Most people don't believe in oppressing spirits. Well, Peter did. He preached in Acts 10:38, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."
So how do you stop feeling sorry for yourself in situations you inherit or have to deal with that weigh you down?
Your mind is naturally obsessive and will keep you in a never ending cycle of misery until you find a way to break it. Throw yourself into something else, get extremely involved in anything else or find something new to obsess about. This way you change your mental state completely. When your mind tries to go back to feeling sorry, picture a large stop sign and refuse to go back to the situation that caused you so much pain.
Sit down and think long and hard about the effect feeling sorry for yourself is having on you.
-Is it helping you enjoy life?
-Is it getting you closer to reaching your goals?
-Or is it simply giving you a way out?
Perhaps you’ve realized it was caused from a negative event. Are you going to let this event control the rest or your life? You are more important than that. Decide to stand up for yourself now. You cannot control what happened before, but you can control what happens from this day forward. When someone brings up the event that makes you feel sorry stop them and don't let it get to you. Now this is easier said than done, because it's been your crutch for a long time. If you have given it your best effort despite all of the junk you've dealt with, you don't have to feel sorry for your self.
Remember you are a good person and God loves you. Don't let the circumstance get the best of you, but you get the best of the circumstance.
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