most of the time when I was having conversations with people, I could barely concentrate on what they were saying because I felt so awful. It was truly hideous and I lived that way for 6 months.
I tried a million different things to get over the anxiety: medications (both the anti-anxiety/anti-depressant type and the calming Xanax type), dietary supplements (sometimes anxiety is caused by things like a magnesium deficiency), homeopathic remedies (I just went from bad to worse), relaxation techniques, therapy and multiple visits to the doctor to be tested for various illnesses and heart problems. And not one of those things helped me.
A few night ago, my cousin and uncle prayed for me to be healed with their hands on my arm and my back. I felt heat radiating from their hands, but nothing happened straight away. I went home and made a decision to pack up all my occult crap (leading up to the anxiety, I had been heavily involved in Wicca, tarot, etc, and only began to back away from it when the anxiety happened because it started to not feel right).
I put all the stuff into a box, taped it up and threw it out into the backyard. 20 Minutes later, I was in the car with my partner and I suddenly realised that I had no sense of anxiety AT ALL. For the first time in 6 months. I told him this and he was a little freaked. I waited, but the anxiety did not come back. That night I was filled with a happiness that was so intense and so pure, I was literally dancing around my house. I’ve felt happiness before, but nothing close to that – it was an otherworldly sensation. I couldn’t even get to sleep because I was so excited! Razz
When I woke up, the anxiety still wasn’t there. Nor is it there today. So, I went into the city with my cousin, bought a bible and asked to be saved. For real. After what I have experienced, there is no way I could deny the existence of God. I have not taken on any ‘religion’ as I find non-denominational worship feels right.
I was probably one of the least likely people to EVER become a Christian. Seriously, I used to cast spells. And when I was doing that, life took a turn for the darker. And for 6 months, I wasn’t doing more than existing.
Anyway, that’s just my experience. =) So what I want all of you who are suffering with these mental illnesses to hold onto is that God WILL heal you. He is mysterious and he does things in his own time, for reasons that we often can’t understand. Just keep your faith strong with his Word – read it everyday, all day everyday even!
Pray constantly and submit your requests for restored health of the mind, body and heart. He does hear you and you will be healed. Just keep believing. =)
October 12th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Hi Kendall,
I find your testimony amazing. Unbelievable too.
Wish someone prayed like that here.
October 19th, 2010 at 6:58 am
Hi S,
Sorry it’s taken me awhile to check this thread again.
Any Christian can pray for you and ask for healing. The thing is, as amazing as my uncle and cousin are, they were only the vessel for God’s work. He healed me through their hands. 
Just ask a couple of Christians whose faith is strong to do the same for you. 
Good luck!
October 20th, 2010 at 3:37 am
I’ve the same even in the worst situation all mention there i’ve attacked every four years for four times .
i prayed for deliverance but still now the problem is with me i’ve no sleep no appetite no peace for more than two months .please pray for me
October 21st, 2010 at 5:41 pm
All I can say is wow! God is so awesome and your stories bring me so much hope. I can not even tell you how I got to this website! Im actually on my phone! I have been challenged with anxiety for 3 months now. I have also grown closer to the Lord and he has taught me how to transform my thoughts through the word of God. Life and stress will always be here, but our main goal is to learn how to govern our feelings that anxiety will not take over our lives, and God will be first and foremost that he may lead us and guide us into all truth. The devil found a weak spot and he is going all out, because he know his time is short! We have the victory. We shall live and not die to declair the works of the lord. Those feelings are just our bodies way of protecting it self. Although overwhelmingly uncomfortable, know that they will go away when you don’t fear them. God always gets to the root of the problem. Although the enemy meant this for evil God turns it around for our good. We are all ready to be healed…immediately. Continue to pray and read and speak his word, anxiety will be a memory! Stay blessed!
October 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 am
I have always had a spirit of fear in my life, even though I have been a born again christian since I was a child. I had a health issue that the doctors couldnt figure out, and I started to have panic attacks. I didnt know what they were and thought they had to do with my health issue. I have had them on and off for years. Somehow I could get my mind off the obsesive thinking for long enough to break the pattern, but it didnt last. I searched for answers from every place I could think of with no answers. It had to happen that way because Jesus wanted to be the answer. Jesus said if you seek him with all your heart you will find him. It doesnt happen over night because he wants to build a deeper relationship with you. I can tell you the more you fill your mind with Gods word the less room there is for satan to get into your thoughts. Fill your mind as much as you can. Get books like battle field of the mind by joyce meyer, fasting from wrong thinking books and dvds from gregory dickow(its not a fast from food). Get into a good bible study, a great study is breaking free by beth moore. If you cant join a study you can get the book and do it at home. It will show you how to overcome anything with Gods word and help you understand his word and apply it to your life. Jesus is the answer, praise him and thank him even when its hard, and he will walk through this with you and bring you out with a peace that surpasses all comprehension.
Jesus came to set the captives free, praise God!
October 29th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I’m suffering still from anxieties and insomnia and fear of being crazy almost give up my hope .my enemy is continuously fighting my life . my nights are sleepless, my days are peace less ,i can’t plan, i stopped working .But why all this worst things are deserved to me since I’m christian? .Is that penalties for my disobedience? so please all christian pray for me .But still i believe the lord Jesus ,maker of miracles can deliver me.he is almighty God and merciful.
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:46 pm
I just read Neil Anderson’s “breaking the bondage”.
It tells about enemy oppression and he has a method of combating it.
I’m in the same situation but my Christian psycologist is taking me through Neil’s process. Anyone else read it?
November 10th, 2010 at 4:35 am
omg, i had the same kind of thing happen to me as a child but a different thought – this has affected me up until now and i became/am very bitter about it but God is healing me. pray i will be totally healed.
November 11th, 2010 at 1:09 am
I just got the book the bondage breaker, It looks good. I am finishing the book power thoughts by joyce meyers and the study breaking free by beth moore. As I said earlier you need to fill your mind with the word of God. Find verses like Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension shall guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Some othes to look up and write down are: 2 Corinthians 10:5
Philippians 4:6
John 14:27
John 15:7
2 Timothy 1:7
Isaiah 26:3-4
Mark 9:23
Mark 11:24
Romans 8:37
I know it will take a little effort to look these up amd write them down, but it works. When you speek the word out loud you are taking power away from satan. Say positive things like God is working in my life, I am going to get better every day. Stop saying you have anxiety because when you say that you are giving satan something to work with. I know it might not feel like God is working but he is, and you need to start letting the power of the Holy Spirit work in you.
If you feel you have done something to deserve this or you are being punished, read Psalm 107. God wants all of his children to be healed, even if you messed up. The minute you cry out to him he forgives you and wants to show you his glory, and heal you so you can tell others what he did for you. See also Hebrews 12:5-11
If you have been walking with God and dont know why this is happening to you, remember all things work for good to those who love him. I know we dont understand his ways, but they are always out of love for us. TRUST HIM! God is so worthy of our trust.
God has given us power, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. You dont have to stay in bondage. Remind satan you are a child of the most high God. God will never give up on you, dont give up on him.
November 12th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
‘good to know am not alone in this battle. burnout, depression, losing friends, family and job..
I can feel and relate with all of you: symptoms of the panic anxiety, etc…
I’ve done everything what some of you have recommended..’have claimed verses like what Roddy shared: Psalm91;
‘searched the websites on fighting depression, panic anxiety…’have read spiritual bondage books–Neil Anderson’s Bondage Breaker, other books on spiritual bondages and freedom’Joyce Meyer’s series of videos, etc. ‘ read the bible’ memorized passages.. praying, worshipping..
‘quite ironic that I used to lead others to freedom from this same sicknesses.
