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I'm scared God told me I was going to Die.

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This is my first time posting. My condition started in March and I begin thinking about dying everyday. Every movie title was a sign from God that I was about to die. As the month when on I begin to have spells where I thought I was dying in 5 to 10 min and so on. I begin to think God was telling me to get ready. So I started back to church. The fear wouldn't leave tho. Then twice while I was dozing, I thought I heard God say, "Your not gonna live as long as you think you are" A few weeks later I begin to stay awake at night because I thought every night was my last. Against my wishes and from a lot of pressure from my husband and others I started taking Zoloft. I still experienced fear every single day, thinking I only have a day or two to live. It's been probably 6 weeks and I still can't shake the feeling. I'm afraid I'll die soon. Has anyone ever experienced thinking it was multiple signs from God.

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So sorry you are so fearful of dying and that God is telling you so. I don't have that fear, but wanted you to see that members of this venue take your post seriously enough to answer you as soon as possible. I was raised ina faith that we are special to God and he looks over us like each little bird on the earth,and that He is not a vengeful God. Anxiety can do many things to us,it is very sneaky and knows how to show itself in many ways. I am glad you are seeking help from a professional as God gave you the intellect to know to do that. Today I am certain you will receive replies from others who may have experienced your situation. I am thinking of you and wish you better days,

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Thank you. I wish I could shake these feelings.

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How are you doing? I feel the same way, and feel I will die soon. I suffer from anxiety and depression, so I've really been struggling lately, especially with being isolated and very alone during this covid 19 pandemic. I pray a lot and hope that God will remove this fear that I will die soon, but each day I wake up with the same feeling. Then my sweet 6 year old granddaughter called me and out of the blue she said, God called me and told me that you will be going to Heaven very soon. I've never told anyone about how I am feeling, so this made me believe that perhaps it's true. I don't want to die, but each day I feel like I am. I have no one I can talk to about this, my family especially, who has never been supportive sadly. A few years ago, i went to my meducal dictor for depression and anxiety, and sadly she told me i just need to work this out in my own, and then said, its called tough love. That teally hurt derply and never returned to het clinic again. Will anyone reading this please pray for me please? I would really appreciate it. I will also be praying for everyone as well. Thank you kindly and may God Bless all of you.

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I know what you're going through. I know it's hard and doctor's who do not know God or who don't care to understand us will not know how to treat this. I prayed for you but i believe in this the Lord has something good for us and is going to use this trial for his glory some how. I know it's hard to trust him and your faith may waiver but know that he is still there. God bless you. You can message me when you need to talk.

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How are you doing?

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Hi, thank you so VERY much for responding and more so for praying for me, I so much appreciate it. I KNOW Jesus hears our prayers and has his best in mind for us. I pray all the time, and still feel so lonely, depressed and sad. I want so desperately to feel happy, like I see everyone else. I see posts on Facebook of family and friends being with loved ones and having the time of their lives with not a care in the world. I am happy for them, I just wished I could have that and feel that too. It would make a big difference to just know someone cared. We all need people in our lives. On that note, I want to thank YOU for reaching out and caring. I also THANK our Heavenly Father who loves me unconditionally and for never leaving my side. How are you doing? Have you been getting out much during this pandemic? My heart hurts for those who are suffering in this world. I pray for all daily and will pray for you also. Thank you again for your prayers, I really need them. Hugs

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I'm on the same boat as you. These times are hard but are even harder for us sufferers of depression and anxiety. I know what you mean about ppl living their lives without a care. I want my life back too. Everything happened to me as once after i had my baby. I resorted to taking meds which i hate but that's the only way i can go without being a wreck. Nobody knows what these feelings are like except us sufferers. If you need someone to talk to I'm here. Or if you want to exchange numbers I'm here. Not sure if your I the US or not

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Thank you again for responding. Even if it's a message in a forum such as this, it does help to know that someone out there cares. Thank you so much for caring. Do you have postpartum depression, due to your hormones being out of balance? I know some people have experienced that and it was very hard to endure. Nonetheless, I'm so sorry that your experiencing depression and anxiety. Hugs. You are right, it's generally the people that suffer from this illness, are the only ones that understand, other than our Heavenly Father. There is also such a stigma as well, unfortunately, as many are uneducated on any type of mental illness, which makes it even harder for us that suffer. I have taken a anti depressant since my early thirties, but obviously they don't help much, as my depression and anxiety have never gone away. I reached out, as mentioned before, to a doctor, but she poo pooed it, and just said to keep taking my meds. My family has no clue, and have been nothing but cruel when I'm suffering most, very painful. My friends, well...i love them dearly, but any mention of how I'm feeling, is just blown off, and then onto their lives. So I have just given up on any hope and go about my day pretending to others that I am ok. Yes, I am in the USA, and chatting or talking privately would be nice, but not sure how to go about that as I don't want to display my number in a public forum. I am praying for you, please know that, as I'm a very sincere person and I care.

