We have all encountered time so sadness in our life, but is it true that depression is really so much more than that? Absolutely. I’ve dealt with myself because it runs in my genes. My new good friend and business associate, Stephanie Woods speaks out below about her real life encounter with depression and offers a little bit of insight into letting the light back in.

Depression has a way of sneaking up on me like it has so often in the past. I spent a long time in that dark place unable to see a way out. It is difficult to describe to someone who has never experienced it. I felt so utterly isolated. For me it came out of no where at a time when I was a young wife and mother. Life was supposed to be treating me well. Why did I feel like crawling into bed and never coming out? At an all time low, I locked myself in the bathroom after putting the kids to bed and cut my wrists a little bit. I say a little bit because they were no where near fatal wounds. But they were an outward expression of the pain I was feeling. My husband came home from work shortly after I did this and called 911. Being unhappy by myself was bad enough but going through psych evaluations through the ER…even worse. Their intentions were well meaning but I felt even more alone there than before. There was nothing they could do to fix me. I knew I needed help so I reached out a lot in the months following this incident. It was the hardest thing I have ever done because I didn’t want help but knew I needed it. Talking to people was the last thing that I wanted to do but it was necessary. I reached out to friends, church family, counselors, support groups, anyone who would listen. I believe that God put the right people on the receiving end of those calls. It didn’t happen in an instant but eventually things started to seem a little brighter and my world didn’t seem so dark and cold. I still struggle at times with depression. It rears its ugly head quite often in my life. But I know that for me it means darkness and as soon as I recognize it, I do what I can to let light in.

- Stephanie Woods

 

 

 

 

GOD BLESS YOU STEPHANIE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY TO INSPIRE OTHERS!

God Bless Your Success,

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"In this world you will have trouble but take heart for I have overcome the world." - Jesus Christ

Major Depression and Manic Depression (aka Bipolar) are both forms of Clinical (aka diagnosed) Depression. A lot of the people that deal with these chemical imbalances in the brain also suffer from anxiety and other mentally related disturbances.

Have you ever just felt, “Not Right”?

“Like a dark gray cloud is hovering over your head everywhere you go”?

“Like you just want to run out of your skin and away from your dramatic mind”?

This proves that Clinical Major and Manic Depression is NOT just sadness. The previous few statements have been told over and over again to mental health professionals by many individual people that suffer from “The CLINICAL blues” … The good news is if you are one of these people, There is HELP!

It is first best to understand that Depression is more than just “sadness” … it’s a complete “emptiness” accompanied by extreme irrational fear (called anxiety; sometimes paranoia) as well as “straight up CONFUSION”. It is not uncommon for somebody under “the spell” of depression to have a hard time focusing or even making the simplest of decisions.

How do I know all of this?

I have been there. I have been there over and over again, my friend. I had a nervous breakdown right before I turned 18 years old and a couple years after I was diagnosed with Bipolar and Generalized Anxiety Disorders. Here I am. I’m alive, and I am happy! There is Hope! I wish to lend a helping hand to those that are also suffering from this sort of isolation and loneliness.

I know it is VERY DIFFICULT to reach out for help, however just like with anything, that is exactly the first step. I CHALLENGE YOU (in this moment. DO NOT put it off.) to dig deep within yourself for that powerful will that craves to survive and Click On “Success With Curt” – Send me a message via the form with your story. I promise that all information is kept strictly confidential unless you allow it to be shared.

There is hope. I offer encouragement. And you have strength even if you feel that you don’t have it right now.

Click on Success With Curt – make sure that you place “depression” in the note SOMEWHERE!

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