I know the problem is me, not God. ‘might have fallen away from God’s fold that’s why these attacks…
been on and off with my bouts of panic and depression …’had experienced victories before, then down again..the vicious cycle continues. I know am responsible–am tackling personal issues; searching for a counselor, now trying to withdraw from meds and finding difficulties–yes, I’ve tried homeopathic treatment–I got the worst, perhaps because I tried to withdraw from meds at the same time with those homeopathic meds..
the worst thing that could happen to one going through this is not having the means to find treatment and lack of people support…
In my journey fighting this battle, I saw God’s faithfulness through brethren who gave support in surprising ways…but some did give up on me..
‘have gone through so much stresses, fighting guilt remorse, pains, heartaches..i don’t know where this path would lead me..
I like what kathleen said” I guess the father of lies likes to hit the hardest when he knows that God has something great for us.” I noticed that I have these bouts when am in the midst of doing projects for the ministry–temptations would come, I gave in, then these attacks..
and as I battle this I hang on to this thought: “that all things work together for our good”
..yes, we all need to pray for one another…
that we may be covered with blood of Jesus..and healing would come our way..
November 18th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Lets all just repeat Isaiah 53:5 He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Keep on repeating, by Jesus’ stripes I am Healed
by Jesus’ stripes I am healed by Jesus’ stripes I am healed. Amen
December 6th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Thank you all so much for your testimony! I have struggled with anxiety (panic) and depression. I went on a mission trip this summer and the Lord Jesus delivered me of all symtoms for the entire week! I am taking a low dose of Lexapro still, but weaning off. God is so good, and I have gotten so much closer to Him through this. I still deal with my mind not feeling clear (confusion) at times, but have also felt the complete peace of the Holy Spirit rest on me. May God bless you all. Remember…His grace is sufficient, and His power is made perfect in your weakness. Just trust Him, and stay in The Living Word.
December 8th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Thank the Lord for this website. All of these testimonies are so uplifting. I, too, am struggling with panic/anxiety. I can relate with all of your testimonies. I have battled with this off and on since I was a child but I recently have given my heart back to the Lord and I feel like Satan has attacked me worse than he ever has. I know the Lord will heal me and that all my horrible thoughts are nothing but a vicious attack from Satan, but everything he says is nothing but lies! The devil is a lie and the father of lies! I have had pretty much every symptom of anxiety known to man. But I know God is there in the midst of my battle and yours too.
December 9th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
I’m so GLAD I read ur testimony.. I’m also going through a lot of anxiety and depression.. My anxiety feels like my body is braking down… I know my Lord is with us all and all of us going through all this is only going to make us stronger! Beacuase God our Heavenly Father doesn’t allow stuff like this to happen to us if he knows we’re not going to overcome this… All these thoughts and fears don’t come from God just remember that always… I know God already started to heal me and its a process we just have to be patient and keep our word of always and forever praising our Lord.. let’s not forget that God healed and turn our backs on him once we’re healed… ALWAYS remember and keep learning his WORD!!! GOD my Heavenly Father I love u and I know u will heal us all!!!
December 11th, 2010 at 12:17 am
I can relate to Ryan and the mind not being clear as I have experienced this too. I have come out of this fog by keeping my eyes on HIM in the past. I am being attacked again, but KNOW that I will be delivered soon by focusing on HIM. Sometimes, I tend to focus on the anxiety or depressive symptom and this compounds the problem. To fight the lies of Satan, remember to use the ruler of James 3:17. For the wisdom that is from above is first of all pure, peace loving, kind, gentle, and full of fruit. If the thought in your mind does not conform to this bible verse, it is simply not from God and is a lie from the devil. Let’s all make sure we pray for one another.
December 17th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
What you are facing is trials of god because he wants you to build your fath in him and the only way to do it is to test you but don’t worry its only for a momment.
December 22nd, 2010 at 5:51 pm
I have been reading this forum and it is truly encouraging. I am going through anxiety, depression and few panic attacks for more than a year. It all started when my BP raised and I started worrying about health. On the other end I was kind of disappointed about the life. Felt very challenging especially working with software development. After twelve years in the industry and got tired of keeping up the technology and even I ask myself when this journey of chasing the technology will be over. Ideally it will never be. What I have learned from this trail is that it we human being are created worship the Lord Jesus and to work on this earth as long as we live. We are never created to sit ideal and watch the grass grow. Despite being in this struggle lots of great thing happened in my life. My daughter was born in this year and I have been promoted as Project Manager last year December. So, not to brag, I did good job and the company that I worked thought that I would be great project manager. Now, self esteem comes into picture. Can I do this, could I do this, do I have the caliber to perform at this new role? It was simply a bilateral decision. I wasn’t sure whether or not I should take this responsibility. After couple of weeks thought about this decision, I finally decide to take new role. After that my level of anxiety/depression reached very high. I wasn’t willing to go to psychologist for 6 months in row. My ego wouldn’t allow me do those and I come from the culture where if you go to psychologist/psychiatrist you will be labeled as different person. Pathetic, after completed master in computers and spend 17 years schooling I didn’t learn the aspect of life. I started learning life only through the bible. Sorry, if you follow other religion, atheist, and agonistics you may get offended by what I have to say here. But that is reality. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through Jesus. Despite that we still love you.
Back to my suffering, I would feel chest pains, headaches and tingling sensation in various parts of the body. One time I went to ER and I have been told that I had painic attack. Phew… that was very frightening experience. The more I worried the longer the chest pain would last. It is been on and off many times during this year. Any how I went to doctor did lot of tests and everything came out negative. Thank GOD for that. I would recommend you to go to Christian consuling, psychologist/psychiatrist instead of going to doctor who doesn’t believe in Christ and his values. Now I am on paxil for the last six months and lunsta for sleeping. To tell you the truth, sleeping pill didn’t work for three weeks in row. I was frustrated but latter I learned to keep myself calm. Eventually the sleeping pill started taking effect and time to time I wouldn’t get good night sleep. It is troublesome and affects the work, but with God’s help my attitude toward my problem is started changing. Now I am thinking that as long as I get one to two hrs of sleep is good enough for me. And by his grace I am able to sleep six to seven hrs per night and some nights and I wouldn’t get good night sleep. I am not bothered by this anymore.
1. Now I knew what this suffering means. Some time I feel like that I am experiencing the hell. To provide the hope we can take lots of example from bible. Moses was afraid to talk to Pharaoh, Job was suffered through great depression, David suffered through depression, Prophet Isaiah was afraid of his life and finally our great LORD JESUS himself went to through such pain and agony. Think about the agony that he went though in the garden of Gethsemane. The weight of our sin is so heavy and according to Luke 22:43–44, Jesus’ anguish in Gethsemane was so deep that “his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground Angels have to come and encourage Him. No doubt that our LORD Jesus is the man on the earth that he went through great pain and suffering. Sure he knew what kind of death he would have to go through and despite know this fact he did his ministry about three years.
