Telling someone with debilitating anxiety they need to pray more and that numerous doctors for 20 years are wrong is damaging beyond words. Especially when it's someone you supposedly love.
No one would just want to have something this horrible.
Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's not real.
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To suggest a simplistic answer to a complex issue can be very damaging to someone who is already hurt by their condition. I believe in prayer, but to suggest that somehow the more you do the more you get back is very mechanical and not all what I understand the nature of God to be. The solution will be a mixture of spiritual, emotional, physical and mental and only those you trust most closely and have fully confided in (including the medics) have the right to offer suggestions on how you might best manage this condition.