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Ooh yeah forgot about this not being private. I have had depression and anxiety since my early teens but this is the worse it's ever been. When i came home from the hospital i was really sick. I was hearing voices. Found out i have gallstones and the

Voice told me I'd die in surgery. I thought it was God telling me. I have been so confused lately. You don't have to keep thinking me for chatting. I need some company too lol. I know what you mean when i try to talk about it to people the blow me off tell me i need to get on meds or tell me to try not to think about it. It's frustrating. I pray to our heavenly father everyday because I'm in torment believing I'm going to leave my children behind. I have had voices Tell me things that have happened before this is why I'm so afraid.

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I also have had depression and anxiety from early childhood. Back then, I'm the 60's no one really knew much about depression, anxiety, etc, and unfortunately neither did my parents. I don't think they knew why I was suffering, and just contributed it, to growing pains, or growing up if you will. It wasn't until o was 30 that I went to a doctor, and it was at that time anti depressants just came out. I can't say, they have ever helped me, however. I feel the older one gets, the more one experiences depression, anxiety, etc. I am not sure why that is, but it's certainly been harder for me, personally, especially being all alone, with not a soul who cares, aside from Jesus. I've learned that people mean well, but most are too self involved to really care. Some say, give me a call if you need anything, but I learned the hard way, that isn't the case, and are just empty words, as it is when some say, I'll pray for you, but are they? At any rate, Jesus is with us with every breath we take, and will never forsake us, and by faith we believe with Him all things are possible. Continued prayers for you. Hugs

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Thank you and you are right. I really do pray for people when i say i will because i have been taught it's a sin to say you will but don't. I try to live right as much as possible. But God bless and keep in touch.

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Yes, let's stay in touch. It's great to know you care. I prayed for you today, and I know God heard my words that spoke of health, peace and comfort upon your life. I hope you feel all the above. Blessings for you.

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Thank you! I pray God gives you peace, good health and helping hands in your time of tribulation.

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Thank you so much, it truly means a LOT that you are praying for me, as I have you. In fact, I just prayed again for you. I hope and pray you felt everyone of them as your guardian angels surround you.

Praying that your passion for life comes back, and that depression and anxiety leave you stronger than ever before. God didn’t create us to live in a drought, constantly struggling, stuck at one level. That’s not our destiny. Abundance is coming, and healing is upon you. Please let me know how you are doing when ypu can. I wished there was a way to talk privately vs in this forum, but maybe we are helping others too.

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Yes me too. Us believers need to stick together. These are the times when people are running away from the faith. I'm not going to lie my faith has been wavering but i cant live life without the Lord. I have to hold on. You are right we may be helping others. Please Keep in touch so i will know you're okay.

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I figured out how to send a private message to you. Let me know if you get it, if so, we can communicate that way.

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How r u

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I'm doing much better.... how are you?

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See all those dreams were untrue.. nothing happens! 🙃

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How are you feeling?

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Hello, how are things going for you?

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Hello, how are things?

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NemoAbella

Hello mam :) Sigh..I am sad to hear about you being anxious now mam.

You know mam, God loves us all, he will never give us reason to feel like this, to fear; meaning? The one that is giving us anxiety is not God but the other side, maybe the evil side. I know deep inside in my heart, God is not the one that is giving us fear, you know how he loves us all.

I have been thru your shoes before mam, I felt so anxious before, bcoz of how I misterpreted the scriptures given to me by my daily bible; I just pray, ask forgiveness to all my since evryday, thank him, ask for protection from him, so that the fear from evil will not penetrate me.

Mam, I know how scary to die, I am scared as well, but instead of worrying, I enjoy life day by day, thinking about death is not something to stress about, if God wants you to die, that time will come in a right time, we don't have I dea about when will would that be, instead, pray and confess your sin every morning and night, like I usually do, then proceed with my day, enjoy and live with my YOLO life, enjoy life bcoz YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, instead of worry, lets try to appreciate life :) God bless you mam. Let fight this disorder with God :)

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Jeff1943

Rd1208, God doesn't tell people they're going to die soon and certainly doesn't use movie titles to communicate. He may send things to test us, we all have our cross to bear, who is without one? But your feeling of impending death is caused by anxiety disorder and it's a very common symptom.