Here are some of recommendations. If you have chest pain first consults the doctor and take proper medication. If your test results are –ve don’t chase the chest pain is search engines. Similarly don’t search about stress. Lean to manage in your own ways. If you need to go to psychologist/psychiatrist don’t procrastinate. Don’t contemplate the suicide. Suicide is not the answer to this suffering. Rather focus on LORD JESUS, plug yourself to Sunday services and hang around the people who can encourage you. Like any other suffering we have to go through this suffering. You are not the only one going through the suffering study says that about 18 Million people suffering from anxiety and depression. If you could share your suffering and healing feel free to do so. That would be great help for others. In my trial, I have got more joy compared to last year. I have learned that GOD has given me enough knowledge and courage to succeed in my new role and responsibility. I don’t need to compare myself with others. Yes, I am on medicine, praying to GOD for healing, reading the bible and living my life with this trail. I am praying to GOD that the trial will be over soon. However, this is not in my time certainly it will happen in GOD’s time. Finally I thank my wife and my son and daughter who helped me to sail through this anxiety and depression. I thank my friend and my college classmate who had gone through the same struggle had given me lots of encouragement and he is giving the encouragement whenever I needed. My church pastor gave me lots of encouragement. Some of the sermons that he preached during these years were very helpful. Especially he was preaching sermons by the title untouchables. Wow, he brought the pastor’s wife who had gone through the emotional suffering for more than five years. After her preaching, I had the courage and decided to go to psychiatrist. During this trail I have often pondering about the following versus. Isaiah 41:10-16 and Jeremiah 33:6. This is a Christmas season folks and get excited about our LORD birthday. Merry Christmas folks…
10 So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11 “All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
13 For I am the LORD your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,
little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help you,” declares the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.
16 You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale will blow them away.
But you will rejoice in the LORD
and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
6 “‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.
January 7th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Dear precious Souls,
Before I speak of my testimony, I want to share with all of you that I feel the need to repent before God and before you all, my dear precious souls, that at times, I let my afflictions and circumstances dictate my faith, and in doing so, I choose to believe the lies of the enemy rather than standing on the Word of God.
YES YES YES – The only way to healing and deliverance is through Jesus CHrist our Lord, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”. If my afflictions taught me anything, it is just that.
This is a real battle in the spirit realm, my dear friends, and the only way to win it is to stand on God’s Word.
I am now plunging into the great Christian battle called – “Hope against all hope”. ANd that is impossible to do unless we read the Word, which is truth, and the truth shall set us free!
I declare that God will heal us, no matter how hopeless it may seem, or how small our faith may get in the midst of discouragement. I declare and decree God’s healing power over my brothers and sisters who are going through the same affliction as me, in the mighty name of Jesus.
I have been struggling with anxiety for 21 years. Before I got saved (I got saved at 24 – best day of my life). I was delivered from drugs, cigarettes, and unhealthy lifestyle of partying.
I always refused to take medication for anxiety and always managed to relatively fight it (but always felt inner torment – never felt peace), until one day at the age of 30, when I thought things couldn’t get worst, an affliction came over me which the doctors call Nocturnal Myoclonus – It’s a sleeping disorder that has the body doing spasms all night long and deprives you of sleep chronically.
I still refused to take medication, and then I collapsed into a burnout. 2 burnouts to be honest. Couldn’t work, fell into a deep depression. Went down to 89 pounds – So at that point, it was take the medication or die.
You see, I refused medication because I believed it meant I wasn’t trusting God, but my dear fellow christians, there is a difference between being radical and foolish.
Jesus was radical in His faith, but not foolish. He says in HIs word, When people are sick go see a physician.” WHo do you think gave doctors the intelligence and wisdom to create medicine for mankind? It’s none other than our Mighty Creator.
I believe without a doubt in God’s healing power. However, I also stand on the Word that says, Every Good and Perfect Gift Comes From God. James 1:17a
This means that whatever God has provided for us on earth, don’t despise it, use it to help you through the battle. I learnt that taking medication is not a weakness, but one of the helping tools God has provided to help us through certain seasons of our lives.
It doesn’t mean you’ve stopped believing, it means you are believing more than ever and are willing to fight to get to the other side, it means you are not ready to give up the good fight, that you are still running the race.
Just keep on standing on God’s Word while taking the medication, and let Jesus be your source, let the Word be your sword and sheild. Whatever meds you are taking, just keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, and He’ll do the rest. Always keep believing for your healing and deliverance. ALWAYS!
God cautions us to be wise in all things. That includes your health, brothers and sisters.
I do battle greatly with the lies of the enemy,
BLess God though, through some intensive research, I have found a natural product called Gaba. It diminishes my spasms to almost none, but I still need to take medication for depression and to help me fall asleep, or I literally stay awake all night long until the sun rises.
I want to encourage all of you who are battling depression and anxiety, to really seize the importance of diving into the Word of God. It’s what has kept me going all these years. IF God could deliver me from drugs and cigarettes, He could certainly deliver you and me from any other affliction.
I do believe, as some have written in their testimonies, that God will use everything for our good, and that people need us to not give up, as we are being built up to help and efify others who are going through similar trials. Never ever give up. Always hope, even against all hope, always pray, always believe, because “those who hope in Me (God) will not be disappointed.” Isaiah 49:23
Peace and blessings,
K
January 11th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
This is for KIM..
I read ur testimony n I would like to get in touch with u…
I wrote mine last month and what I’m going throu is similar to what ur going throu.. if u get a chance to read this can u please let me know if its ok that I get in touch with u.. My name is Terry.
January 15th, 2011 at 1:44 pm
I am dealing with a lot of what everyone is saying. If anyone wants to contact me, maybe we can help each other. jason1984skater[at]yahoo.com We can pray and read and talk about what is going on…
Thanks, Jason
January 16th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Hi,
Great post and highly precious to the eyes that fall on it. The to natural man or woman, giving thanks to God for anxiety is not an option. We are commanded to do so and are prone to fight it and get it as far as we can away from us. However this is not what the scripture instructs us to do and modern day science has now proven this to be accurate.
When in the midst of anxiety or any kind of temptation or trial, instead of allowing the enemy to trick our minds into feeling sorry for ourselves and making us think that we can beat it on our own, or that we are going mad etc, we should be thanking God for our anxiety, our worries and hard times.
Why? Because it’s biblical and goes against what we want…lol, I laugh at that. When we fight something, it’s intensity grows, when we accept something, it’s intensity subsides. Does not your creator know you better than you do? Does he not want you to just trust him and thank him daily?
The flesh has mastered trickery and in conjuction with the enemy, can be very overwhelming. James says that we are to Count it all joy when we fall into diverse temptations and trials.
Why on earth would we want to thank God for our woes? Because that’s the spiritual law, trust in God and he will deliver you from your fears. When you add fear to anxiety, it grows and when you throw confusion into the mix, it becomes acute.
The late Dr. Claire Weekes understood the concept of accepting and being thankful in our trials because they not only dissolve the woes but bring us closer to God and create an awesome trusting relationship with him.
God is way ahead of our understanding and his commands are true and correct and more than sufficient to give us perfect peace and blessings.
But worries are not of God? No they are not but patience, joy and love are and it is only through trials in life that we grow and learn to build our supply of these wonderful Godly characteristics. Spurgeon urges us to be thankful in all our difficult times and not to tarry with it for the peace and patience that emerges makes perfect the practitioner.
Let patience have her perfect work that ye may be perfect and entire wanting nothing. Thank God for your trials and watch and see what happens….hehe, he is an awesome and very smart God, way smarter than us.
But I need to war against the spirts of Satan and beat it….NO YOU DO NOT MY CHILD. God has won the battle and there it will remain. Submit yourselves to God first, thanking him and ye may then resist the devil for him to flee. We give the enemy way too power in our own minds i’m afraid.
THANK GOD FOR ANXIETY, LET OUR EMOTIONS DO WHAT THEY WILL, HOLD FAST AND LET PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK AND WATCH ANXIETY FEE! LIGHT AND DARKNESS CANNOT OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE.
Blessings,
Dominic
January 24th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Hi Terry,
Yes you can definitely get in touch with me. I’m not sure how this works, though, I don’t really want the whole world to see my contact info…?
