I jumped in uninvited on some of the threads here. You have some great ones ... "goals" and "thankful" and others. Great ideas! And I wanted to get in on them. 
Sorry for not introducing myself first. I was invited to CF by a friend (White Horse) just to come hang out and have some fun. When I joined and saw the Depression forum, I avoided it at first. I was afraid it would be too tempting for me to come in here and wallow. But then I finally peeked in and saw what an uplifting place you have here.
Anyway, I'm a homeschooling mom of 5. I'm married to my best friend and while life has it's ups and downs, by all accounts I'm a very blessed woman. Which makes this stupid depression thing all the more maddening. Been living with it since I was a little girl. The intensity ranges from barely there to severe. I tried medication once, but that made it much worse (which I wouldn't have thought was possible!!!)
In the last couple years, God has been gracious to give me tools to help me cope better with the depression, to learn knew ways of thinking, as well as some physical things that (I hope) will eventually help my brain to get on a more even keel. I'll never stop hoping that God will someday heal me of this completely.
That's about it I guess. If you're still reading, thanks for hanging in there with me as I rambled. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.
Sorry for not introducing myself first. I was invited to CF by a friend (White Horse) just to come hang out and have some fun. When I joined and saw the Depression forum, I avoided it at first. I was afraid it would be too tempting for me to come in here and wallow. But then I finally peeked in and saw what an uplifting place you have here.
Anyway, I'm a homeschooling mom of 5. I'm married to my best friend and while life has it's ups and downs, by all accounts I'm a very blessed woman. Which makes this stupid depression thing all the more maddening. Been living with it since I was a little girl. The intensity ranges from barely there to severe. I tried medication once, but that made it much worse (which I wouldn't have thought was possible!!!)
In the last couple years, God has been gracious to give me tools to help me cope better with the depression, to learn knew ways of thinking, as well as some physical things that (I hope) will eventually help my brain to get on a more even keel. I'll never stop hoping that God will someday heal me of this completely.
That's about it I guess. If you're still reading, thanks for hanging in there with me as I rambled. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.
