Praying for you to have a safe, happy, peaceful, spirit filled weekend Therese and if you get 1/2 a chance, check out Martha’s Vineyard… beautifully awesome place! Hugs, Stephanie

I am new to this site and am so glad to have found it. Suffering from major depression is something no one else can understand. I have only read a couple of posts and am interested in continuing to enjoy the company of others who suffer and how they cope. I pray you have a safe trip and enjoy every moment!

Therese,
All of your posts rock. I’m so glad to be reading them. You are a fabulous and inspirational woman for just telling it like it is, no holds barred. So glad to have met you, my sister.
– Katherine

The doll is a fantastic option. Shrinkydink and I often do visualization with my 6-year-old self and I talk to her. And when I’m all wrapped up in it and I can’t talk to her, I envision my niece and talk to her instead. The imagery of going back to our former selves to comfort is amazing.
Quick story:
My mother had cancer when I was young and I was terrified that she would die. During an intense session about this subject and the fear it causes in my life today, Shrinky had me tell my little self that Mom lived. Mom lived and survived and is a happy, healthy woman now, over 20 years later. I had no idea at the time how much this would affect the way I think about things now. In my present life, I try to remember this–that she lived, and that I may look back in time somewhere off in the future and say, I lived through this. It helps me to not worry so much about current trying events.
Have fun with guardian angel!!

PS: YOU are a guardian angel, too.

I think a roadtrip is an awesome way to reconnect with people who care about you. Even with screaming(hopefully not) kids in tow! I personally get a kick out of the way children look at the world. They’re honest and downright funny at times! I wish you well and I’ll have to try the doll thing. Though it kind of reminds me of a scene from “Sybil” when she was finally being a mother to herself. But hey, she was on the mend too! Best of luck. I beleive in angels too!

Dear Therese and all who share comments.
Sundays especially afternoons are the roughest for me and right now I am clinging to this site. I don’t feel so alone and different. Even with my dear recovery meetings lately I feel different, like if I bring up depression someone might say that I’m not working the steps or that I’m just whining. It’s just that this is such a bad depression-relapse.As my therapist says, it’s the depression talking. Tomorrow I will go to the meeting and I will raise my hand and just say something gentle. That helps for days like this letting myself not be Miss productive, just little accomplishments. I left my dear friend’s house after lunch and I felt lkie crying from sadness. Thank God that you are all here so I don’t feel so sad and lonely. Even though I don’t always feel God during these times, I know he’s there. Thanks for listening.
Dianne G.
ps Am going to start looking for a doll.

To ALL you hurting people:
Click on http://www.emofree.com and learn how to help yourself get rid of ALL negative emotions, experiences, traumas, fears, phobias, etc., — and it’s FREE. You can download a manual of self-help, instructions and others’ personal experiences. Your therapists should be using this method to help you – thousands are.
It will also teach you how to help your children, your pets, your families, and again, everything is absolutely free. As an aside, I have nothing to do with the site; I too am using it for free.
Sounds like woo-woo, but you simply tap with your fingers on certain accupressure points on your face and torso! Nothing to it — and it calms upset/terrified children in two minutes or less. Try it, you’ll love it!
Best of luck, and God Bless.

I have been dealing with massive depression for over 3 years, no details here, but there is no such thing as just ‘whining’ in this battle, dear Diane.
I have had to pinpoint the one individual who was/is responsible for this huge massive amount of depression that had overcome and changed me, who I was, and learn to forgive him for what he had done to send me into a downward spiral. This was given without the other person ever so much as asking for it — In the Bible, we are told to forgive 7 x 70, the same person, but has anybody ever really done the math??? I think Jesus meant we are probably not intended to actually count 490 times for each time we forgive another, but in reality we are to forgive as often as necessary for our OWN souls’ sake — and sometimes the other person won’t even ASK for it, as mentioned in the NT, but……. only through forgiveness is true freedom found, and then and only then can we move on with a clear wiped-clean slate……
Forgiveness is letting go of the hope or the deeply felt wish that the past could have been different and doing all we can in order to make sure our present and future will be different, that we can move on without the weight of those horrific events staying with us, continuing to affect our each and every waking moment as well as our dreams.
I have to learn to let go of those things, and hope and plan and work for a happier future, as it is possible.
I so much appreciate this board~ and I just tried the accupressure points you mentioned, Jane, thank you for sharing that with us, it worked!!!! (going to hospital today for final tests before BigSurgery next week….)