Kim
January 26th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Kim…
Email me at mtbuen30[at]gmail.com
Thank u so much… this message is only for KIM
From Terry
January 28th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Ive been going through the same thing, where your life is so full of fear u begin to doubt your life and it seems to be so unreal. It was 6 months ago when I hit rock bottom with anxiety and depression. I turned to god and.no matter how hard it was just to have faith I stuck through it. I thought the same like god wouldnt help me even when things were getting better but thats apart of the anxiety and fear that your life is doomed with this forever. Im gettin stronger day by day and god can and will heal us all from these lies from the devil. The best cure is not only gods word but to not fear and accept what is happening to ur body and realize that anxiety doesnt kill u and youll b more at peace bc once u relax ur on ur way to recovery and those disturbing umrealistic thoughts will subside. Fill ur day completely up with the word and things to do, u will be so distracted from your fears that they no longer become an issue. Hope all u guys do well
January 28th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
If anyone still struggles with fear and anxiety and needs someone for advice or just to talk to email me. Kendra.hooper07[at]gmail.com
February 3rd, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Dear Friends, I am going through the same thing but praise God He is always with us. I want to encourage you that Jesus never leaves us even when He seems far away.
Depression is a real joy stealer but it will pass! It is only for a season. I have learned so many lessons from this and I will list them so that it helps you to realise that we all go through with this for basically the same reason. Yes, this is what I believe. It doesn’t matter WHY it happned, what matters is the reasons are always the same.
Too much focus on self leading to fear
Too much emphasis on trying to do it yourself
Too little reliance on God to take you through life
Not enough spiritual strength which can be rectified by talking to God and reading His word
And finally, learning the ability to cast all your cares upon the Lord. Not a little, but ALL.
Chemical imbalance is created by our thoughts, not vice versa. A good diet and sleep are important, but once we have the Lord’s peace we have health and good sleep naturally! We wont eat or do the wrong stuff.
Be patient dear friends. Keep praising the Lord and watch the miracle. Just believe. Don’t fear what if what if…but…but…I know because I have to fight this every day, but if you can do it for a while the whole day becomes good. God only asks you to fight a bit, the rest He does.
May God bless us all
Sujata
February 15th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
hello everyone,
i came across this website and just felt that i had to share my story. i’m 19 years old and been suffering from anxiety for like 3 years now. i’ve also suffered from panick attacks and depression as well. From the age of 15 to 17 my life spun out of control. I started to get involved in drugs, drinking, partying and bad relationships. I hung out with the wrong crowd and started to show self destructive behaviors. finally after a few really bad scares i quit drugs and started to go clubbing and i would drink heavily on weekends. i thought i wasnt hurting myself because everyone eles did it and it seemed ok. I was totally wrong of course and at the age of 17 my terrible anxiety surfaced after a relationship i was involved in.
During that time i had taken a break from church and i was pretty lost in the world. now that i look back, even when i was running in the crowd i never felt like i fitted in. Even thhough my anxiety was on and off i functioned fine and held a job and went to school. I started going to church again about a year ago and shortly after i got involved with a guy and my anxiety and pancick attacks spun out if control. i realized that i belong to Jesus and i dont want to be involved with the things of my past. I struggled and to this day struggle with bad thoughts and obessive thoughts that taunt me all day. I went to a therapist and she diagnosed me with ocd. I’ve been like this for seven months and i hold on to God with all i have. I am seeking him like never before. i slip into these depressive states where i dont want to get out of bed. I am trying everyday to speak the word to my mind. I know when i am over all of this my faith is going to be unshakable. For now i am focusing on getting my life back and i want to return to school and get a job again. my anxiety and panick disorder has been holding me back from the plan that God has for my life. Please keep me in your prayers as i continue to seek God’s will for my life.
March 1st, 2011 at 2:25 pm
I, too, can relate to your post. I have suffered from anxiety on and off since I was 7 (I’m now 19). While I struggled in my younger years, my mom helped me start learning about God and would encourage me to continue to seek a relationship with him. When I went to college this past fall, I turned my back on God. I’ve hit a bout of anxiety, panic attacks, and depression and I’ve been feeling alone and worthless, consumed by my thoughts. I can hardly get to class or even leave my bed at times. I’ve gone to a therapist, done meditation, supplements, deep breathing, and spent lots of audio tapes but nothing seems to help. Two nights ago I had a breakdown and turned to God. I got down on my knees and prayed. I want to open my heart to God and walk with him. I think I’ve had a lot of anger towards God because of my childhood, and I was honest with him about that (of course, he already knows) I want to put down the weight of the worry I carry with me everyday, because I don’t have to do it alone. That night and the next day I felt the biggest peace I have felt in a long time. Today I am struggling again, but I know if I keep my faith then God will heal me. We aren’t alone.
March 1st, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Thank you for sharing your testimony. God has taught you the healing power of His Word and He is using His Word to free you. Praise His Name!
Keep praying and keep reading His Word. It really has the power to transform lives!
God has taught me this lesson too through a dream He gave me. It’s posted here and it’s called “The Pure Light That Changes.” I encourage those who are struggling to read it. I thank God for helping me through that dream and I also thank Him for using that dream to help others.
May God continue to bless and keep you.
March 5th, 2011 at 3:30 am
WOW !!!!!!!!! THIS IS UNBELIVEABLE I WENT THROUGH ALMOST THE SAME EXCACT THING…I WAS GOING TO CHURCH AS A YOUNG GIRL I STOPPED FOR A WHILE DID THE PARTYING ,SMOKING AND DRINKING TOO, THEN CAME THE SPIRITS OF FEAR AND THE ATTACKS…TO THE POINT THAT I DIDNT THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE NO MORE …WITHEN A MONTH I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL 9 TIMES,,,,THINKING I WAS DYING I WOULDNT GO TO THE STORES,OUT TO EAT,GET OUT OF BED, BUT I WOULD ALWAYS GO THE HOSPITAL ….IT WAS A BIG MESS…SURE ENOUGH I CALLED MY PASTOR AND HE PRAYED FOR ME AND HE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD TO BACK TO CHURCH…MAN THAT SAME WEEKENED I WENT …ALL IM GOING TO SAY IS GOD IS AMAZING I LOVE HIM…I NO LONG HAVE ATTACKS LIKE I DID I CAN ACTUALLY TAKE SHOWERS,FOOD SHOPING ….I KEEP PRAYING AND IM CLOSER TO GOD LIKE NEVER BEFORE…..IM GLAD IT HAPPEN NOW CAUSE I SEEKED GOD AGAIN…AND NEVER WILL HE LEAVE ME…LETS KEEP PRAYING IT WILL SOON BE OVER WITH….GOD BLESS THANKS FOR READING …AND LIKE I TELL PEOPLE ..DONT SEEK GOD JUST WHEN YOU NEED HIM…SEEK HIM CAUSE YOU WANT HIM WITH YOU ALWAYS…MAKE CHURCH AND GOD YOUR #1 ON YOUR EVERDAY LIST …NOT JUST SUNDAYS..GET INVOLED
March 13th, 2011 at 9:30 am
These feelings of anxiety are so very strong. I believe so much in the Lord. If it were not for my precious Lord I would not be here now. My anxiety makes me shake and the fear is constant. I feel like I am short changing the Lord. Satan is horrible. He has no place in my life, and yet he is ever present and lying. God, please help me! THIS IS OVERTAKING MY LIFE!
March 15th, 2011 at 11:15 am
I thank God for hearing my prayers and helping my anxiety be subdued too. I have this anxiety problem where I will worry ALOT if my friends do not reply to my message, mostly worrying that they do not want to reply me or are ignoring me. I prayed, and the replies came through, along with the explanation in which I discovered were nothing to do with them ignoring me, but because they were also having rough days. Thank You God, please help me get over my anxiety problem on this because it is taking up way too much of my energy and emotions, which is very unhealthy.
