{"id":7540,"date":"2018-06-13T06:33:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2018-06-13T14:19:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T14:19:27","slug":"downward-spiral-neils-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/downward-spiral-neils-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Downward Spiral: Neil&#8217;s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything was going well for Neil until he started having panic attacks.<\/p>\n<p>He walked in darkness for so many years,\u00a0suffering with deep depression.\u00a0He continued to\u00a0suffer a lot of\u00a0panic attacks, which he\u00a0couldn&#8217;t understand.<\/p>\n<p>He tried all the conventional methods of man-made treatments and self help methods, but then he stumbled upon the\u00a0Alpha Course\u00a0and\u00a0encountered Jesus\u00a0and the\u00a0Holy Spirit, who set him free.<\/p>\n<p>Watch his story here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/188264014\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/188264014\">Neil&#8217;s Story | Great Commission<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/evangelicalalliance\">Evangelical Alliance<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Rawpixel<\/p>\n<p>If you are in a crisis or if you&#8217;re worried about someone you know &#8211; help is available.<br \/>\nSharing a problem is often the first step to recovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/downward-spiral-neils-story\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything was going well for Neil until he started having panic attacks. 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