You see, we all have the desire to avoid premature death wired into us, that's normal. But when you have anxiety disorder it magnifies everything ten fold. A headache becomes a tumour, a muscular ache in the chest becomes heart failure and sore eyes mean your going blind. Or in your case, the normal reluctance to avoid death becomes an obsession with impending doom. And somehow you've dragged God into this which is rather unfair.

So mark my words, you are not going to die anytime soon. That's absolutely definite. I suggest you do two things. Work out what has caused you so much worry and stress that it's given you anxiety disorder and take decisive action to remove the unpleasantness. Then simply accept these strange thoughts for the moment, don't fight them because fighting only causes more stress and strain fir your over sensitised nervous system. So accept the feelings with the minimum of fear you can and the maximum amount of calm you can muster. And eventually you will recover your quiet mind and all these thoughts of dying will become just a fading memory,

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I try to get over these feelings, but it's so hard. The first 4-6 weeks on Zoloft I was terrified with fear. The fear has subsided a bit but the racing thoughts never go away.

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hey I’m going through what you were going through and since this happened 6 yrs ago is there any updates

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Accept the racing thoughts without fearing them, they are perfectly normal for someone with a sensitised nervous system and can do you no harm. Just accept them, I say. You can read how Acceptance can restore your good mental health by reading 'Self help for your nerves' by Claire Weekes available from Amazon. It's changed the lives of tens of thousands of people for the better and it will do the same for you.

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I feel that if I let this go and shake the fear then unexpectedly something will happen and I'll be dead. This fear is non stop and I'm afraid it's God telling me these things.

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I think you know in your heart this is not God terrorising you, it's coming from your over sensitised nervous system. So many people come to this forum fearing they are about to die but we've never lost any of them yet and you're no different believe me. If you"ve been fearing impnding death for 6 weeks the fact you're still here shows the feeling is false. Time for another talk with your Doctor.

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The fear is like a burning sensation in my throat? I just want peace!

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This is exactly the thoughts that I get and the replies are very helpful.

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Do you always feel like it's a premonition?

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Hi, I'm kinda feeling the same way I have really bad anxiety and also OCD so I obsesse over it and I do feel scared saying its from God and that I'm gonna die soon and I don't go to church I do pray though eberyday for the most part but somtimes it tells me to go to church or somthing bad will happend or somthing like that I don't know what to think I feel so confused somtimes because I ask my self (will God really tell me these things)? Then I feel confused because I don't know what to belive and I get anexity. Are you still going thru the same problem? Help feed back would be nice

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The same thing happened to me for almost a year. I used to get the feeling that I was about to die, so one time I almost called an ex-girlfriend to tell her how I really felt. I ended up calling my mom and telling her I was about to die, and the same thing happened a bunch of times. One time it was so bad that I ran out of my friend’s house and jumped into his neighbor’s backyard cause I thought a group of people was coming to kill me. Ended up going to the hospital after that, but then I started going to church and seeking Jesus and reading the Bible and other books about Christianity and it has almost completely stopped. I used to have really bad psychotic episodes, but now I can’t remember the last time I had one

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Hi rd im sorry to see how tight of a grip this has on you i presume you have a good support network as this can be a big help in you getting better ! Have you thought about cbt theraphy or hypnotheraphy they may help you relax more and help you deal with your fears ,the fear of dying is a common one which can be helped with councilling ! The lord is not someone who would tell you when you are going to die he is a loving person who looks over you all the time so each day you wake up say a little prayer thanking the lord for being healthy and alive ! God bless you amen

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Hi, so my situation is a little different considering when a voice that I strongly believe was God told me I was dying I was on LSD (please no judgement I stopped do anything that is mind altering) that was early January and I don't dream a lot but when I do it's of family members telling me God told them I will be dead this September. I really relate when you talked about staying up because you feel like you might not wake up or movie titles being a sign, I GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. I'm so scared, honestly. No one around me thinks I'm dying but I truly think I am... I can't tell you I've overcome this and you have nothing to worry about because every single day after months all I think about is death.. But I can tell you that you're not alone... Stay strong!

I know God and inspiring fear and insight of imminent death is not something that comes from his kingdom. God is about being free, joyful, and at peace. Any message aside from that comes from the other side. The devil is trying to break your will, he does not want you to experience the joy that comes from the victory of the cross. I will pray for you.