March 17th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
HI My name is carine and I am from Lebanon the middle east and I lived all my life in fear from war and people dying.In 2007 was the first time the panic attack start and I was Married for 2 years and lived in USA and it’s off and on untill the last 3 month and I have been with the lord for almost a year and I am in the middle of the storm right now and reading your testimony mean a lot to me because it’s encourage me to hold on to our father and fight all this with his words and it’s working and beleive and trust in the lord that he is going to deliver me from all this
and I have a pill and I am nt taking it too because God is my Doctor and my healer yes he is.May God bless you.
March 18th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Eyes Be Healed!
I had an eye Dr. appointment for the first time in almost 2 years, on Friday. Having been without any form of meds or treatment, I was expecting the worst, but praying for better. Turns out I got the best. While I still have some swelling in the blood ves…sels, it was minimal, and I had no sign of “floaters” or “snow banking”. I was told my eyes look the same, if not better than it had been the last time I was treated. This is amazing considering the few times I went a few months without any kinds of treatment or meds, I ended up with serious digressions in my condition. As it stands now, I do not need to return to any kind of treatment or medication because my condition in now mild and my vision with my glasses is 20/20. I’m filing this experience under MIRACLE and considering my 13 years of prayers answered with something other than “be patient”. It’s been rough, but it looks like it may finally be over. No more eye injections, infusions, mass amounts of pills, huge medical expenses, fighting with insurance agencies…I can definitely get used to this. Praise God!!!See More
By: Orlando Gomez
April 2nd, 2011 at 11:22 am
hey lindalong, ur testimony is amazing. i feel it is exactly about me, i need help so much right now. i wish i could talk to u once…
April 13th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
It’s been a blessing to find this site and read evryone’s testimony… I can relate to all of you and now I know I’m not alone.
I believe God has something special for each one of us going through this, a ministry that can help people with what we are going through once we overcome through Him.
When we get and stay in that secret place in the Lord accrording to Pslams 91, the enemy cannot reach us there because we will be in the experience of Gods perfect love, which casts out fear. Fear will be a thing of the past when we SURRENDER our lives to live in that secret place with God.
I believe this is a call for us to give up our lives so we can find our lives in Him, short of that my only hope has been meds and alcohol that only served to numb me while I never became all that God wants for me and in fact I got worse and the enemy just stole, killed and destroyed everything in my life, by my own hands!
When we Surrender COMPLETELY to God, seek 1st His kingdom with all our heart and press, press, press you will find Him, and this time don’t let go! A minister who overcame this instructed me to pray in tounges (if you do) and read the word everyday as much as you can in your idle time, praise and worship God everyday whenever you can (in the car etc.), talk to God in the spirit and outloud and come bodly and CONFIDENTLY to His throne. He likes when we come expecting Him to respond, because FAITH pleases God and if you fully expect Him to respond to you, He does. Practice the presence of God and stay in that secret place. Do all these things with your whole heart, mind and soul and not only does the devil flee but you will experience all of the fruits of the Spirit, Love, Joy, peace etc… and walk right onto your destiny.
Don’t fear the fear, which makes it worse, remember it’s only False Evidence Appearing Real an illusion the enemy wants us to embrace as reality…
Use the fear to your advantage, let fear be a reminder to reconnect to God through the pratices above. God bless all of you, I’ve prayed for all of you, please pray for me to.
Last thought, when I asked another minister why I had to be so different, that if I didn’t stay close to God this attack happens, she said you get the PRIVLEDGE to rely on God alone which is indicative of the call on your life, He needs you to be surrendered to Him at all times because of your purpose and calling call for you to be that close to Him. See it as a blessing. =)
Thank you all for reading. I’ll see you all in heaven
May 16th, 2011 at 2:53 am
Praise be to God for directing me to this site.Ever since i can remember I have been battling Anxiety and fear all my life. I have self medicated from hospital medication to Chinese herbal drugs I have tried almost everything just to free myself from Anxiety and fear but one thing I have realised as the bible says its not by might nor by power but by the spirit of the lord. I believe its only God who can set me free from this diabolical feeling.So brothers and sisters lets remind ourselves that the devil knows what we are capable of so he tries every means possible to imprison us. But as we all know the Devil is the father of all lies. So lets put on the whole armour of God and conquer this spirit of fear Because the lord our God has not giving us the spirit of fear but rather he has giving us boldness love peace and a sound mind.
June 3rd, 2011 at 4:00 am
I have had the same experiences as many posters here.
Just feel I need to post this verse, may have been posted somewhere already.
Be still and know that I am God!” Psalm 46:10
He is God and he will provide for us, we need to trust him in everything and surrender all things to him. No matter what.
God holds the world between his thumb and forefinger, any worries, any anxiety, everything! Is there between his fingers.
Let peace of God will be with us. Amen
June 4th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
I hate to be that person, that doesn’t send in a testimony, but instead posts a problem that they need help with, but as it turns out i’m being that person haha, so i apologize. But I desperately need you guys, my fellow christians/anxiety suffers, to give me some advice as to what I should do, if you have the time to spare, I would greatly appreciate it.
To summarize, I’ve been a christian my entire life, however during high school I drifted pretty far from god. I went to college, partied, looking for a relationship to plunge into when through a friend, god suddenly came back into my life. I realized that I had strayed so far from god and that it was time to turn my life around and continue my relationship with him. I realized how much of my behavior over the past couple of years, and just the past couple of months was wrong. I began to talk to my friend for hours about god. I realized how big of a void there was in my life. I felt alive again, and had a purpose, I spent a lot of time thinking about god, and my life. I had a new strong drive to serve him. My view of everything began to change. I wanted to be the best christian woman I could be, serving god to absolute fullest. I wanted to know my bible like the back of my hand, able to help, and bring the lost to christ. I wanted the kind of faith that I was willing to die for, which today many christians believe is radical, but i believe if we are truly after christ, it goes without saying. I believe that god was revealing to me at that time that one day I would be in ministry. I came home from college for christmas break with a new perspective on life. But i realized that I had been doing a lot of thinking about god, and had yet to actually talk to him. It had been years (i’m ashamed to admit it) years, since I had actually prayed to god. That night I prayed to him, it was such a good feeling to talk to him. I began to tell him how i missed him and how I was was going to change when suddenly a horrible, sick, ugly feeling sliced through my prayer stopping me dead in my tracks, and with it came a reminder of something from my past, that I had forgotten about, but it was not a pretty thing. I was very confused and scared as to what just happened, all feelings of closeness and gods presence was gone. For just a brief moment in the back of my mind I thought ” what if gods not there” but i quickly shoved the thought away, thinking how ridiculous it was. I went back to school continuing on my new path. But that thought slowly became to remerge ” what if there is no god” and it grew into a bigger thought, which grew into a bigger thought which then became a large spiritual battle. Where one moment I was in darkness, where there was no god, there was no hope, there was no point in living, then something would rip me out of the darkness and suddenly there was god in all his glory the spirit was raging inside me, then a moment later i’d be dragged back to the darkness. A darkness that if i were left in, for an extended period of time, I would have certainly killed myself. It was literally war raging in my soul. I didn’t know what to do, i couldn’t focus in class I couldn’t do anything, I was on a spiritual roller coaster ride. I reached out to my aunt who told me to hand the battle over to god, I did so. I told myself ” your having doubts about god, just read your bible and pray everyday, and see what happens.” I tried doing that, but anxiety started to take over, i was so terrified that I was losing my faith. I had so many fears, to numerous to name, but i became so anxious I could not read the bible, b/c i was scared to doubt it. I stopped eating my mind was constantly racing with these terrible thoughts of losing god, and doubting him at the same time. this went on for about a month, i continued to spiral downwards, church became a place of confusion and instead of praising god, I was just trying to keep from doubting him. I would try to pray to god but was so anxious I could not focus on him, there were mornings when I would wake up and feel to horrible to go to class, i would go to the lounge and cry out to god to stop my doubting/ and my sadness and restore my happiness and joy, and total faith in him. But it just got worse, and I became anxious about everything, it became harder to pray, his word did not give me comfort. Nothing was giving me relief. I ended up having to leave school for a few days because the anxiety was so bad, i went to a doctor she told me that I have anxiety and she prescribed medication. But I was reluctant to rely on medication for my healing. Plus I was not convinced that it was my problem anyway, my problem was that I couldn’t stop doubting god, i was convinced that if i could just get a handle on god, all anxiety would disappear. But each day it kept getting worse, until one day i woke up and god was no longer real to me. All connection to god was lost. God is simply a notion. I started to feel detached from not only god but from everything, I started to get these weird feelings, and just not feel like myself. I came home from college a very confused, sad, detached individual. At the time I still wasn’t sure what was wrong with me, I still thought the problem was spiritual, the reason for my detachment to everyone was b/c of my detachment from god. I put god in a box. I put christianity into a box. I put life into a box. Its like life has become a dream. My first week home I spent trying to reverse what was happing to me, trying to make god real again, trying to feel something. I went to church and felt nothing. Its like going to church as a nonbeliever. I looked around at everyone and envied them, wishing i could feel what they feel, missing what they have. When i can no longer feel anything at church I know that something is horribly wrong. Christian music makes me feel worse instead of better. I haven’t felt the presence of god, a connection to god in months. Everyday I wake up and wish that I will wake up again, out of this fog, out of this nightmare. I went to a christian psychologist a few days ago, I explained to him everything thats happened over the last 5 months, he told me the same thing, that I have anxiety and now depression, he prescribed a medication. Looking back on everything now I can see, and I agree with his diagnosis. And now looking back at times in my life I see, I’ve been suffering from anxiety my whole life, i just didn’t realize at the time what it was.
