Anxiety and spirituality

[astralprojections]

Has anyone used spirituality and meditation as a way to cope with their anxieties? I, today, just discovered a lot of things related spirituality such as Chakras and spiritual meditation and was just wondering if anyone has ever gone down this path and have seemed to feel better. Basically, ever since my prozac has seemingly plateaued I'm kind of loosing hope into which direction I look towards. I could increase my dosage, but I want to see if there are other ways I can take to help heal myself and just not be so uptight.

I still go into every day with a fear of things most people would see unimaginable, the prozac has really just made me feel more numb on top of my fears. My grades went from the best they've ever been first quarter to now just around average, I had to deal with applying to college at the same time and my parents' divorce -- so everything has kind of been crashing down on me. The prozac has really numbed my problems instead of making me feel actually better, and my mind still races with really idiotic fears every single night. Luckily my breathing and daily workout schedule has gotten much better but that is about it.

Even though I've been feeling somewhat better lately, I just wanted to hear if spirituality has helped anyone here and if maybe I should try getting into it?

 

[Cuchculan]

I don't think there is a wrong answer for what helps people out. In other words if you try something and it works, then it was right for you. others might find that such things don't work for them. A lot of people might pray. But still suffer. No reason to blame their God on not making things right. I think it takes a mixture of things. We can do all the praying or other things, but we also have to put in hard work ourselves. In other words the alternative answers would be only part of the overall sollution. if people are not willing to put in the hard work as well, thus meet the alternative half way, then you might find nothing seems to work at all. Then people blame what they tried and say it does not work. Same with medication. That is only part of the answer. We still have to be willing to work hard ourselves. So I would give anything a go at all. With the understand that I still had to work hard myself.

 

[He Man]

Astral, I think it's pretty well established that anxiety is often underwritten by dread. Living thru hard & painful experiences makes us understandably dreadful of the future.
Trusting (& studying) the works of a benevolent God can help ease some of that dread.

It's a timeless question.. why do we suffer (?) What is the value of (seemingly pointless and at times, seemingly sadistic) human suffering ?
Working on understanding this question has been frustrating for me personally.. but I pray for insight and relief. And it has helped me.. I've been reflecting on John 9 recently /first 12 verses/. The concept that suffering is a necessary set-up for (displays of God's) healing..
looking forward to your posts.

 

[bin_tenn]

I'm sure spirituality is helpful for some. I used to be a person of faith, but that changed several years ago. It didn't have anything to do with my anxiety or a difficult / challenging situation, it just didn't make sense to me anymore. I can say, however, that anxiety has become much *easier* for me to deal with since I stopped believing, but that's just me. You may find that spirituality works for you. No shame in trying.

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

I also think that spirituality is helpful to lots of people.

However, I don't think it's okay for anyone to tell that you should or shouldn't use religion to combat your mental health issues. That's for you to decide.

I don't think religion is a cure-all for those with anxiety issues. But it really does help lots of people with anxiety issues.