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How are you feeling hun. Please let us know please

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rd1208

Hi everyone I'm doing much better! I still fight anxiety some days but it's nothing like before. Thank you all for your reply's they mean so much😊

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I am sorry you are going through but glad to see I'm not the only one. I have had this fear of dying now for 9 months. My 30 year old daughter passed away 9 months ago and since then I just feel everything is a sign of death. I know it's anxiety that makes my heart skip beats etc.. I am a christian and know I am going to heave but I'm still scared. Last night I prayed before bed and I asked God to send me a dream about my daughter If I am dying. I haven't had a dream about her in a few months And I did have a dream about her last night. I woke up at 4:00 this morning so scared because I did dream about her. This is the worst feeling ever :(

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Can I ask how you are doing and if you still have these experiences?

I lost my boyfriend unexpectedly in December, he was very young as am I, and I have been fearful ever since losing him that I’m not far behind him.

I also feel like I get signs and confirmation from God that I’m going to die young too.

I am so sorry for your loss and am wondering if your fear of dying and feeling like it was going to come true, was at all a part of your grief process?

I’m desperately hoping I just feel like I’m going to die soon because I am still in such shock and grief over the sudden passing of my boyfriend.

Thank you 💛

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Same just recently. One time on faceboook I took a stupid quiz about “when will you die” and I can’t remember the age but I think it states 33. Now I recently just turned 31 and al of a sudden I am freaking out and thinking I only have 2 years to live. I don’t know if this is God or just my anxiety. Now every time I see 33 somewhere I panic and think it’s a sign for God, what’s going on here?

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TriggerPoint

FIRST Of All, GOD Isn't The Author of FEAR. [ where did you get that from ? ] God Wouldn't Put You Through That ? ALL Through The Scriptures God Says "Fear Not & Be Not Afraid". If God Came To Tell You That He Was Taking You Home ? There Would Be A Comforting Peace That Would Surround You.....

Prayers For Ya~*

[ don't forget. "Know Your Enemy, Least He Overtake You." But Fear Not ! The Enemy Has NO POWER Over Your Will To Choose.... Choose Faith Over Fear... ]

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Lucydraco06

This is happening to me right now ,and I’m terrified I feel like if I go to sleep , I will die

’s been going for months now and it’s like everything is about death like god is showing me signs. One day I walked in too the store feeling like I was about to die and suddenly the cashier yells ugh I’m about to die. I guess because of the heat and then a song comes on about diene in the store. That’s one of many everyday I think could be my last day. It’s as if the good or the devil is following me my life has literally became another final destination movie. I really hope I’m just freaking out but with the consistency it has made me wonder all I have is my faith but when I was young the devil came to me as a child and told me I would die when I was 25 and my birthday is in 4 months & soon I’ll be turning 26. All I have is my faith and prayer feeling as if I’m cursed I’m glad I’m not the only one

This is the difficulty in believing in God's and devils....everything is a sign. You project everything on reality

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I'm the same theres been tuns if signs that's why I'm hear what do I do?

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That's because God IS telling you that you are going to die. But for everyone else they will be living forever and mocking you for dying. Just kidding, only republicans can hear the voice of God. Did you know Moses was a republican? He voted for trump and hell on earth. Anyhow, I just heard from God just now--he's said "your right--you ARE going to die!" Enjoy!!!

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Testimony

Hi there! Can you please tell me how to defeat this ?!

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narinooj72

I used to have panic attacks like this because of how I grew up. I always thought God was going to kill me if I breathed wrong. Then I found 2Timothy 1:7 and it has changed my life. "God does not give us a spirit of fear, but he gives us a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind.". That means to me that if God doesn't give us a spirit of fear, it must be the devil doing it because he's the exact opposite of God. This verse has helped me on so many levels. I hope it can help you as well.

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I have the same problem mine just started today I had a feeling god tells me I'm gonna die I believe in God our father and Heaven but dying is still one of my biggest fear and I also struggle whit health anxiety so I don't know if that's the reason but in the past I also convinced myself I would die when the doctor told me I was completly fine so I think I have the same problem again and that I won't die so there is absolutely no reason to be scared my doctor told me I was fine and It was just hyperventilation so your probably fine♥️ your not alone and God bless you♥️

Hey i know it can be very scary tormenting thought but i do believe christ is saying this to me to and i don’t truly believe God would place such a thought in one of his childrens head i do believe we have anxiety but What does Gods words say his word the bible i’m not sure if it says he would tell us but if it doesn’t that we can be sure that God wouldn’t do that to us not because he can’t but because he loves us enough to encourage and love and guide and direct and protect with love that ensures forever i don’t believe God would use that fear to make us walk in such a fear but rather to show us his love so we know no matter what he’s with us and has our backs and takes good care of us and we’re changed because of it 💯❤️🙏🏾

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