Depressed rant

[yuppers]

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[Tigger45]

Hey brother are you seeking any professional help for your condition? At least reach out to your pastor and therapy would be good too. Don’t think you should wait just start making plans for an initial consultation.

 

[EmmaCat]

Hey brother are you seeking any professional help for your condition? At least reach out to your pastor and therapy would be good too. Don’t think you should wait just start making plans for an initial consultation.

I agree. Counseling will help, I'm sure.

Praying for you!

All good things
Emmy

 

[Gentle Lamb]

Do you have a daily relationship with God that involves reading your Bible and praying? When you pray do you pour out your heart to God like you've done here or do you not mention how you feel? I was suicidal for 12 years. After I surrendered my life to Christ it still took some time before I stopped feeling suicidal. It was through building my relationship with God that the suicide ideation went away and He has been working on my life. You have taken a step in the right direction by opening up here and pouring out your heart, bravo! May the Lord strengthen you.

 

[TzephanYahu]

Hi @yuppers

I'm sorry to hear this. I've been there myself.

Tell me, would you do anything to get rid of this depression?

What I mean is, are you prepared to do the work to get out of it? The Creator can help you but it has to be a two way street.

If your answer is yes, then please say, as I have advice. If it is no, then all I can advise is to pray daily.

Peace.

 

[longwait]

Hello, I’ve been feeling depressed for a while and just need to get some advice. I’m 27M. I was depressed and felt suicidal at 18. There was a time after that where life was starting to feel like things were coming together. I have lots of social anxiety so I’ve never felt normal in society. I got a job at 20 and have been working there since then. These past few years things have really fallen apart. I got a injury at work that never healed properly, covid came around and I live alone so I got lonely, now my work has been slowly deteriorating. These past few years have been rough. I started drinking on a regular basis and smoking pot to help ease my mental health struggles. I feel like I just exist on this planet. I’ve been pretty depressed and have struggles with the desire to end things. I’m looking forward to the day I pass away. Sadly I can’t make the final decision myself because it would be to difficult for my family to deal with. I try to keep it together. My work is such a mental burden on me. I can’t just quit because of bills to pay. I see lots of people losing their jobs so in a messed up way I should be thankful for my work.. Tomorrow my sister is setting me up on a date. I should be feeling happy. In my low 20s I was expecting to go on dates. I have so many struggles now that I’m really scared to even consider bringing someone else into my mess. I’m stressed on how I’m supposed to navigate acting happy to attract a mate. I’m really not happy in life. Its so much to deal with... I got baptized so I believe God has some kind of plan for peoples lives. I really don’t see him in my life much anymore.
Sorry this was a lot of information. I don’t talk to anyone about my struggles. I keep it bottled up inside. If you have read this I appreciate the time you took. Thanks

You can start by unburdening your heart to the Lord. Talk to God. He will give you relief from your pain. Open the Bible and see what it tells you. What is God speaking to you. You won't be set free from your struggles by smoking pot. They will only make matters worse. I hope and I will pray that the date you are going to go out with will bring you peace in your mind and I hope she will turn out to be someone you can pour your heart out to and be comforting.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. Psalm 34:18
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17
He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. Psalm 107:20
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, Isaiah 61:1
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.' Ezekiel 34:16

 

[mama2one]

hi
see that you live in Alberta where I lived as a child
are you close at all to Banff or Jasper?

spend some weekends hiking in those beautiful parks & let those mountains pick up your spirits

 

[yuppers]

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