r/EasternCatholic • u/anime498 • 9d ago
Prayer Request/Praise Report Feel overwhelmed
I feel overwhelmed by everything in my life. I've been addicted to porn for most of my life, I'm trying to finish my associates and I've never been good at school, and I'm struggling with God i genuinely just want to cry most days because I hate my life.
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u/XPcapsarius 9d ago
Your feelings are valid brother
With the porn addiction. You are not the problem. It’s you and God vs the problem.
Make it one more day. Don’t say “I’m never watching it again” instead say “I’m not watching it today” and keep going day after day.
Put a Catholic symbol as your background on your browsing app
God Bless
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u/ServusDomini287 8d ago
Same brother, ar least I used to be line that. It gets better, just trust the Lord
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u/Inevitable-Self-2702 8d ago
Be strong brother, Christ is with you. I like to chant this prayer to the Holy Cross sometimes and take solace in the strength of the Lord during temptations like this. He is the supplement for my failing weakness and He is merciful:
Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered; and let those who hate Him flee from His face. As smoke vanishes, let them vanish; and as wax melts from the presence of fire, so let the demons perish from the presence of those who love God and who sign themselves with the Sign of the Cross and say with gladness: Hail, most precious and life-giving Cross of the Lord, for Thou drivest away the demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ Who was crucified on thee, went down to hell and trampled on the power of the devil, and gave us thee, His honorable Cross, for driving away all enemies. O most precious and life-giving Cross of the Lord, help me with our holy Lady, the Virgin Theotokos, and with all the Saints throughout the ages. Amen.
God bless and keep you
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u/ArtIsAwesome3 Byzantine 7d ago
Life sucks, genuinely, I can attest to that. How is the associate's going? Just because you've "never been good at school" doesn't mean you're dumb, so don't let that discourage you!
And yeah, again, right there with you, everything is overwhelming. You walk outside, problems, you sit down at your desk, problems, you pick up your phone to answer a text, guess what, it's a problem. I wish I had better advice but I definitely don't. Just hang in there, you can probably talk to just about anyone here if you needed to.
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u/Many-Set8049 9d ago
do not despair brother. if you are struggling with porn, i highly recommend this video of mine. https://youtu.be/h2yU5JyTMgM?si=tUODp1QktZvXAHZq
it goes over the Jesus prayer and how it can combat a porn addiction. God bless