10-21-2009, 06:45 PM
This is a great forum and there are some really good debates going on. Well, isn't that what a forum is for? If everyone agreed all the time, how boring would that be.
But for me folks, and this is very personal, I am struggling desperately with my depression and anxiety. I am not on a pity poo party or anything like that. This is real. Depression is real. Anyone with depression needs to seek some professional help. I thank 1171 forever for getting me to a psychologist. For me, it was the right thing to do. But I should have listened and had intervention sooner. I didn't recognize my depression until I had a breakdown. I know I will recover, on my own time, and with help from two wonderful doctors and with as little medication as is necessary to sustain some quality of daily life, and with my faith. God never deserts his children, especially when we are suffering.
The first "doctor" I saw for depression got up right in my face and snapped his fingers at me and said "snap out of it". OMG, he had no idea on how to treat depression. I went to see my pastor, and of course his answer was to "come back to church, blah blah blah. He had no idea, and still doesn't. He told me he doesn't know how to deal with depression and it's a proven fact that most churchs don't. Having depression effects your relationship with God as we all know that Christians aren't supposed to be depressed. If you have Jesus in your life, what could go wrong? See what I mean? If you are suffering from real depression, a wedge goes up between you and everything you have ever known to be a comfort.
My comfort is from my "immediate" family, whom without their support I doubt I would still be here.
Didn't mean to get this wordy, but I will be off the forum for awhile once the contest is concluded. I'm going away and hope that a change of scenery will help. I'll be back before Christmas.
Thank you all for your support.
Love ya all,
chrischris
But for me folks, and this is very personal, I am struggling desperately with my depression and anxiety. I am not on a pity poo party or anything like that. This is real. Depression is real. Anyone with depression needs to seek some professional help. I thank 1171 forever for getting me to a psychologist. For me, it was the right thing to do. But I should have listened and had intervention sooner. I didn't recognize my depression until I had a breakdown. I know I will recover, on my own time, and with help from two wonderful doctors and with as little medication as is necessary to sustain some quality of daily life, and with my faith. God never deserts his children, especially when we are suffering.
The first "doctor" I saw for depression got up right in my face and snapped his fingers at me and said "snap out of it". OMG, he had no idea on how to treat depression. I went to see my pastor, and of course his answer was to "come back to church, blah blah blah. He had no idea, and still doesn't. He told me he doesn't know how to deal with depression and it's a proven fact that most churchs don't. Having depression effects your relationship with God as we all know that Christians aren't supposed to be depressed. If you have Jesus in your life, what could go wrong? See what I mean? If you are suffering from real depression, a wedge goes up between you and everything you have ever known to be a comfort.
My comfort is from my "immediate" family, whom without their support I doubt I would still be here.
Didn't mean to get this wordy, but I will be off the forum for awhile once the contest is concluded. I'm going away and hope that a change of scenery will help. I'll be back before Christmas.
Thank you all for your support.
Love ya all,
chrischris
