I don't know about you but I feel like depression can take on many forms. I don't suffer from depression per se like a lot of people do. I do, however, have bouts of depression from time to time.
There are times I feel like no one cares about me although I have family around me all the time and a husband who loves me. I understand that my emotions vary from time to time and that's normal for me. I also, understand that too many of you suffer from depression due to the many life struggles you have had to endure. I am not trying to trivialize a real battle.
I have recently come to realize that many of you feel like a burden when you struggle with depression. You don't want to bring others down so you just hide away until it either passes or you do something drastic to get it to stop. I believe that depression calls for community not isolation. If you don't give it a voice it will consume you. If you don't give it a voice how can you fight it? It seems to me that since depression is the enemy of the mind that once it gets a hold it just wants to suck the life out of you. Give it a voice! I think that hiding causes the depression to get a stronger hold. It whispers to you that you are not good enough and that no one wants to hear from you. This is not true, it is a lie to keep you isolated. Silence is what depression wants. Don't give it what it wants, give yourself what you need.
If you are someone who feels like you can't let people in because of your depression, you're wrong. There are so many loving, compassionate people just waiting to listen to you. There is also a loving God who wants to get you through it. Jesus said, "Come to me all who are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28. He is just a prayer away. When you don't know what else to do and you feel like no one is listening, He is. All you have to do is believe in Him and ask for his help.
Meanwhile, never stop talking. If you are reading this you are stronger than you know and asking for help is not weakness!
Always keep fighting and never give up! You are worthy!
Phil. 4:13 "I can do all things through Him who strenghtens me."
Monday, October 26, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
You are worthy
A friend recently said, "I am going to tear up the old me and begin living as the person I want to be."
Sounds so easy doesn't it? It should be. Why don't we feel worthy to be who we want to be. How can we allow others to dictate who we are?
Well it really isn't easy to do. From a young age people come in and out of our lives and tell us who they think we are. We buy into it and drag it with us through life. Dr. Phil says we allow people to write on the slate of our lives. So true.
What does it really mean to "feel worthy"? We think that we have to fit a certain mold. If you're pretty according to the world's standards then you are worthy to sit at the popular table. If you're athletic you get to sit with the jocks and cheerleaders. What about those of us who do not fit into any of these categories? I admit I was an average student and socially awkward. I was picked on in grade school with no one to fight for me. I was not tall, pretty or smart. I have had self image issues, everyone does, even the so called beautiful people.
So, why don't you feel worthy? Who told you, you're not worthy?
The answer is not simple. I wish it were. If it were simple, we would not have so many sad, lonely and depressed people in the world.
What can we do? We can allow ourselves to just love who we are and other people no matter what. God put us here to first love Him and then to love each other. We don't have to buy into the world's description of worthy.
No matter what your past, no matter what other people say about you, you are worthy of love, respect and happiness. No one has the right to take that from you. You and I can fight for each other to make this world a better place.
Recently I heard a pastor speak about disappointment. He said we have to dig around the root of the problem and cultivate a new way of dealing with it. We all have past issues that haunt us. We can let it defeat us or we can grow from it.
Let's continue to keep communication open and let's agree to lift each other up in love, without judgement.
Let's grow together! You are worthy!
I'll be here!
"Always Keep Fighting!", Jared Padalecki
Philippians 4:13
Sounds so easy doesn't it? It should be. Why don't we feel worthy to be who we want to be. How can we allow others to dictate who we are?
Well it really isn't easy to do. From a young age people come in and out of our lives and tell us who they think we are. We buy into it and drag it with us through life. Dr. Phil says we allow people to write on the slate of our lives. So true.
What does it really mean to "feel worthy"? We think that we have to fit a certain mold. If you're pretty according to the world's standards then you are worthy to sit at the popular table. If you're athletic you get to sit with the jocks and cheerleaders. What about those of us who do not fit into any of these categories? I admit I was an average student and socially awkward. I was picked on in grade school with no one to fight for me. I was not tall, pretty or smart. I have had self image issues, everyone does, even the so called beautiful people.
So, why don't you feel worthy? Who told you, you're not worthy?
The answer is not simple. I wish it were. If it were simple, we would not have so many sad, lonely and depressed people in the world.
What can we do? We can allow ourselves to just love who we are and other people no matter what. God put us here to first love Him and then to love each other. We don't have to buy into the world's description of worthy.
No matter what your past, no matter what other people say about you, you are worthy of love, respect and happiness. No one has the right to take that from you. You and I can fight for each other to make this world a better place.
Recently I heard a pastor speak about disappointment. He said we have to dig around the root of the problem and cultivate a new way of dealing with it. We all have past issues that haunt us. We can let it defeat us or we can grow from it.
Let's continue to keep communication open and let's agree to lift each other up in love, without judgement.
Let's grow together! You are worthy!
I'll be here!
"Always Keep Fighting!", Jared Padalecki
Philippians 4:13
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