when you feel depression coming on...

[Fire Angel]

Thanks razzelflabben, For being honest. Also if we live with a partner who is clinically depressed all the time, it can play on the one who deals with it now and than to. I do find with any depression there is a root cause for it. I have seen this time and time again. Once I get healed in an area, the depression clears up, until down the road I hit another area that holds depression, but my days are getting happier as I get more healed. I keep my eyes centered on Jesus, and not on how I am feeling.

 

[godisreal36]

Praise the Lord Jesus, all very good posts, they all seem to point to Jesus. Let Jesus the great physician Heal your broken hearts, Let Jesus make you happy and content with what you already have. Pray to the Lord for the things He says you should have, not the things you want, unless those things are what God says you should have. Doctors are busy and don't have time for us in all areas of healing, Let Jesus give you what doctors cannot. Counselors help but the bible must be our guide, we must pray for the things we lack and believe God will give them, even when we don't believe.

Without Jesus, all we have is heartless doctors and expensive counselors who charge allot of money from our pocket or others pockets through government assistance, they keep us dependent on them and not the Lord for the rest of our lives. Jesus is our physician, allow Him to heal you along with the doctors help. Without Jesus your treatments are not complete, you will most likely be a slave to depression for a very long time without the Lords help. Although it may seem sometimes like the doctors may have healed you, without our Lord Jesus, it will fail eventually. God has more for us than the world offers.

Depression is horrible, its not Gods will for us.

Jesus is the way.

Let Him in and allow Him love you.

 

[Fire Angel]

I do believe in going to a paying counselor as a helper in the healing process of the Lord, I pay for a good counselor and the Lord uses her amazingly, she has great insight in area's I am not able to see as will, because of my own situation.

So yes, I do look unto Jesus to heal me, and the Lord also uses my counselor to help me in the area's I do not see, and also I am a counselor that people pay me to help them.
These people are needed in today's world.

And yes depression and any sickness is not God's will, but the result of living in a fallen world, and for people who have been abused, depression can hit all of us. And sometimes we need help of others even counselors to recover.
The Lord works all things together for those who love Him. So He does use other services, to bring about His healing, and He is the one that still gets the Glory.

 

[godisreal36]

Thanks razzelflabben, For being honest. Also if we live with a partner who is clinically depressed all the time, it can play on the one who deals with it now and than to. I do find with any depression there is a root cause for it. I have seen this time and time again. Once I get healed in an area, the depression clears up, until down the road I hit another area that holds depression, but my days are getting happier as I get more healed. I keep my eyes centered on Jesus, and not on how I am feeling.

Living with someone who is also depressed does cause problems, ones depression feeds on the others depression, if both hope in Jesus there is hope, but if one is a non believer it makes it even harder. I live with someone who was abused severely in their life my many people, both our depression causes the others to become worse, it has a trigger affect, one can be feeling good, the other gets depressed over something and it depresses the other person, they both are now depressed and it can get very ugly. Thank God for Jesus, he healed my depression and my depression no longer affects the other person i live with by feeding their depression.

Jesus is the way.

Thanks sister for that most valuable point you bring into this discussion, very note worthy.

Maybe if a believer in Jesus lives with a non believer and they are both depressed, both suffering from depression, maybe its time for the one who hopes in Jesus to move on and leave the non believer, maybe I'm not sure.

Thank God, in my situation we both hope in Jesus.

 

[Fire Angel]

My husband deals with depression and he will not get help, he does know the Lord, but there is a difference when knowing the Lord and living for the Lord, my husband does not live for the Lord, and not seeking to be healed. Plus he is good at the blame game, I am making plans in leaving him. And my choice will be healthier for me to.
His depression when he is home, brings depression to me, and it is very hard to deal with, especially when I am a easy going loving life person, but he is on the road trucking most of the time, and when he is home it is not for long, and he is gone most of the time.
I do get very triggered by him.

I am so glad you got healed of depression, Praise God!, My healing is coming, but I am still dealing with some of the roots in my own life, and soon all be healed to, and once I get free of him.

God Blessings.

 

[upamountain]

When you begin to feel depression knocking at your door, what do your do, do you fight it, or give in? If you fight it, what techniques do you use against it? Thanks, just a look into human nature....

A good 'quick cure' I've found is to visit a friend with young children. Being able to play with young children/read them a story/accept their unconditional love is a great way of distracting myself from my own problems.
Fresh air and exercise are also good, but it's often hard to force myself to get out.
The easiest thing for me to do is to withdraw into myself and distance myself from others. I know it's the worst thing I can do, but it's hard to push myself to be sociable sometimes. This is when I end up 'giving in'.
Of course, my hope and strength is the Lord, but he doesn't leave us without common sense strategies and friends to help us.
And yes, I have been diagnosed with depression before now (triggered by a particularly stressful situation) and taken medication.

