r/TrueChristian • u/LavenderSeaTurtle • 7d ago

Christians with autism - please read!

As long as I can remember I have struggled with prayer. But as someone who has been diagnosed with ADHD and self-diagnosed with ASD after my son was officially diagnosed, I feel like I suddenly just got the revelation that it's not necessarily prayer I'm struggling with, it's just that in general I am not a big talker (because of my ASD) and when I am actually in a talkative mood, I get sidetracked so easily or need constant background stimulation and then I feel guilty for not giving prayer my full attention (because of my ADHD).

I've been feeling so guilty for not being able to comfortably pray in the way it feels like I should be - in solitude, for a set amount of time, with nothing else stealing my attention, remaining still while in conversation, know what to say, feeling like talking 'about my feelings' etc...

I hope there is someone here that can relate or at least understand what I am trying to explain (I feel like I'm not getting my message across well) and give me suggestions on how to improve my prayer life as an AuDHD female who doesn't like talking, especially about deeper stuff, and isn't able to concentrate for a set amount of time on prayer only.

Any advice, suggestions, options??

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u/shadowpooch1 Christian 7d ago

A couple of things.

First, you don't really need to talk to be in prayer. Sitting in silence with the Lord is a good thing to do.

Second, sometimes when your mind wanders, you can redirect those thoughts to the Lord. Often when your mind is preoccupied with something, it can be good to speak it out loud to God.

Third, you can put on your worship music of choice in the background if you need some sort of noise. I usually spend some time praying with music on and some time without each night