depression

I stopped being attracted to women 5 years ago seemingly overnight (I 21 now) and now my life is bad since. I get sad every time I appreciate a good looking person who isn't a woman my age. I don't think I'm gay but I have fear of it because others think I am. I also get sad when I see the women...

I just saw a great TED talk video that inspired me to work harder at networking etc. Since I am an introvert that is prone to depression especially when facing issues like finding a new job etc. (that I'm going to be doing starting tomorrow)

I don’t want to be over dramatic but tbh 5 years ago my life changed forever. I was 16 and went on a camping trip and met a girl I liked. I came home from the camping trip and after a few days I never felt the same again. My mind had changed and didn’t get aroused by women anymore. I initially...

Hi, there. This is very long, but please read. I've been a Christian for years (at least I thought) - I remember asking Jesus into my heart and I got baptized as well years later. I've been very devoted and feel like I've had a close relationship with God over my lifetime. I've prayed and read...

Hello All, My struggle is fear. I want to live a decent life, but I am terrified of the future. I sometimes wonder why God had me born in times like these. Furthermore, I have parents and an autistic brother who are not in the best financial position. I feel certain I will need to help them...

I do not care about many things at all and have wondered for many years why I am so less emotional than everyone else. To be completely honest: I never got upset when my grandparent died I never got upset when my other grandparent faded with dementia I never missed my sisters when they left...

All my way through school I never really knew what I wanted to do as I’m not really excited about anything. So I picked my college major, mathematics, based entirely on the fact it was my best subject. I’m now in my third year at university and I still do not know what I want to do. Next year...

Dear future friend(s), I hope: I struggle with anxiety and depression and struggle creating and investing in deep meaningful relationships. I feel very low and that I’m do not have enough to offer. I am married and my husband and I don’t have a very good relationship. I have animals in my...

I am quite a lonely person and I’m very shy in general. I find it hard to speak to people for the first time and so there’s many people I see everyday who I’ve never spoken too - is this odd or normal? I still have a couple of friends from when I was at school but I hardly see them anymore since...

This football coach disarmed a student with a gun. Then he hugged him

Hi all, I was diagnosed today with major depressive disorder. This is actually a good thing. I thought I was suffering from PTSD based on the trauma I experienced as a child. The doctor said, after a full assessment, that I exhibit some PTSD symptoms but not enough to determine conclusively...

Hi there, God blessed me with a gift of being able to do math. I have won an award for having performed the best at my college out of everyone in the math department. For winning this award I have to go to an award ceremony with best students of other colleges across the country. Even though I...

To a Despondent Boy Has anyone ever told you a time is coming when, without your doing, something great will happen to you? A waking experience, that will shake you to the depths of your being. Know that it is coming, so that when it does you will not run away...

I have many problems I have struggled with for a long time. 1. I feel very lonely. I don’t really have friends and so spend all my time alone. When I go to university I sit alone because nobody wants to work/be with me. I’m not a bad person, I just don’t really talk as I struggle socially. 2. I...

I'm a retired pastor working on my fourth career in retirement. I was an English teacher and then a sales manager running away from God's call to be a pastor, a little like the prophet Jonah. Then, God sent me to seminary and to seven churches in twenty-seven years of ministry until he sent me...

Psalm 42:1-4 ESV As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”...

Hello everyone, its been a minute huh? I just wanted to drop off this off, it is near and dear to me and when i was impressed upon by the spirit to write about it I felt good for following that feeling. The battle with impure, problematic and down right sinful intrusive thoughts can drain us...

Hi my name is Andrew and I’m 20. In the past 3-4 years my life has fallen apart due to my mental health. When I was growing up I took my christian faith seriously and believed 100% in God, Jesus, bible etc. When I was 15 I was friends with an atheist at my school and he never tried to discourage...

i would like to know what others believe the stem of metal issues is, i for instance get depression then the war within happens praise be to Christ i always am pulled out but it can get really rough. Since there is natural ways of coping that help tremendously is this purely a physical issue in...

I've been considerably depressed these past couple of months, which I think is widely due to a certain pattern of thinking. I need all the prayer I can get to overcome it. Thanks, brothers and sisters. God bless you all :heartpulse: