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Dymphna was fourteen when her mother died. Damon is said to have been afflicted with a mental illness, brought on by his grief. He sent messengers throughout his town and other lands to find some woman of noble birth, resembling his wife, who would be willing to marry him. When none could be found, his evil advisers told him to marry his own daughter. Dymphna fled from her castle together with St. Gerebran, her confessor and two other friends. ... Continue Reading
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My mother gave me this name 76 years ago and I never knew the story behind this name. Thank you for the information.
Dear St Dymphna... please watch over and bless my 46 yr old brother... his behavior has been changing over the last month and is now hospitalized with rapid speech, delusions, paranoia and more. This is so unexpected and heartbreaking for all of us especially his two children and wife. Please help us learn what we need to so we can be his best advocates, guide us on the best way to communicate with him and help him through this difficult time, bestow on us strength as you showed during your difficult life, and bless Chris with your mercy and summon God's mercy on Chris' behalf to aid in a smooth and rapid arrival at a healthy state of mind. Amen.
Saint Dymphna, please help all the victims of my ex-husband's mental illness. Please protect my three from inheriting his illness.
I have never heard of St.Dymphna until afew days ago. I have a Son with Bi Polar & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He is 35 Yrs. Old & He lives with My Husband & Myself He is a wonderful man I need Prayer for Him. I Pray that he will be able to get a job & get married as he would make a Wonderful Husband & Father. Please Pray for My son John. Thank You & God Bless.
Dearest and most holy Saint Dymphna, I pray for your intercession, coupled with that of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, for the urgent healing of my friend Donna in North Carolina. She is battling Parkinson's disease and has recently developed paranoia, depression and gross mistrust of her beautiful and loving husband. She is creating a prison for them both and is delusional. I offer her suffering up for the salvation of souls and plead that you take pity on her and bring many prays to our Lord for her release of this torture. Saint Dymphna, my new friend, please hear my prayer and divinely intercede, in Jesus' name, Amen. Dana
Dear St.Dymphna, I am in deep emotional distress as the woman I love for so many years is leaving me for another man. I love her too much, please intercede for me. All hope is gone but Divine intervention can change the whole situation.
Dear st. Dymphna, make my heart un nervous or not afraid, or wat ever this im feeiling to rex be blotted out on me. but rather for my learning for my maturity or for whom he make me holy, becouse of wat im felling of afraid that i may respect woman. or to this felling of him to be at peace but nevertheles for my thought for my goodness? all for the trust in our Lord God amen.
Dear St Dymphna, Kindly intercede for me at this cruel time of anxiety and depression of my bipolar life. Please.
Please pray for my family that suffer with anxiety & deppression,that each new day we will deal with this affliction & trust in God for strenght. Amen
Dear St. Dymphna, please intercede for my son Peter who is paralyzed with depression and won't go to school. He knows he must go to school, but the anxiety and shame are keeping him from it. Pray for him, and for us, his family. Amen, and thank you.
I have just discovered St. Dympna and am deligthed that I have found a new irish friend and being irish myself, i feel especially i have found a kindred spirit. I am sorry you lost your life, but almost glad you did not survive to endure the devastating effects of incest/abuse/rape/breakdown. The conflict of wanting to be like those untouched by it, the denial of accepting it happened, the intimidation from the abusers being all around you, feeling like walls closing in on you, the delusions , hallucinations which maybe a way to escaping horrid memories, knowing those closest to you devioulsy want to harm you in such ways without regret, and who will continue to lie repeatedly and brand you all sorts of terrible things, the loss of potential to enjoy Gods beautiful world and people, the loss of lives of babies born to rape/incest , unacknowledged, the pain of making bad decisions and even forgiving these people only to find they will restart their reign of abuse at any time, the illness of anxiety, depression, the loss of ability to live and function at all, the unbelievable suffering and loss of faith in human nature, almost hatred for what they can do, and almost jealousy for those free to enjoy a life you will never feel part of, For all those who are suffering please pray and selfishly for myself , I am fighting for freedom and wish I had your courage but I am alone, I have no priest friend to risk life to protect me, noone to protect only the angels, saints and Our Lady , our Lord, who i trust know my suffering and reasons why, pray for the menal illness of abusers that they can be cuerd so that it ends, pray for the conflicts of goodness against evils and please help me find the strenght to regain the strenght and health to liev positively without my anger, hate , rage affecting others , to walk in the shadow of our lord, Pray for Us and Thank You.
