[__ Prayer __] praise God for a voice...

[Christ_empowered]

After my heavy rounds of (involuntary) shock treatments, I could barely think, much less communicate effectively verabally or through writing. Now...I've been saved a bit over 3 years. I have social and conversational skills. My vocabulary has returned to me. I write well enough for college-level classes.

This just came into my mind/onto my heart while I was talking with a friend last night. To be unable to communicate effectively is to be cut off from the world, left only with feelings of hopelessness and agitation. Now, I do take meds, but my "mental illness" has improved dramatically from being able to speak and write well, from being able to understand the world around me and communicate my thoughts to others.

So...this is my Praise Report. I still have my problems and all, but I can talk and write things out. Shock treatments took my thoughts and my voice from me, and God gave me a new voice.

 

[AbbeyJoy]

Sweet! That's awesome.

 

[Christ_empowered]

yeah.....I know I write a lot on this forum, that's for sure, lol. But seriously...to be unable to articulate what's going on in your life, what happened, etc. is to be trapped and muted. No fun.

But now...God has been good to me! Looking over psychiatry's kinda checkered past, I've fared better than many people who had shock. Recovery was...well, when I got saved, I was about as recovered as I was ever going to get, barring a miracle. Now, I'm a new creation in Christ Jesus, and I have some raw material to work with in (hopefully) building some kind of a life for myself. Honestly, even if I have to stay on disability indefinitely, that's not too big a deal, I guess. Life has meaning, value, and purpose even if you can't work.

 

[AirDancer]

In addition, you've found a 'comfort spot' here amongst friends at CFnet, Christ_empowered !

This in itself is a blessing...to know you have friends who will read what you post, listen to the words, and love you as a brother in Christ!

 

[Angel]

Amen!

 

[Christ_empowered]

Yeah...people here pray for+with me and have taught me how to genuinely care about other people, even other people I'll never meet face to face. I've also learned how to listen to people with different view points and understand where they're coming from, even if I (most definitely) disagree.