I have always been against medication, my whole life I’ve said, if you have anxiety, depression pray to god, he will heal you, he is all you need. And that is very true, when i was a younger for about a year I would have anxiety attacks every time I went to bed (at the time I didn’t know it was anxiety), I would get in bed and my heart would start to race, my mind would start to go crazy, I would think I would never make it till the morning. The only thing that would help me was praying to god, I would pray to him, and suddenly I would be calm, his presence would calm me. It wasn’t easy getting a hold of myself, but I was always able to do it, by reminding myself that he is in control and that I am safe and nothing is going to harm me. Just like the first testimony said, it isn’t easy but it is very possible to overcome a panic attack or anxiety by relying and clinging to god and his word in those moments.
I was always able to fix the problem with god, but what if god IS the problem? I have gone from doubting god, to avoiding god, b/c i’m scared to doubt god, which then leads into feeling anxious about god, which then made me avoid it, b/c it made me feel anxious, and its an ongoing cycle. I surrendered to the fact that I needed to take medication, otherwise I would never get back to god again. This morning I was prepared to do so, but decided against it to give it a little more thought. I came on this website and read over what people had to say. And now I am torn, driving myself crazy over what to do. Most people’s testimony is people who are secure in their faith and are over coming their anxiety with gods help. But i’m not secure in my faith right now, like I said I can not feel his presence or anything.
i don’t want to go on medication but I feel its my only choice, to get god again, and im willing to do it if its the only way. But im scared i will have bad side effects, I don’t want to screw up my life anymore. I don’t want to fall even farther from god, which i feel at this point means im not coming back. I don’t know what to do. Is it possible for anxiety and depression to get in the way of god this much, or have I seriously lost my faith? I don’t see how medication is bringing glory to god. When people ask me how did you get through this I want to say “b/c god saved me.” I just feel like after months of pain and suffering, what did I learn from this, how did my faith increase, its like taking a medication is a cop out. the other part of me says work through this somehow. The other things is I can’t go back to school like this in september, this has to stop this summer. But then I think i’m being stupid to put a time line on gods healing, but then I think its gone on way to long! Ive allowed satan to have a hold on me for months, it has to stop now! I go back and forth. Please any advice, would be awesome, thank you to whoever actually took the time to read this whole thing haha! email me at alias2244[at]yahoo.com and please pray for me.
June 7th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
God has been healing (delivering)me of anxiety and depression. For me, it’s a process, as I seem to be getting a little better every day. What I do, is speak scriptures over my life. For example, “the joy of the Lord is my strength;” “I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.” I speak these scriptures around 50 times a day. Your words are poweful; God’s word will not return void. Speak life into your situation. “Life and death are in the power of the tongue, choose life”
BTW I am still taking medication. I was able to drop one medication, as my anxiety and depression lifted a lot!
June 14th, 2011 at 1:41 am
Actually, I dropped two pysch. meds and I am dropping (tapering off) the third one (Effexor.) I am standing on His word, “by His stripes I am healed.” I am still feeling depression but not confessing or giving it power.
July 26th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
God led me to your testimony today. You could have inserted my name into every paragraph. It was chilling how similar our paths have been. I am where you were in 1996. I pray that I will be healed and that others who feel so alone in this will find your testimony and find hope. Thank you
July 26th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Dear brothers and sisters, I have been suffering from ocd for years and didn’t even know I had it until recently. I know that the Spirit spoke to me and told me that God will heal me and bring me to a place of no fear. I know that He told me it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. Please pray for me that I continually lean more and more on Him and stop listening to Satan. I know Satan is the accuser of the brethren and that everything that he tells me about myself is a lie. I also know that God has PROMISED me deliverance, so I am waiting and holding on for that. Brethren, I want to remind you all of a word from the Lord when He said, “Lean not on your own understanding.” Satan’s ways need not be searched out, picked apart and analyzed in order to defeat them. The Lord will give us word to help us understand what we need to understand if only we trust in Him and listen to Him daily. Peace and grace be with us all from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
August 11th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Your testimony is amazing and gives me a lot of hope for my journey with god and anxiety. Thank you for sharing.
August 17th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Wow God definitely led me to this site because I am going through the worst anxiety/panic/depression ever! Mine is centered around health even though all tests have proven that im healthy but the fear is still there. Now I know that its nothing but satan trying to keep me at rock bottom so I cant serve the Lord like I suppose to. But this site has given me hope that I will be healed and anxiety/panic/depression will be a thing of the past !
August 18th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Hi all! I’ve been battling a form of OCD which involves religion. It’s called Scrupulosity. Now, I’m not going to lie and tell you l’ve been a good model Christian. I lived a very sinful life. Porn and fantasies got a good hold on my marriage and sex life. Recently I woke up from sleep feeling sick and tormented inside. I knew this was spiritual. It was a horrible feeling like I was being rejected by the Holy Spirit. For weeks I didn’t know what to do except pray. I stopped all sexual relations and started seeing a Christian counselor.
I told him everything from my childhood to present. I lost my mother when I was an infant. I was molestered by a neighbor when I was about 6. I was introduced to porn by another neighbor who also tried to seduce me when I basin my early teens. So a lot went on in,a short amount of time. I never told anyone about this until I told my wife when this restlessness came about. My dad worked full time and was raised by my Grandmother and Aunts. I don’t have any ill feelings for these neighbors and I guess I had put it away all these years. I’m now in my 50′s and semi retired. I now attend daily mass and have completely turned from my sinful ways. I looked for answers on the internet and bought many books on the subject of OCD which I have many other symptoms of. My mind still harbors sinful bad thoughts and fantasies which to this date I can’t shake completely. Some of these thoughts even involve spiritual images. That’s sick! I pray and say to the Lord “If this is my cross to bear for my sins then so be it”. I know and understand the Lord died for our sins and we must live by faith but this disease can drain you mentally. I don’t want to be on medications or be on therapy CBT that may be against my religion. Part of this scrupulosity is the feeling.of not being forgiven. So here I am plugging along looking for support and feeling anxious. I’ll continue to fight the fight of my life until He calls me home. Amen.
