How Do I Know I need Healing after an Abortion?
HOW DO I KNOW I need post-abortion healing? Millions of women have chosen abortion as a “solution” to an unplanned pregnancy. Long after the abortion is over, emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual struggles can linger. Many try to deny or ignore these feelings, yet the feelings can intrude our thoughts at the most inopportune times. Feelings of sadness, depression, guilt and unforgiveness of self and/or others are typical for most post-abortive women and men. Symptoms may not appear for years after an abortion. Researchers and health care professionals are now classifying these symptoms as Post Abortion Stress/Syndrome or PAS. If you recognize some of these symptoms in yourself, know you are not alone; we desire to help you.
- Anxiety
- Anger or Irritability
- Difficulty concentrating
- Nightmares or sleeping disorders
- Bouts of crying
- Feelings of intense grief
- Recurrent or intrusive thoughts about the abortion or the aborted child
- Inability to maintain loving or trusting relationships
- Drug/Alcohol abuse
- Suicidal thoughts and other self-destructive tendencies
Abortion affects every life it touches, and recovery can be a long and difficult process. God however, is waiting for us to come to Him and bring the wounds of abortion, so He can bring healing and restoration. Through the study, Surrendering the Secret, we will be addressing these areas:
- Breaking through denial
- Working through guilt and experiencing God's forgiveness
- Releasing anger and forgiveness toward yourself or anyone else who was involved in your abortion decision
- Grieving the loss of your aborted child or children
He will restore all the years the locust has eaten. Joel 2:25
This study is offered either as a class with no more that 5 participants per session or, if someone prefers, they can meet one-on-one. A trained Client Advocate facilitates both.