Dear Dymphna, I testify from my personal experiences that your power of prayer and love of souls, more so those souls who are lost and unloved, souls without hope for a better life. Timmy is such a soul who is lost and unloved, and he is living from day to day without any hope for a better life. Timmy is sadly a heroin addict living his life from the benches of public parks in Sydney. This is heartbreaking because Timmy is very intelligent and incredibly gifted in woodwork, carpentry, painting, restoration of classic cars and even tailoring which his mother taught him from early age. Timmy needs you, Dymphna, to pray God to save his life from heroin hell he has to live every day. Where There Is Life There is Hope is a famous quote so please help Timmy escape from his hell, and live life again as he once did with his family and loved ones. We all miss the Timmy he once was. AMEN
ST Dymphna please offer my plea with THE Blessed Virgin Mary that God may
free me and ALL those who suffer from nervous illness. Im tired and worn out
and at times despairing at being in this self made prison. I am so desperate to
to be given my wings back so l can fly again. Take the shackles off my feet l beg
you.
Please St. Dymphna- Help my daughter, Sara. Another saint (should have been!), Dennis, left a card with your information on it for us, years ago. It is only now, in total desperation, that I finally remembered to look you up & to pray to you. Sara is a beautiful soul, crippled by mental illness & like you, by a step-father who wants her like a man wants a woman, and does not love her life a father. I have done all I can to protect her, but she is 25 years old & is delusional that I am the harmful parent. St. Dymphna- PLEASE! Interced one her (and my) behalf- Dennis loved her like a father REALLY SHOULD. He always tried to guide her & was there for her in every way a dad should be. Please, Dymphna, please- perform a miracle- save her from this mental illness & this confusion/ delusion that she needs to protect herself from me- the mother who loves her & is truly there for her- and please, please help her see- give her clarity about how unhealthy her relationship with her step-father is, and please give her the strength to let go of that. Thank you Dymphna!
St. Dymphna, please pray for my son Michael. Please ask on his behalf to recieve grace and peace in the name of our saviour, Jesus Christ. He is depressed, unstable and under attack from the enemy. Please pray for his soul.
Dear Saint Dymphna, Please help my son Jared. He had major depression in his early 20s and is now suffering from a Manic Episode. He has been off from work for over six weeks now and I pray for your intersession to Jesus. He is a good boy and wants to work. I fear that he has full blown bipolar disorder now and that he will suffer from this for his entire life. His grandfather (my dad) was bipolar and he ended up taking his own life. Please dear holy saint take pity on us and intercede to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Please give us a miracle so that my son can get on the right meds and this illness can be controlled and he can continue working. He needs to work so that he can have medical coverage etc. Please, Saint Dymphna, help my son to get better if it be God's will.
St. Dymphna, I think you're a great saint. For the people who say you shouldn't be a saint, they're wrong you have the right to be a saint, just as all of us do. I picked you for my confirmation name because you heal people. I ask that you keep helping those who ask for you're help more than ever now because of how the economy is right now, a lot of people are suffering fron emotional and mental illnesses. I'm sure at one point everyone's prayers will be answered.
Dear dympha your the very saint I've been drawn TOWARDS. I've heard many miracles of your healing, with deepest despair~Dark~depression~ABUSE~NEGLECT~incest by family members in abract ways, and violence out of pure rage TOWARDS frail daughters who are to frail innocent to fight back. Dympha you help~ with {{"horrid harsh male violence"}}~ against a young innocent WOMANS will when, she is to frail to fend for herself.