August 27th, 2011 at 1:10 am
Hi everyone, am suffering form anxeity also sometimes i feel like am going crazy and am going to end up in a mental institute but it is my son that is keeping me and my lovely bf. I thank u all for sharing your testimony it really helps. i dont share what i am going thrugh with my family because i don’t want them to think am crazy. i am just trying really hard to fight the feelings each day. i can’t get to type all i want to say because i don’t want anyone to see what am typing. i wish for us all to get well.
September 4th, 2011 at 9:00 am
Such a great testimony, Exactly what I’m going through…I’m only 16 and since May 2011, when I began my christian walk…I’ve had constant panic attacks, fear is holding me captive. Dropped out of school in May and I’m starting school on Tuesday and I pray to God to heal me.I know it will pass…I won’t let Satan steal joy as a teenage christian. If you won the battle, I can win too, Amen.
September 7th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
i am suprised to see so many individuals are going through the same exact torment as i am. we too feel alone. it is awful. i go to church regularly now. every sunday with my family. i have been going since the beginning of the summer. i realize that i have had anxiety for over 3 years now. i am tired of suffering. at times i feel good. at times i feel okay. lately, i have been so alone. i dont have any friends, i dont have a significant other to share love and life with. but i feel like i chose this life, even though i am miserable. i dont want to be alone. i choose to be set free of this agony. i dont socialize with anyone..i feel as if i have a mental illness..of course besides my anxiety and perhaps depression. i look for god. i pray and thank him for everything. i feel him near when i am suffering. as if he calms me when i am crying compulsively. i feel his spirit comforting me. and then my mind takes a different toll and tells me things arent real, my faith weakens and i become afraid. its is so hard to live like this. i really become concerned when i contemplate failing in life, giving up and dying somehow. but god has sent me messages. i am trying to stay strong.
September 20th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Wow thanks for your awesome testimony, thanks everyone else for sharing too, helps to know that I am not alone and for your prayers, so touched my heart. I Have been battling anxiety for about 9 months, just wanted to share this in case it helps someone. I have an under active thyroid but sometimes it starts putting out more thyroid hormone which means the meds I’m on become too high… One of the side effects… You guessed it anxiety. i believe this can also happen if you have an over active thyroid. So please get your hormone levels checked if you haven’t already, because it’s something physiological and treatable which when under control does help me in my battle. it doesn’t fix everything and I need to keep quoting scripture in my life, but it does help. May God bless and strengthen each of you in your journey.
September 26th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Praise God! I am so glad I found this….I am right in the middle of this storm. Been dealing with anxiety for about 5 mths now. It is hell! But my God is greater….and I know we all will get thru this. I lead the drama minisrty at my church and it’s been so hard to focus on my calling. I won’t give up!! I will fight for my life back. I am praying for all of you, please pray for me!
September 28th, 2011 at 11:54 am
I am in tears and don’t know what to say, except that I am grateful for this site and all of you to share your stories. I feel like I’ve read mine over and over again on this page. It’s tough for anyone to understand how anxiety can affect one’s life, without actually having been through it. So too, it’s hard to know where to turn or who to talk to. I just keep praying and I know in my heart that I have a couple of people in my life who have done the same for me. I just don’t understand sometimes how I got to this point and wonder how will I ever get my happy, normal, confident life back!
At the same time, and I’ve learned the most important, how I can learn more and have a stronger relationship with God, because I certainly need it. I need Him. Let’s all pray together, for each other.
Thank You for sharing and giving me an outlet to do the same.
September 30th, 2011 at 10:35 am
I can really relate to your testimony and I appreciate your honesty! I too have been in a similar place.
I just wanted to say though that I do not think being on medication to help with depression/anxiety or other disorders is a bad, unChristian thing to do. I truly believe that we should stand on God’s Word and that should be the center of my world. However, I also believe that God has blessed doctors with the ability to help those in need as well.
I think it is a personal decision based on prayer, meditation and a deep relationship with the Lord.
God bless you and all those that have suffered or continue to suffer!
October 13th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
I have had extreme anxiety and panic attacks for over a year and a half now..I’ve gone to a ton of doctors and they all say something different. I stumbled upon a book by a Christian man named Art Mathias called Destroying Satans lies by God’s Truth. It is an amazing book. Art was diagnosed with environmental illness a few years ago where he was allergic to over 100 different things. He realized when talking to someone else that he had held a lot of bitterness and resentment in his heart and thats why he was suffering. He says that God’s will is to forgive but he can not forgive you if you have not forgiven yourself and others for things that have happened in your life. God loves you and wants you to be happy and at peace but he can not go against his own will. I encourage anyone and everyone to purchase and read this book. There is a reason this is happening to all of us, we just need to find the answer and truly forgive and let go of all the bitterness and resentment in our lives. I pray that each of you will find healing, as I’m just now finding it and finding happiness again. Do as God wants you to do in EVERY aspect of your life, He loves you.
October 28th, 2011 at 7:01 am
I am also glad I found this website. I used to be so free and happy. I never questioned myself or my surroundings. Once I had children, though, my perspective changed. I feared for them. I was scared something awful would happen to them. I was scared they would do something wrong, etc. Now, they are teenagers and young adults and its WORSE. Now that they are driving and are out in the world and I don’t have control over them, I am terrified of what MIGHT happen. It is really taking me over and I am also scared of other things….money problems, etc. I lay in bed and think of the craziest scenarios that MIGHT happen. My friends tell me to stop the “what ifs” but here lately, its really gotten so bad. I could cry at the drop of a hat. My heart pounds, and I just want to crawl into a hole. These posts here at least make me feel like I’m not alone and I’m not crazy. I really want to “let go and let God” but its so hard for me. I have to control everything to be happy. Ugh. Please keep writing! It really does help me to read what you all are going through. I pray every day that God will help me and show me someone who can talk to me and help me. Thank you all for your posts. God bless.
November 11th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Have you noticed the pattern?
The attack is always the same.
Attack… Back off… Attack… Back off
Guilt… Comfort… Guilt… Comfort…
Isolate… Dispair… Isolate… Dispair…
Distract… Fear… Shame… Distract…
Lost.
So knowing this, step back. Turn to the light.
Fill your entire inner world with that light, let there be no hiding place
Then look upon the enemy, he is but product of lies, and lies are nothing.
But do not become as he, and judge in arrogance, not even the heavenly Angels do that. Hand him over to the judgement of the light.
Declare there and then whom you serve. Whom is your master.
And then his battle is no longer yours, for you have handed it over
To the Lord who has already defeated the Enemy.
Then make this always your answer, always your response to fear
“Heavenly Father, You are my creator, And it is you & You alone I adore”
Pray,
Hope,
And Do Not Worry. (Padre Pio Servent of the Lord)
November 19th, 2011 at 5:50 am
I felt relieved reading all the encouraging words of wisdom… I too am suffering from this for almost 2 months now. Believe, there is no one who can help you with this kind of disorder. Not the doctors, not even your family. It is only our creator, God the Father. I believe God is out there just waiting for us to call on Him. The healing may not happen instantly for some of us but I am sure it will happen. Remember His promise, God came to give us life and that we might live life abundantly. This is not His will for us to be sick. He may have allowed our sickness to happen so we will look up to Him and seek Him. We should always thank Him for the good and bad things that are happening to us. It makes us appreciate Him more.
