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Pray For Me Please
« on: April 24, 2022, 10:12:18 PM »
I'm actually going crazy. I told my wife I realized the only thing between me and killing myself was God and my love for His commandments and that I am worried my bond with God is weakening. To be clear I don't want to be an atheist with nothing to lose, I think I love God and want Him. I then got caught in a feedback loop thinking that stating this was a mortal sin. I also realized, in this moment, that this continuous feedback loop between me stating a fact about something sinful or describing reality is the cause of almost all of my sins lately.

The bad thing is twofold causing these behavioral loops, as of late I'm unable to have mental prayer and I always feel like I can't pray when I'm tempted to be angry, impatient or despair. This makes me conclude I'm actually losing faith. Recently, and I'm not sure how, my spiritual director will no longer advise me on anything unless it directly has to do with the confessional. I'm not sure if I'm becoming difficult or annoying but I do not want to stretch any traditional priest too thin and I am not entitled to his time whatsoever.

I need prayers but advice too. It would seem I need a new spiritual director, a focus on mental prayer, and somehow working on the virtue of patience. I realize that these problems are all rooted in patience but the even deeper problem than that is my conscious is altogether broken. Something very dramatic has happened in my mind this last month that has made me entirely unable to examine my own conscious accurately and almost any sin sends me into a panic of doom. I know my wife is trying to help me and she is absolutely wonderful but this really isn't her burden to bear.

Any advice would be very appreciated. God bless you all.

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Re: Pray For Me Please
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2022, 10:19:48 PM »
:pray:


Re: Pray For Me Please
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2022, 10:48:19 PM »
:pray:

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Re: Pray For Me Please
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2022, 11:07:11 PM »
:pray::pray::pray:

In extremity often what is needed is few words. My advice is to repeat the Holy names, Jesus, Mary, over and over as long as necessary. Preferably mentally but vocally if you must. Just focus the best that you can.

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Re: Pray For Me Please
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2022, 11:12:22 PM »
Sounds like a demonic obsession. Do your best to control your thoughts. Confess the temptation (along with actual sins). Try to get to the root of the problem, it might take a while. In the mean time: Litany of the Precious Blood. Litany of Humility. St Benedict Crucifix over the bed. Sign of the cross with Holy Water. I'd even drink some too if I was you. St Joseph Prayer (the big one). And St Joseph Terror of Demons, pray for us.

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