I CALL ON YOU TONIGHT AS I HAVE JUST HAD A TOTAL BREAKDOWN FROM THE HORRID MALE VIOLENCE THAT HAS BEEN THROWN SO HARSHLY AT MY BEING/BODY/SOUL. MY NERVOUS SYSTEM IS "INFLAMED" DUE TO THE SHOCK THAT HAS BEEN THROWN AT MY "INFLAMED NERVOUS SYSTEM" FOR MUCH TO LONG. I CALL ON YOU TO HELP ME THROUGH THIS HORRID BOUT OFF FRIGHT THAT HAS HIT ME OVERNIGHT.
I call on you to heal the shock that has travelled through my badly inflamed nerves overnight. I'm filled with fright/terror/shock"~trauma~VIOLATION TO MY ENTIRE "SACRED FEMALE {BODY/SOUL"}~ON ALLL LEVELS. PLEASE SEND ME MIRACLES OFF HEALING ON ALL LEVELS~via inflamed nervous system~inflamed ovaries from abuse and shock.
Chronic dark depression from being violated by evil male figures who have abused their power off authority~when I was sobbing through the night.
THEY KNEW VERY WELL MY SITUATION AND LEFT ME HANGING, knowing the seriousness off my situational circumstance. They know I'm frightened/SCARED/Traumatized/Shocked/TERRIFIED~and don't care to help.
Please asking you St.Dympha~ I come before you, and ask for your~help and hand in this overwhelming situation. I'm broken down and scared. IM FRAIL AND SENSITIVE AND MIGHT NOT MAKE IT TO MUCH LONGER.
I'm human life and need your help. In tears suffering.
PLEASE HELP ME ATTAIN THE RIGHT MEDS I NEED AT THIS TIME FROM MY Psychiatrist~or doc whom are both aging games. THEY ARE BOTH GREEDY AND ONLY ABOUT THEMSELVES. please help teach and guide them if possible~ to show them proper humility in this serious situation.
I'm to frail to have to play docs games and that off other negative influences that are causing me to suffering. PLEASE ST.DYMPHA HOLD MY HAND AND SHOW ME HOPE WHEN IT ALL SEEMS HOPELESS AND DIM AT THIS MOMENT. I BOW BEFORE YOU, as I have heard miracles. Please hold me in your hand~ give me strength~ deflect all darkness away from me.
Show me hopewhen their is despair~show me light when I have given up. Please send me miracles via protection from abuse of power~protection from despair~strength and prayers to attain the right meds I need. I'm to frail for many meds. I need those in higher up to realize how serious this situation is.
Please Dympha pray I'm given what I need fast. They know what that is.
Please pray all abuse will stop, pray nerves will heal on all levels~ please pray despair depression will lift. Please pray shock~fright~TERROR~INFLAMED NERVES WILL HEAL~ WITH YOU LOVE UNIVERSAL HEALING~AND THE MEDS I BEGGING FROM THE UNIVERSE FOR MY FRAIL NERVOUS SYSTEM. PLEASE SHEILD ME WITH YOUR ARMOUR, AS I'M VERY WEAK WITH FRIGHT/despair. Love carrie
St.Dympha please help me attain the meds I need, without evil darkness interference. IM HUMAN LIFE, and don't deserve to be treated like litter. please pray they will come around show display humility, and give me what I need, as I'm in a terrible state off being.
St. Dympha,
Please pray for my soul. I grew up Catholic, alter boy..the whole bit. I still am Catholic but have not been very perfect. I have for as long as I can remember, been afflicted with aniexty, that rolls into depression. I hate it so much. Please pray for me and interceed on my behalf to my Lord Jesus Christ. I need it.
Dear St Dymphna
I've suffered with depression since i was 15 years old. It has caused me to make some very bad decisions. I live with the guilt of my decisions every day but have come to accept that i was not in my right mind when i made these decisions. Please, i pray, help me to gain the power over my body, so that the depression no longer controls my judgement, so that i may live a life full of grace and virtue and to enter the kingdom of heaven.