GOOD MORNING
i REALLY ENJOY READING YOUE COMMENTS ON ANGELES I BELIEVE WE ALL HAVE AN APPOINTED ANGEL TO WATCH OVER US TWO YEARS AGO I WENT THROUGH A VERY DIFFUCIT SURGERY AND LIKED TO LOST MY LIFE AND SOME TIMES I THINK I DIED i WAS IN ICU FOR 4 WEEKS IN AND OUT OF CONSUIOUS
AND GOD HAD ANGELES WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TAKING CARE ME MY FAMILY DID NOT EXPECT FOR ME TO LIVE I TELL U THE ANGLES KEPT WATCH OVER ME ALL DAY AND ALL NITE ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WROTE A NICE POEM BASED ON THHOW THE ANGELES KEPT WATCH OVER ME AND THEY ARE STILL WATCHING OVER ME GUIDING ME AND PROTECTING ME HARM AND DANGER, I AM GOING TO NEED ANOTHER SURGERY SOON TO CORRECT THIS FIRST SURGERY AND I WILL BE COUNTING ON THEM GO WITH ME IN THAT OPERATING ROMM AGAIN WELL I WILL STOP NOW I COULD GO ON AND ON
S-LONG

Helo,
I to suffer from depression. I take two types of Meds but sometimes they don’t even seen to help when the depression hits me really hard and it has been this way for sometime for me. I lost myself another job and this just helps me sink even lower. My daughter is fixing to off to college and my son just turned 13 in May and my daughter 18 also in May. I am now I guess getting some of the empty nest syndrome but is it really? Some days I get so low and cry until I make myself sick to my stomach.
It is hard for me to think what type of job I want to try and find now. I don’t even know what I am good at. Both of my rocks in this world are now gone (my parents are both gone from this world now and I am not close with my sisters and brother) I hold my immediate so close to my heart that it even scares myself. I cry alot when no one is in the house. I think that is how I release it when it gets so bad.
My husband does not even know just go low I am getting. Sometimes I wished I could just go to sleep and not wake up so I am not in this world anymore. This is not a new feeling for me. I have felt this way my entire life. My siblings look to me as the strong and smart one in the family but in reality I am not. I hope there is someone out there who hears this and would like to talk. I am here to listen. That is what my friends always say about me that I am such a wonderful friend and I listen to them and make them feel better then why is it that I cannot make myself feel better??
Thanks for listening.
Betty

This is for Dianna G. Please call upon Archangel Michael to remove your fears and depression. Call upon your Archangels and Angels and they shall dance and sing in joy. Ask them to remove this depression so that you may live in the light and joy of self love. Go ahead and cling to your Angels, they will never refuse you. Many blessings to you.

