Hey everyone, so we hear a lot nowadays about mental illness and we still are not fully sure why the an extreme rise in mental illness. How much of it is environmental, genetic, or nurtured?
Either way, times are hardly any more stressful than the historical past. We just have different stressors but what we now face is the bombardment of stressors at a faster pace.
Anyways as one who struggles with anxiety and panic attacks, there is no judgment here. I know the late nights of defeats. The loudness of silence. The phantom pains. The mental prison of anguish.
These I know all too well.
But I also have known the victory to surrender it to Christ.
I wish I had a definite answer but sometimes God doesn't remove the pain. It is in these moments that praying and seeking His response can be the most exhausting.
Anxiety will affect you physically. It is exhausting to be in a continuous state of fight or flight. You don't know what to fight and you have nowhere to hide. The threat just stays on like a broken traffic light that stays on red.
Sometimes overthinking and constant analyzing are a strength but not when a perceived threat is falsely flagged or a minor threat is made into something severe.
Doctors have tried prescribing medication but I have not taken them because the side effects sound way worse.
Praying for you or anyone who fights this existence.
