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Acceptance

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There is hope, sweetie - when we are depressed we can't always see it, but it's there, beyond the present darkness, and you will find it :hug:
Don't give up - you are very precious!

I find myself always wondering if there's hope. It's hard to see hope when my classmates who are Christians are so much better off than I am. I feel like there's no redeeming someone who became depressed over doubts about their salvation. I'm scared there's no recovery from the pain. I read info on distorted images of God and how depression starts and it highlighted how the absence of a parental figure and loss of a relationship esp with God is a recipe for severe depression. I have so many strikes against me and its like my life is the perfect formula for depression. I struggle to see a better future and any triumph through all the pain and hurt. I want hope but there's so many strikes against me, so many emotional obstacles that I can't overcome on my own. It may take forever and I'll miss out on a normal life. I wonder if I can ever be whole
 
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I want to die

You are allowed to die to your bad life - it would be great if your bad life died, so that good life can take its place.

Ask God to number its days so that you can be restored to health again.

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Bye Bye Old

I might as well die.
No perfection in my deeds.
Just agonising suffering!
What benefit to make it longer?
I might as well abscond,
my so called responsibility.
I'm just a bondsman,
a slave to my physical reality.
Stuck with forces that only want,
Forcing much hate on me.
Bringing me untold misery,
Raping me all day long!
It hurts to stay around,
why not simply say goodbye!
Move on along the rippling tide,
forgetting what is down here.
Finding new horizons appearing,
instead of open warfare!
Why am I still fighting on?
Surely The Battle has been won!
Loving Truth is victorious,
also over my life!
And that's all that matters,
in The End.
Bye bye old
I'll Dress in New.
 
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I am praying for you. There is hope for those who feel helpless and hopeless. I have felt that way many times. I had to get on meds to change my negative mindset. Depression is full of negative thoughts and negative thoughts about self. Until you realize you need to change the neg. to positive you will still suffer. I'm not trying to be rude but I do care very much.
 
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Hello. I'm just posting to get out my feelings. After reading some of the posts to my threads I have come to accept some painful truths in my life.
I've accepted that I have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder and that what's hurting me will never change. I cannot get back the years lost. I've accepted that whatever Christian journey I tried to make happen ended in failure. I've accepted that my life won't get better until I ignore everything that's hurting me and somehow trust god. That may take a whole lifetime I don't know

When we become followers of Christ, life will not get easier, but harder. The world will hate us because we love and follow Christ. I don't know the verse, but the bible tells us this. We must endure and suffer and attempt to be righteous for Christ's sake.
 
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