Fear and Doubt Kill Faith. What about Anxiety?

 Fear and doubt kill faith.  Jesus, he is walking on the water.  Jesus takes Peter by the hand.  Peter is walking on the water.  Peter has a moment of doubt or fear.  "How is this possible?"  Peter looks down.  Peter sinks.  Don't look down.    

Faith is a personal relationship of trust with God.  Given a man has a good friend, and that friend gave him "Reason to doubt," it may hurt their relationship.  Doubt and fear kill faith.  

"But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind." (James 1:6)

What about anxiety?  Some people they worry about the unknown.  That worry may relate doubts.  They should give their doubts, their anxiety to God. 

Article:  "The Difference between Anxiety vs Fear."  from VeryWellMind Website.

• But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.  (Jonah 1:4,5)
   
•  A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (Mark 4:37-40)

 There is a conditioning towards growing in faith where someone is conditioned against supernatural things.  They are conditioned against fear and doubt.  They are comfortable in The Lord.  

There is an aspect of anxiety that may be a survival mechanism.  Someone who was in a military, and was in combat, they may have developed a fight or flight response.  This may be a survival mechanism.  When this aspect of anxiety is tuned well, with God, someone may become aware of dangers.  They don't necessarily worry about the dangers.  They become aware.  

Prior to working for God, I was diagnosed by the US Veteran's Administration for an Anxiety Disorder.  That would be 50% disability. I suppose the Anxiety is part of how I do a lot of what I do with sensing and perceiving things intuitively.  It is not something I worry about.  I became aware of something, and have a fight or "do" response.  

When I started working for God, in 2014, I was a monster with a fight response.  It took several years for me to relax. I chewed out a police officer successfully while in jail in Davidson County Tennessee.  I suppose that is something.  

Writing things in the blog, something came to mind.  I didn't worry about it.  Something coming to mind may have been tied to anxiety.  Waking up in the morning, with my breakfast and coffee, and writing whatever comes to mind is easy.  

Still, sometimes this anxiety is triggered in a big way.  It sort of feels like I am super hyped up like a man about to play in the Superbowl or something.  As long as I am active, and doing something, or feeding it, I am ok.  The longer I hold it back.....I suppose I start shaking. Holding it back is sort of like going last in your high school presentation that you have to give in front of the classroom, but worse.  I don't 100% see this as a disorder.  It was part of a survival mechanism.  It is a natural thing.   

There are different aspects of certain concepts.  Pride may be a sin.  Pride, as in self-worth, or self-respect, that may be healthy, so that a man isn't a doormat.  Anxiety, like someone is constantly fearing the unknown would be unhealthy and hurt faith.  Anxiety, as a in a survival mechanism, tuned well, may be healthy.  Different aspects of a concept.  

Understanding that different concepts are multifaceted may help someone understanding the Angels like in Ezekiel 1, where the angels have multiple faces.  Uriel, with his flaming sword, he could have left someone lost.  He may have also been a guide given he was turned the right way.  This has been an understanding I received that has done well for me.  This isn't something I have worked out a lot with God.  It is on the border of the danger zone of understanding Angels.  Some knowledge of Angels has been forbidden.  I didn't share anything that hasn't been revealed before. Something to pray and reflect on.  

Addendum

Question:  What is the difference between PTSD and an Anxiety Disorder?  

I am not a doctor.  Reading about the topic, it would appear that PTSD may be an Anxiety Disorder +.  
A soldier somewhere, he may have been judging himself.  Some men are their own worst enemies, and judge themselves worse than anyone else may have.  In a split second, a decision was made.  Should he have made another decision?  Could he have saved a life?  He judges himself, and it was haunting him.  He should give that anxiety to God.  God is The Judge.  

Vietnam Vet may have allowed Jane Fonda Liberal Politics to box him in and judge him.  That is not how God judges things.  He should seek God with all his heart and soul and strength and mind, and give it to God.  

I don't have flashbacks about anything.  I don't judge myself like that.  God is The Judge.  King David was a warrior King.  God blessed David, and David's line.