My prayer: Thank you Lord for this time of my life I have became closer to you. Thank you for your promises of healing, that by your stripes we are healed. Right now Father God, we receive healing. We claim it in the Name of Jesus. You are our King of Kings and Lord of Lords.. Lord we am sorry for taking you for granted at times when the world seems perfect for us. We promise to continue our walk with You. We will always praise your Name on High. In Jesus Name, Amen!!!
November 20th, 2011 at 10:40 am
I too have been suffering this battle. It came out of nowhere when I thought everything was fine. I do believe God will break the chains of my anxiety. It has caused me so pain and suffering within a short month. I felt like nothing was going to break these emotions I was feeling and the horrific thoughts that came to my mind. I used to be a devoted Christian, but throughout my life I have turned away, I have sinned, and did many things I am not proud of. I have been very selfish. I feel in a way although this has caused me much grief, it is a way of drawing me closer to the lord. To renew my faith and renew my mind. I purchased Joyce Meyers “Battlefield of the Mind”, and several other books to help me get through this process. God is faith, peace, love, and comfort. We have to realize that our thoughts and feelings are not of God and we can break through by standing on his Word and renewing our minds from the strongholds that keep us where we are. I have an enormous amount of hope and faith. There are days I doubt and am afraid if I will be normal once again: but then I think I will be better then I once was before. It won’t happen overnight but set your sight on God and never give up hope. Keep fighting the good fight of faith!
November 21st, 2011 at 3:12 am
I am so happy and excited to tell you that today, I received my healing… after almost 2 months,I can say that I am so blessed today. God has healed me from my anxiety and my shortness of breath. I feel so much better now. Lord, you are so God. Thank you so much for healing me… Indeed, “Everything is possible for him who believes” (Mark 9:23). Nothing, absolutely nothing, is impossible with God!!! To God be the glory..
Father in the name of Jesus, I pray for my dear friends to receive their healing right now. O God, you said in Jeremiah 33:6 that you will bring health and healing. And you will heal your people and will let us enjoy abundant peace and security. As your children, we will claim your promises O Lord right now in Jesus Name..
November 21st, 2011 at 8:03 pm
I need to get back to the peace I have found with God. I have let myself go away from my church but not from God.. Today the anxiety and depression has brought me to this search. After reading all the testimonies i can now breath.
November 30th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Thank you for Your testimony. I have been struggling with anxiety since I was 9 years old and I am now 27. I was never a devout Christian but within the past year have been working on making God a bigger part of my life. Now that I am doing it seems like things are being thrown at me. I cry so much and worry about a lot. But your testimony really spoke for people like me that feel like they have no voice. I thank you so much because through your testimony I know I can be healed.
December 2nd, 2011 at 10:39 pm
I HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS ABOUT “WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS???”
The what if’s of life always had me down.
BUT TONIGHT I AM FREE OF FEAR, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION.
GLORY GLORY GLORY GLORY TO GOD!!
December 20th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
I’m going through the same thing right now as a Christian, the same thing exactly. Can you help me oh please. My email is captaincold84[at]yahoo[dot]com. If you can help me, please do.
John
December 26th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Glory to God, Your testimony is similiar to my testimony. Some people need to know that mental illness is not from god.
December 28th, 2011 at 3:38 am
I too have been suffering from S.A.D my whole life and hyperhidrosis (Excessive sweating). And i stopped going to public school after 7th grade and have been doing online school because of my S.A.D and hyperhidrosis. I have no friends,no life and im depressed constantly. Recently i decided to start going to church every sunday, so far i went once,(i quit when i was 8, im 15 now) and i have been reading the bible and praying every night. im to sad and i want to be successful in life, so im turning my life to god for hope and guidance.
December 31st, 2011 at 12:40 pm
I feel the exact same way, my anxiety started with IBS but was manageable for years until recently I am having to file bankrupt. The anxiety and depression of fealing like a failure is overwhelming. My whole life I put faith in myself since I always performed everything very well. I am not used to feelings of being weak and wanting to run and hide. I feel like everyone at work is looking at me and waiting for me to finally give up. I really needed to read these posts because my faith needs to really be boosted. Funny thing is, I knew in the back of my mind my whole life that this day would come and I would need to turn back to him but I just stayed busy in life to try and run from it. Why do we run from happiness and peace?? Please pray for me because my mind and spirit are on a daily battle with the enemy for the past year now and I am getting exhausted. I do not want to turn to medication for problems I KNOW the king of kings can fix!
December 31st, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Hi there. I suffer from severe anxiety and panic attacks. I am a believer and meditate on Gods word every morning for hours, 1-2-3 hours when it comes on strong. My husband got real sick and I was on pills but crazy things happen and God told me in Thessalonians to stay sober that benzo’s were a no-no. He says in His word He will take care of me.That worrying is lack of faith. Also the bible says we must suffer many things to enter the kingdom. God bless
December 31st, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Hi again.I’m so excited to have found all of you. I was feeling all alone in the anxiety but now I feel great.Let us pray for each other like the bible says. The Bible says God sends forth His word to heal us. Dear Lord,please heal us as we draw close to you, amen
January 6th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
this is beautiful. Just what I needed. thank you so much for sharing this! I feel extremely encouraged. I’ve fallen into depression time and time again (check out my testimony (“what should I do now?”). but you’ve made a point that I heard a few days ago, speak the Word into your life! I woke up today, feeling empty as usual so I went into scripture and 3 of them have made my day
Isaiah 43:1-2 “I have called you by name; you are mine.2 When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you”
Psalm 16:8-11
“I know the LORD is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.9 No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.t
My body rests in safety.10 For you will not leave my soul among the deadt
or allow your holy onet to rot in the grave.11 You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever”
and of course Romans 8:38- “nothing shall separate us from his love”
such power! such beauty! such joy! Depression’s got nothing on the children of God!
January 10th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
That’s right.God told me His word is sharper than a double edge sword going deep in our bones.I am learning scriptures and meditating on them and I really feel like a new person.It is a big step from the old way of thinking.The bible tells us how to think.It says think on things WORTHY OF PRAISE. God bless you..
January 22nd, 2012 at 5:45 am
Reading your testimony was very inspiring. I have been through the same exact thing and had all of the same EXACT fears in the same order. God is truly great and worthy of the praise and it is a process to renew your mind and think on the things of God. I have been battling with anxiety for the last couple of years. Sometimes I can feel free from it like its completely gone. Sometimes I feel like it comes back way harder than before. But I believe God will not allow you to come to it, if he couldnt bring you through it. There is hope. Each time I go through this storm in my life I come out stronger than before and those fears will go away once I replace those fears with the word of God. If you have fear of death, Hebrews 2:14-15 will encourage you. All the answers are in Gods word to bring peace of mind and spirit. This is a battle but I know God will deliver. “ Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.” Psalm 34:19. Keep the Word of God first stand on his word. I also had read panic away which kind of helps with the anxious feelings. God is our only Healer and deliverer and I will continue to pray for you all and we will overcome this. We are more than conquerors!!!
January 24th, 2012 at 12:51 am
I believe The Good Lord guided me to find this page. Thank you for the wonderful testimony. I can really relate to it. I’ve been having this since I was a kid too. It kind of went away but for the past few years, I’ve been struggling again. I have been recovering little by little. The Rosary helped me a lot.
Again thank you for this. May God bless us all!
February 7th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Praise the Lord. It was the will of God that I found this wonderful testimony. Believe me, I’m going through a violent stage of anxiety too. I lost a chairman novel that I spent months developing in my schools computer and the thought of someone finding it and copyrighting it for themselves is paralyzing me. I worked extremely hard on it with hopes of spreading god’s love, Jesus sacrifice and hope through my work. The thought of losing it to someone else kills me, but I know that with Gods help, that fear and anxiety will go away. Thanks for the testimony and wake up call.