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it'll never leave me, will it?...

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Depression...always there when i least want it. Goes away and then comes back. I must be a horrible sinner to be tormented with this mental illness. Is this how the rest of my life will be? How fun to look forward too. I hate myself and my life. I wish i could go back in time and... Prevent my birth somehow. I dont know what im saying anymore .... I was going to self harm tonight but instead sinned another way. Ugh im disgusted by myself....why oh why did God make me this way? Negative, weak, lonely, hypocrite... How do you happy all the time people do it? Give me your happiness. I need to learn how to live... Living is the hardest, most difficult thing to do. Life is the hardest game...by the looks of it, it seems like i might loose. What's the biggest war you ever fought? Mine is battling myself......im just trying to let out my feelings....so i wont be tempted to actually go thru with the self harming.... Even if nobody cares to reply. I just need to free my thoughts because i bottle them up every single day. I think my family is starting to suspect im depressed, they cant know. Theyll laugh at me. Theyll just say im exaggerating, or call me stupid.This is something nobody wishes to deal with and out of my family, it seems im the one cursed. If i could have 1 wish, it wouldnt be to have money, or fame, or attractive looks, or a lot of friends....it would be to be a positive person. How was my sister blessed with a good husband and 3 kids, good job when she isnt even a big of a christian as me? Why is everyone in my family blessed with a job they love but not me? Why is God testing me like this. I cant. I just cant keep pretending to be happy when im dead inside. How did it ever get this bad.....i never thought in a million years that i would be the one auffering from depression. I hate my life.
 

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I wish there was more people like you in the world because I know what this kind of attitude can lead one to. I don't know what being content in the world can do for a man other than keep him in chains. i know part of each person wants to give up and go back to his slavery but there is a greater part of him that will always resist until he finds what he is looking for. this can often lead to bad side effects but honestly what is worse? living a life of hell you don't even feel for 80 years or living a life of hell for 10 years but getting out of it? the deepest and greatest sufferings are often the very thing that humanity makes themselves very numb to, because they can't handle it but God has to constantly bare it. I have found the depth of each person. I have found their meaning and purpose. they seek a eternal union and this is the driving force of who we are. we are infinite desire and God is infinite love but we don't believe it and so we have to deceive ourselves to attempt to make this emptiness go away... but it is always going to be there because God is not going to stop crying out for his beloved until she comes home forever because it is not right to tear out a part of Gods heart and keep it away from him.
 
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There is hope for you. With Jesus there is always hope. It is not too late for you. Jesus can help you. It's important that we participate with Him. There is your part and His. I'm posting a teaching that can help you to understand your part. I'll pray for you, too. Here's the link: Freedom from Depression - YouTube

Also on this link, you will find a series of teachings called Foundations of Freedom that will help you: Freedom Classes | Gateway Church

Please check these out. they will help you better understand God's love for you and how to move on in your life. We all need that.

Blessings and prayers,
a
 
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