BPD and Faith-Related Issues

please pray for my BIL Scott

feeds@yuku.com (XGoonieGirlX) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:02:15 GMT

he's in ICU He suffered a head injury on the 20th.
he's already doing better he's off the ventilator and
they had him in a drug induced coma for 5 days
(because he was combative due to the injury) but he is
awake and responsive. He may need speech therapy
but i pray not. they say it could take him 1 to 11/2
years to get back to normal. Please pray for a speedy recovery.

How do you know god is nice?

feeds@yuku.com (BPDpip) — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:25:12 GMT

My big issue with God is that I don't know if I believe if he is nice or not. Why did he allow me to be this way? Why does he allow me to feel this much pain? I believe in a God because it doesn't make sense to me if there isn't one. I'm just not so sure he's a nice God.

Alright, so this is the deal with me and faith

feeds@yuku.com (AutumnSkies) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:26:20 GMT

So, I was raised to be a lutheran.
Then I well, had an abusive interaction with the runnings of the confirmation class so we switched to being episcopalian. Which, the pastor of that church is ok, he has his moments but hes alright.
During my childhood I guess faith and religion [not spirituality, religion] was forced down my throat by my family, still is.
I tried to rebel and find my own sanctuary in boycotting the church, and becoming a spiritualist. Then upon later...

Does faith help?

feeds@yuku.com (trying) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:28:45 GMT

I'm curious if anyone who has strong belief in a higher power and practices or attends services etc finds that it has actually helped with their BPD? Has anyone significantly improved because they rediscovered their faith? Does it help at all? I am just wondering if anyone has been able to heal through religion / spirituality. I'd love to hear your experiences.

I would love to believe

feeds@yuku.com (gypsy) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:36:58 GMT

I would dearly love to believe there is a higher power, looking over us all, protecting us, guiding us. I so much want to have faith in something larger than myself yet do not know how to go about doing it. I have faith of sorts that leans towards Buddhism but really I am flailing around in the dark. What is wrong with me? Why cant I believe? I dont understand. I think those of you that have faith are very fortunate individuals...

Bless you all,

gypsy

I am a Buddhist.

feeds@yuku.com (joshesmama) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:21:25 GMT

Buddhist people believe in five principles.

1. Refrain from killing any living being. This includes all beings - animals, birds, fish, and insects - for they too are spiritual beings like us.

2. Refrain from taking that which is not given. This includes stealing and all its varients - borrowing something and not returning it, taking something intentionally, and damaging someone else's belongings.

3. Refrain from irresponsible sexual activity, that is,...

unsure

feeds@yuku.com (bdsmonkey) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:38:58 GMT

does anyone else feel like they've lost everything they believe in because of bpd? ever since my life has started this dramatic decline, i've lost faith in God and everything I've been taught since I was a little girl. this scares me because I've gone to a Catholic school almost all my life and now I don't know what to believe anymore.

Finding Faith To Believe In

feeds@yuku.com (Syndica) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:49:32 GMT

Hi everyone,

My name is Syndica, and I tried many faiths in my life time, but all the faiths I've tried casted me out on my butt or called me crazy because I get visions, and preminition dreams that seem to come true, aura reading, palm reading, and tarot card readings. I know now where i belong, I am a wiccan "neo-pegan", spellcaster of healing using engeries from the elements. It's the only logical reason.

I went to see and...

Help Me Please......

feeds@yuku.com (Saracuze1) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:11:17 GMT

I'm new here to this site and I don't know how to navigate through here to chat live with people. I've just recently found out I'm with BPD, and also Bipolar. I struggle with relationships, and jobs. I could use some help......and some friends here..

One big mess

feeds@yuku.com (christini5683) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:23:20 GMT

Hi...I'm new here. I'm at a serious crossroads in my life. I have only recently found out that I have BPD. I always knew something was wrong, and wondered why things seemed to be so much easier for other people, to meet goals, to socialize, etc. I have been awakened to alot of things. I became a Christian at a young age. I lived a "moral" life most of the way through school. Around age 18 was when I began to act differently. I became sexually active. I went from...

Lost Faith fear

feeds@yuku.com (FlyGirl23) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:05:19 GMT

Im having a difficult time lately expressing myself.. hopefully i can get thru this post without confusing myself or anyone of you who may read it..

I have a numbness when it comes to god... and my faith

I once had so much faith In God... i had this image of Who i was.. Who i should be... and then one day i Shattered that image...and with that shattering of myself i also shattered my believes in God.. I commited a sin as well sinners do... it was an unthinkable ,...

Having trouble with faith: angry

feeds@yuku.com (Qelyn) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:54:40 GMT

It seems I am struggling with this part of my life lately.....

The truth is I went through a shake up of my faith, I firmly believed in reincarnation and lived my life accordingly..... I believed I was on the way out of this plane and on my way to the next level of being since I felt so old and like I had done this so many times before already..... Ever since childhood I have felt old, I had the no duh thing down pretty well..... I seem to get what other people miss in the emotional...

Regarding Tamar - and King David's Non Response

feeds@yuku.com (bluebaker) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:37:52 GMT

Someone posted about this and now I can't find her post. Would like to reply to you. Please cite the thread so I can.

Thanks - bb

HIGHER POWER

feeds@yuku.com (yoyogirl1957) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:57:37 GMT

I'd be interested in how anyone experiences hope through their Higher Power. When I get in a real bad space (utter despair, terror of bad things happening to me, insomnia, thoughts of cutting, etc.) I feel like I've been abandoned by my Source. Does anyone feel that way sometimes? And if so, what do you do or think to get that sense of being reconnected?

Serenity Prayer

feeds@yuku.com (yoyogirl) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:15:35 GMT

God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

A new day

feeds@yuku.com (yoyogirl) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:06:36 GMT

It's a new day. My feelings were raw yesterday. I feel more hope today because I have an emergency appointment with my therapist and my psychiatrist called me and told me I can pick up free samples of my medication for next week since we don't have the money for it. I'm back to just getting through one day at a time.

No friend of mine

feeds@yuku.com (yoyogirl) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:24:19 GMT

The only people I can relate to in the Bible is Job and Tamar.
Job became God and the devil's pawn in the game to see if the devil could break Job of his faith in God.

And Tamar was the daughter of King David who was raped by one of her...

Let's Face It....

feeds@yuku.com (Nefertiabet) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:26:56 GMT

Those of us dx'd with BPD are not sick. We are defective. We are evil.

We are universally hated, maligned, despised. Epecially by the so-called "mental health profession".

God hates us too, otherwise we would never have been born.

We are going to hell.

we are here cause we have the same stuff emotionally goiing on

feeds@yuku.com (tigertalk) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:48:49 GMT

I really like all these happy people. They remind me of the alters I have. I just want to be a party and then go to work. But lately, all I can...

prayer and BPD

feeds@yuku.com (vinithepooh) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:40:28 GMT

if there is one thing i keep praying to god for, its to help me be "NORMAL". i feel helpless about the way i behave and once i m done with my crazy behaviour, i feel so much worse for all the mean things i said and the people i hurt. i recently attended a christian retreat and learned a lot about forgiveness... just half way there to forgiving all those whom i have hurt and for asking for forgivness for those who hurt me..

i want to start a special prayer chain for those...