Is there a correlation between mental illness and being ultra religious?
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Canada has less of a gun violence problem than the US? Check out Gun Owners of America. They're online. You need to do a little more research before you make such broad comparisons.
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depression is a mental disease, so no. if you have diabetes or cancer is it a sin? it is time for society to see depression as a real disease and not something people just decide to have.
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Currently it serves as a crutch to people afraid of having to be resonsible for their own actions.  Religion takes away the guilt, because everything happens because of god.  It is an illness.  Mental illness is no laughing matter and we need to help the religous become cured of their ills.
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I can relate!  Boy can I relate!  It's not fun having/suffering from anxiety.  There are medications that can help BUT...I do not use medications.  \nWhat you are experiencing though is more paranoia.  I too feel that others are judging me with what I wear, how I look, what I'm doing etc....the BEST thing I have found to overcome this is to ask myself this;  "Is what I'm doing in life pleasing to God?"  If I can answer "yes" then I don't need to worry what anyone else says or thinks.  It's only GOD I need to be pleasing towards. \nI advise that you get involved in a good Bible based church and allow your church family to help you raise your self esteem.\nI do hope this helps.  \nGod Bless
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It is important to consider how the religious belifs are manifesting themselves...for example, if the client believes he/she is being spoken to by a higher power through fuzz on an off television station, it is most likely pathological.\nAlso, regardless of whether their religious belief system is "pathological" or not, if it causing problems int he clients everyday life, there is a problem.
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I think that it is wrong to say just because of your past that you will never meet anyone, and i also see the other point of view, that their is a life that was damaged by your actions, but my family has a long line of mental illness, not exactly the same thing that you did, or even if you had a mental illness, but somewhere out there is a person who will see that you have or if you have truely changed, I agree with the church idea, isn't that soposed to be a forgiving and hopefull place?
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Well, I know what church doctrine says, but only God knows the heart of any one person.  Fact is, we are all just guessing about it.  Noone can do that and come to tell us what happened next, so we will never know.  I can't imagine God punishing someone for dying as a result of mental illness. Church says they go to hell.  However, if it's true that we go to heaven as a result of having faith in God ( specifically in Christ's death in our place)  rather than by our works; then  suicide, which would be works, couldn't keep a person out of heaven
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I find it funny that people atomatically assume that since a thing does not exist within the scope of their personal experience, it must be a delusion, hallucination, or short-comming fo a sort on the part of another.\n\nI speak to God nearly daily.  He speaks to me.  He may not use an audible voice, but I recognize it when he speaks.  Does that make me a nut case?  I do the best job I know how to live out a life worthy of the sacrifice that Jesus made.  I know I fall short way to often, but my hearts desire is to fulfill the expectation he has for me.  What part of this threatens you?  And what justification have I offered any of you to call me delusional, tweaked out, dazed, crazed or sedated?  Or is it simply you have made up your mind about all Christ followers based entirely on the experience you had with a few?\n\nI find it funny in a really sad way that there are so many trolling the religion and spirituality section of Y!A simply to stir the pot and verbally harass or defy those with beliefs in God.  I recommend you start your own section.  You can Call it "Infallible Logic and Answers to Every Question You May Have From Those Who Know Everything."\nYou can even set criteria preventing any nut jobs with delusional tendencies and hallucinations from joining.\n\nOr in short, I'd rather be tweaked out over the Great News of Jesus Christ than seeking satisfaction by bashing people who seem to have something I want but can't find.
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People who hear voices are not necessarily committed unless they are a danger to themselves or society.  In most case, they would be given an anti-psychotic.  But this wouldn't work with the religious people, so these voices do not derive from a brain illness.  Nope, they come from a belief system.