DEPRESSION IS A COMPLICATED THING. IT CAN BE CAUSED BY MANY DIFFERENT THINGS FROM TRAUMA TO CHEMICAL IMBALANCES. I HAVE HAD DEPRESSION IN MY LIFE AND HAVE WISHED FOR PEACE AND THE LONG SLEEP ON A FEW OCCASIONS BUT I LOOK TO MY FAITH FOR STRENGTH. AND TO MY FAMILY AND MY CHILD WHO IS GROWN ALREADY BUT WHO’S LOVE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME REALISE THAT ME BEING HERE FOR HER FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE IS VERY IMPORTANT. I AM BLESSED THAT SHE NEEDS ME IN HER LIFE AND I LOVE HER AND WOULD NEVER WANT TO CAUSE HER THE HURT IT WOULD CAUSE BY LETTING DEPRESSION GET THE BEST OF ME. I PRAY TO GOD TO REMIND ME THAT HE LOVES ME AND I AM GOOD AND I AM STRONG AND HE PUT ME HERE FOR A PURPOSE AND THE LEAST I CAN DO IS BE A GOOD PERSON, BE KIND TO OTHERS AND LOVE OTHERS AS MUCH AS HE LOVES ME.I WILL PRAY FOR STRENGTH, AND PEACE AND HAPPINESS FOR YOU.

Greetings
God Bless yu all! I was depressed at one time; dealing with divorce. Now I am into Meditation (Not Medication). The side effects are so much better when there aren’t any drugs involved. Please forgive me. But you all are special and I have had friends become very ill due to meds. So I am more positive towards the natural way of making illness better.
If there is something bothering you– think about the times you have been happy or a vacation at some secluded island. Works for me. Life is to short, do something wonderful for yourself. Take a walk. Call a friend. And Good luck to you all.
Holistic Health Doctors are awesome!
Best Wishes to you all….. Linda

Betty,
I sympathize with you and how you feel. Been there done that and had to move on. It was hard but when I turned to the Lord, Jesus Christ,all of that stuff died out of my life. The only difference in you and me, is that I always felt that I was the black sheep in my family. I was always on the heavy side, and my sibblings picked at me all of the time and even had my mother sometimes seem to be against me.
I just started praying and asking the Lord for forgiveness for how I felt about myself and letting others control my life. I started trying to be obedient to God, who loves. He has blessed me with a forgiving heart. I realized that I had towork on mr and only God could help me. i was angry, bitter and negative in many ways becuase of depression. He showed me that I could be a blessing to others but I had to be willing to forgive or turn the other check. Since I truly turned the other check, I am now closer to my sibbling and was able to forgive my father for how mean he was to me of all of the (13) of us. My mother and I grew extremely close when she became very ill in 1974 and I was the only child who was in a position to re-locate to Mississippi to take care of her. I thank God for that opportunity. he really answered my prayers that my mother and I would become close enough that she would see me for me and not the person my sibbling had painted of me in her mind.
Trust in God and be obedient to him and he will lead you out of depression. Just remember when depression gets you down, keep looking up because that is where your help will come from.
Love, Cynthia

To all of us who have been through depression, I can wish you much good fortune and many blessings because it hurts, seriously, but there is life after depression loosens it’s grip. Hang in there and never give up because eventually, God willing, it gets better. It sometimes takes a long time, but eventually, sooner or later, things tend to improve. God bless all of you. I hope your days really, and truly, bring the sunshine of God’s Love to all. Many blessings and prayers to all of you who suffer depression. Don’t ever give up. Love, ML

This is for Betty, who wrote this afternoon around 1:30pm. I felt like I was reading about myself when I read your note. I have been dealing with severe depression for some time now. There have been times when I wish that God would call me home. On top of that, I have chronic pain, which has been going on for 19yrs. Talk about carring my cross. I take medication for my pain and depression. It does sometimes help. So, I know what you are going thru. Nobody understands Depression unless they have gone thru it. I have prayed hard to God to help me get thru it. I know that I don’t feel your pain of Depression, because everyone’s is different. Some can be more severe than others. Please know Betty that you will be in my daily prayers. God knows what you are going thru and he does feel your pain. Don’t lose hope Betty. God is only a prayer away. He does care and love you very much. I hope that you feel his presence every moment of your life. Just remember Betty, “The Best is Yet to Come”, and we will all be with God forever someday. Peace and God bless. Br. Gabriel.

