"Reaching Out To The Depressed part 3" Text

I don't think anyone truly gets over depression. Especially if they suffer from deep overwhelming depression. I guess it depends on what caused the original depression and how deep the feeling was at the start. It is so hard to break the chains of depression. Situations can get better. That doesn't mean the depression is gone. You might seem okay. You might even think you are okay. Then bam you are depressed again. Maybe you don't even know why you are depressed. Maybe something or someone triggered it. Or maybe you were not actually okay. Sometimes we are good at faking being okay. My default response to how am I is to say "I'm fine". If I meant okay I would say okay. Sometimes we get in a pattern of doing things because that's what we do. I have lived with it so long. I don't always feel deeply depressed but it isn't always hard to trigger that feeling. It's like I'm always on the edge of depression and just need something to tip it over the edge. I know I never pull myself out of it. It is the Lord that pulls me out of my deep depression. I have escape mechanisms. I have ways to cope. But when I'm deeply depressed. Only the Lord pulls me out of it. Sometimes when I am depressed I start doing things to honor the Lord. That is my biggest motivation for doing things even when I'm not deeply depressed. Sometimes depression comes out as anger. Sometimes it comes out as feeling so low you don't care. Or you don't want to care. If you feel any of this, you are not alone. Don't be hard on yourself if you can't seem to beat depression. The decision to not give up when you so badly want to is huge. Don't give up. Don't deal with it alone. Even if you don't have a family member or a good friend, there are still people you can reach out to. Figure out who is best for you and reach out to them. Even if the depression is so deep and so dark that you can't verbally share it. Even if you just talk about something that normally makes you feel better. Reach out to someone. Don't give up. And don't give in. Take it one day at a time. One second at a time if you have to. Find a way to hang in there and keep hanging in there.