Secular therapy and meds?
I am Christian and am a member at my local Baptist church but secular counseling is frowned upon by them. I got a therapist and they put me on medication.
A: Your pastors are a gift from God who shepherd and guide you into biblical truth and in holy living. Don't disregard their counsel. Doing so shows your disrespecting God, and not going a path that follows the biblical worldview, which you claim as a Christ follower.
I would guide towards switching to a Biblical Counselor. They do in fact recommend medication and send you to doctors when necessary. Sometimes they suggest medication temporarily while they work the rest of the problem out with you.
Even something as simple as sleeping medication or supplements can be damaging to your body. For example your body produces melatonin. If you use a supplement it can prevent your body from properly making it in the future (and even cause further damage), making your sleep issue a life long problem. Meds and supplements are a bandaid that doesnt get to the core problem, for most issues people go to medical & mental industry for, but biblical counselors do.
*Medications are not the easy fix you think they are. They do damage your body. They dont solve the actual problem, (at its core its a sin and soul care issue that needs resolving).
But if in rebellion... you are going your own way, and dont care what your godly shepherds say, or others giving godly counsel like me, then you should examine yourself to see if you are in the Faith. Cuz those actually born again have a spirit of righteousness wherein they desire and are grateful for not just godly counsel but glad someone corrected them and called them to repent and be restored to God, the Church leadership and to those you've sinned against there. They embrace it cuz they Love God and the Brethren, and actively living holy lives, pursuing it by the righteous new nature, in right submission to be like Christ.
Why arent you going to Christian counseling? Is it cuz you dont want your sins exposed, or your life to be called to be examined for sin or change? Cuz if your life is full of problems and your not dealing with it rightly, you shouldn't avoid Christian counsel. They're there to help you find the root problems, help you make adjustments and prioritize what needs to be, so you can actually have a solution, and have victory & peace.
Contact a licensed Biblical Counselor today.
*There are faq here I highly recommend you look at on the topic.
I hope you heed this counsel.
God bless
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