Depression is something that tries to over take us in our mind first and then we find it all over us in the physical as well as socially. We do not like it and it seems that we can’t figure out what even triggers it; but there is one thing for certain we can overcome it. My God who is God can pull me out of the pit of depression. I thank God for the ability to lean on Him when the sign of depression rears up against me. hat God does for me in Jesus’ Name He can do it for you too. Keep looking up to the One who is the Author and Finisher of our Faith. May the Spirit of the Lord surround you with His Love and protect you everytime the enemy is trying to attack in Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen. Sandra D

BRAVO!!!
WOW WHAT A GREAT WEBSITE…THANKS THERESE FOR YOUR SHARING. ENOUGH OF US DON’T DO THIS BUT WE SPEND HOURS ON THESE COMPUTERS! RIGHT?
I FOR ONE KNOW FIRST HAND WHAT DEPRESSION IS. SURVIVING LIFE AS I HAVE. BUT IT’S WAY TOO LONG TO GET INTO THAT. AT 53 I FEEL PRETTY GOOD! HAVE RAISED THREE CHILDREN, I AM MARRIED APPROX. 30 YEARS, CARE FOR MY MOTHER IN LAW WHO IS 79 AND I AM A WONDERFUL PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER AIDE AND SPANISH TEACHER… AND I FEEL SO BLESSED. LIFE IS GREAT!!!
MY COMMENT IS: LIFE IS SO SHORT AND TO STAY DEPRESSED IS WASTING OUR LIVES AWAY…
YES I HAVE HAD YEARS OF THERAPY FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, YES I DON’T SLEEP, NO I DON’T WANT ANY MEDICATION. I’VE COME TO REALIZE THAT DEPENDENCY ON IT IS NOT GOOD! MAYBE IT’S ALL SOME OF YOU HAVE BUT I DO BELIEVE WE CAN HELP OURSELVES PATIENTLY!!! SO I JUST DEAL WITH IT EVERYDAY!
AS A CHILD I PRAYED CONSTANTLY AND AS A WOMAN I STILL PRAY EVERYDAY…FOR ME… DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOUR HIGHER POWER IS AND IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THEN I’LL PRAY FOR YOU TOO…SOMETIMES OUR HIGHER POWER IS WITHIN OURSELVES!!!
MIND OVER MATTER PEOPLE HELPS SO MUCH TOO. HOW YOU START YOUR DAY IS SO IMPORTANT. EVEN IF YOU FALL DOWN THAT DAY! GET UP AND START A NEW. BE GRATEFUL YOU ARE ALIVE! I KNOW IT’S HARD SOMETIMES. IT’S A CONSTANT EMOTION IN OUR LIVES. IF WE TRY TO START OFF RIGHT WE WILL…TO SAY IT IS TO BELIEVE IT!!! JUST TRY BABY STEPS!!!
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A BELIEF…A BELIEF IN GOD, OURSELVES, MY GUARDIAN ANGELS AND A BELIEF IN THAT LIFE IS GOOD! I BELIEVE WE CAN ALL HELP EACH OTHER AND HEAL WHAT HURTS WITHIN. ONLY GOD KNOWS OUR INNER BATTLES…ASK FOR HIS OR YOUR GUARDIAN ANGELS HELP! AND IF THAT DOESN’T DO IT FOR YOU ASK FOR HELP FROM A FRIEND THEY AT TIMES ARE OUR GUARDIAN ANGELS ON THIS EARTH. MY GUARDIAN ANGELS ARE JAN AND LISA. PLEASE DON’T CLOSE YOURSELF OFF AND WITHDRAW…THAT WON’T HELP! I KNOW FIRSTHAND…
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK…BELIEVE…GOD BLESS YOU ALL…
LOVE, WANDA 0:-D

Dear Wanda,
You sound like such a kind person. I wish I had a friend like you. I have cut myself off from everone. No one even knows how isolated I’ve become. Reading your message struck a chord. I’m tired of being so all alone. Thanks for writing it.
Connie
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