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Sorry I am a male Clinical Psychiatrist, France.  \n\nI have indepth knowledge of the eleven major religions of the world.  An I have been a volunteer doctor in Bosnia, Afghanistan an Iraq to name a few places over my life time.  \n\n"The Solution To Any Problem?\n\n"THERE IS NO DEITY WORTHY OF WORHSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER"\n\nThat which you have been given is but a fleeting comfort of this life.  Better and more enduring is tht which Alla has for those who believe and put thier trust in Him: who avoid gross sins and indecencies and, when angered, are willing to forgive: who obey their Lord, attend to their prayers, and conduct their affairs by mutual consent: who bestow in alms a part of that which  We have given them and , when oppressed, seek to redress their wrongs (Al-Qur'an, Sura: 42 (Ash-Shura), Ayat: 36-39).\n\nIf you have atleast 6 of the 18 symptoms below, you have what is known as generalized anxiety disorder.\n\nmotor tension\n\n1. trembling, twitching, or feeling shaky\n2. muscle tensions, aches, or soreness\n3. restlessness\n4. easy fatigabilitys\n\n\nAutonomic hyperactivity\n\n5. shortness of breath or somothering sensations\n6. palpitations or accelerated heart rate (Tachycardia).\n7. sweating, or cold clammy hands\n8. dry mouth\n9. dizziness or lightheadedness\n10. nausea, diarrhea, or other abdominal distress\n11. flushes (Hot flashes) or chills\n12. fequent urination\n13. trouble swallowing or "lump in throat"\n\nVigilance and scannig\n\n14. feeling keyed up or on edge\n15. exaggerated startle response\n16. difficulty concentrating or "mind goes blank" becasue of anxiety\n17. trouble falling or staying asleep\n18, irritability\n\nIf you have 6 of the 18 listed symptoms, then your doctors has made the correct DX.   \n\nMyself I prefer to spend two or three hours with my patients on their very first visit to ask questions that will help me/them to find out what is the root cause of their anxiety disorder.  Once they have answered my questions, I evaluate their answer an on their next visit I will give them their DX.  If it is anxiety disorder, I prefer to use behavior modification, reality therapy, hypnosis, Bio-Feedback an Yoga therapy to see if they will work to rid you of your anxiety.  Plus known your cause of the anxiety, I can give you alternative situations that you can pick to resolve the root cause of your anxiety.  \n\nOfcourse there are some patients where none of the above work.  So in order for them to have a quality life, I will put them on 0say, "Aprazolam". 1mg. BID, (means X2 per day), so they can live a quality life.  \n\nPlus I insist they attend group therapy related to taking this drug, as it is addictive and you will probably on it for the rest of your life.    This is why I prefer not to write and Rx.   Only if all other therapies fail.  \n\nClinical Psychiatrist, France
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You may be evil but thinking you're the antichrist is probably delusions of grandeur.\n\nI definitely recommend a psychiatrist - preferably while you are hospitalized in a mental institution.
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Well, some psychiatrists do not follow Sigmund Freud, who tried to "explain away" belief in God(s) as a type of mental illness.\n\nJungian psychology might be compatible with some psychiatrists' personal beliefs.\n\nOthers may prefer other schemata.\n\nAs another reply said, psychiatrists are people, too, with tastes and thoughts and personal needs etc.
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Yeah, I agree with what someone else said in a previous comment....If you're able to question rather or not you're crazy, chances are - You're Not!...Unfortunately, I had grown up around people that were mentally ill. (my Grandmother, & a cousin) who has been in & out of mental wards all their life...They didn't know they were ill, nor did they know what they were doing, saying, etc...
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I have alcoholic friends who are professional people and not at all religiously minded.\nThey say that it is almost like a "mantra" - a way of fucusing your mind.\nThey all mix with different classes and are non-judgmental.\nIt is a terrible disease and not tolerated by society, because it is so scary.\nI wish I had the guts to go to one of their meetings and I genuinely respect those who have, irrespective of race, class, religion etc... good Luck!
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I have schizophrenia and 9 out of my 10 personalities are atheists.  That might be why it seems like there is so many.
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It is possible for people to experience messages from God as a voice.  I once met a man who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, and he had struggled for a long time to recognize the voice of the Holy Ghost in comparison to all the other voices in his head.  He said that the voice of the Spirit was always accompanied by feelings of peace.\n\nIn addition, remember that the Holy Spirit will never tell you to do anything that's inconsistent with the teachings of Jesus Christ.\n\nYou can also pray to God and ask Him to help you recognize whether the things that you understand are messages from Him.  He cares about you and your mental health.\n\nThese are some keys you can use.
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Yeah, have heard of this before, believe it or not.\n\nThe word you're looking for is co-dependency.\n\nIt isn't an official mental illness, though, it's more of a bastardized mental illness that the psychiatric community gave up researching and studying because they just couldn't find out what caused it, which explains why there is no knowledge of it in our society, and people who have it like this man are instead called "lazy" or "mama's boys".\n\nMy uncles and other people in my own family have had this illness and it is for real.\n\nLike I said, the roots of it are very complex and it is hard to treat, but treatment for it has to start with psychiatric counselling for a long time, and possibly anti-anxiety medications as well.\n\nFor men like this one, it is almost always a result of not having a father or other man in their lives to teach them to be strong and independent for themselves, so they never learn the skills they need to cope and just rely on someone else to take care of them, almost always their mother.\n\nAll I can say as to what help this man should get is to find a good psychiatrist or psychologist, or to find a support group for people with low-grade or unspecific mental illnesses in the phone book or on the web, and more importantly pray for him, and get his brother or mom to find a priest or pastor for him to talk to and confide in as well.