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According to statistics in the UK

In 2000

One in six adults in the uk in Great Britain had a neurotic disorder (such as anxiety and depression),

One in seven in the uk had considered suicide at some point in their lives.

One in ten children in the uk in Great Britain aged 5-16 had a clinically recognisable mental disorder in 2004.

The cost of mental ill health in the UK is approaching £100 billion a year

With estimates predicting that by 2020 depression will be second only to heart disease as an international health problem.

ABOUT 75% OF ALL ANXIETY DISORDER SUFFERERS DO NOT GET PROFESSIONAL HELP OF ANY KIND !

According to the National Institute of mental health in America

Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

In the America, about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year

Anxiety Disorder, Approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent

Approximately 6 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 2.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have panic disorder.

Approximately 7.7 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 3.5 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have PTSD.

Approximately 2.2 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 1.0 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have OCD

Approximately 15 million American adults age 18 and over, or about 6.8 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have social phobia
 
 
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Post traumatic stress disorder.


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PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) works by keeping the memory of a traumatic experience alive

This happens as a self defense mechanism: let’s say you are walking down the street and you are mugged (robbed), it is very distressing and frightening, and you feel great anxiety, and later you find that you have flash backs and dreams of the event or even frightening nightmares anout it. Your body was caught out once, and it is geared up to not being caught out again. Your nerves have become sensitized for action and if you are ever in this situation again you will be ready, your memory won’t let you down.

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." 1 Peter 3:14 NIV

When we look at PTSD in this way, we change our view point to not seeing it as the enemy, but as a friend looking out for us. Often people see a therapist who will help them work through their feelings to a place in our mind feel more relaxed and safe, the body perceives the danger as being reduced and the need to remember fades, it may return, but when you have relaxed once you will relax again.


As a Christian Jesus helps us deal with fright by drawing close to him in the knowledge that he offers comfort and hope, often people in their darkest hour turn to God even when they have had no belief in the past

Jesus said:
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins,your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14.15 NIV

A simple prayer:

Dear Jesus, I thank you and put my trust in you, you are always at my side even when I am remembering frightening events; I know that you will never let me down, forgive me for the times that I have disappointed you, guide me and teach me, fill me with your power, I pray for healing and peace in the love and assurance that you died and rose again for me, amen
 
 

 
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