 

[godisreal36]

I am healed sister although i still suffer in things I'm Happy through it, when i get sad i just run to my father in heaven, we are His children and He loves us, he wants to wipe away our tears and sit us back up on our feet again. I am Healed, it took allot of praising our Lord Jesus name, it took allot of prayer from me and others, maybe others prayer helped the most, we must pray for each other. All things work for the good of those that love God, if you must leave to help yourself, then leave Him, maybe its wise, maybe it will bring Him to his senses. Or stay if you can and help him, although its hard when hes not there. Either way don't let Him kill you with your depression, stress and depression can kill someone i think. Put it in the Lord hands, seek his help. Seek and you will find an answer. Hope in Jesus as i know you do, pray for your husband and your self, have others pray also.

Who knows what tomorrow may bring, it always gets cloudy during a storm and it's always dark and gloomy before the sun shines again. Hang in there and keep your faith, be encouraged in our Lord. God can and will help, wait on Him and don't give up.

Leave if you must,I'm not saying you shouldn't. Just giving you some encouraging words. I know how hard life gets. Jesus is our answer. Praise our loving Lord Jesus, no one is like Him, no not one.

 

[godisreal36]

I'm praying for you sister Fire Angel.

I find Gospel music gets me through some hard times. I love George Jones, The Gospel collection, the greatest stories ever told. I dont even like country music all that well but that music i do love. I don't know if it can help you or not, but it sure helps me. Its very comforting and relaxing, it ministers to my broken heart very well. I praise and thank our Lord for that Gospel collection.

 

[godisreal36]

I don't need a doctor to tell me what depression is, i know it well, it was my worst friend for years.

I'm not offended by your comment and thank you for yours, it lends allot a credibility to this discussion, its a blessing and i thank you Upamountain, Your testimony is most valuable. I just want everyone to know my depression was very real even though i was not diagnosed by a doctor, the reason for my depression actually kept me from going to a doctor, without Jesus the nightmare would return quickly. I have read the symptoms of depression and i know what it is regardless of even knowing the symptoms, because the term depression speaks for itself. I love my loving Lord Jesus. He is the Great Physician.

 

[razzelflabben]

Thanks razzelflabben, For being honest. Also if we live with a partner who is clinically depressed all the time, it can play on the one who deals with it now and than to. I do find with any depression there is a root cause for it. I have seen this time and time again. Once I get healed in an area, the depression clears up, until down the road I hit another area that holds depression, but my days are getting happier as I get more healed. I keep my eyes centered on Jesus, and not on how I am feeling.

which brings up another great question....how do your help a spouse or someone else living in your household to fight depression?

 

[razzelflabben]

I do believe in going to a paying counselor as a helper in the healing process of the Lord, I pay for a good counselor and the Lord uses her amazingly, she has great insight in area's I am not able to see as will, because of my own situation.

So yes, I do look unto Jesus to heal me, and the Lord also uses my counselor to help me in the area's I do not see, and also I am a counselor that people pay me to help them.
These people are needed in today's world.

And yes depression and any sickness is not God's will, but the result of living in a fallen world, and for people who have been abused, depression can hit all of us. And sometimes we need help of others even counselors to recover.
The Lord works all things together for those who love Him. So He does use other services, to bring about His healing, and He is the one that still gets the Glory.

As someone who also does a lot of counseling let me add, that the goal should be to move forward into a life or vision as it were in which God reveals to us what He needs from us. IOW's we grow or mature into allowing God to be our counselor...aka HS.

 

[razzelflabben]

Maybe if a believer in Jesus lives with a non believer and they are both depressed, both suffering from depression, maybe its time for the one who hopes in Jesus to move on and leave the non believer, maybe I'm not sure.

Thank God, in my situation we both hope in Jesus.

I think that depends on a lot of information about the relationship and what kind of relationship it is, information we don't have.

 

[razzelflabben]

My husband deals with depression and he will not get help, he does know the Lord, but there is a difference when knowing the Lord and living for the Lord, my husband does not live for the Lord, and not seeking to be healed. Plus he is good at the blame game, I am making plans in leaving him. And my choice will be healthier for me to.
His depression when he is home, brings depression to me, and it is very hard to deal with, especially when I am a easy going loving life person, but he is on the road trucking most of the time, and when he is home it is not for long, and he is gone most of the time.
I do get very triggered by him.

I am so glad you got healed of depression, Praise God!, My healing is coming, but I am still dealing with some of the roots in my own life, and soon all be healed to, and once I get free of him.

God Blessings.

I'm not sure I totally understand....are you suggesting that all your depression is caused by your husband? I'm not sure I can buy that from a biblical perspective if that is what you are trying to say...but maybe I'm not understanding it correctly.

 

[razzelflabben]

A good 'quick cure' I've found is to visit a friend with young children. Being able to play with young children/read them a story/accept their unconditional love is a great way of distracting myself from my own problems.
Fresh air and exercise are also good, but it's often hard to force myself to get out.
The easiest thing for me to do is to withdraw into myself and distance myself from others. I know it's the worst thing I can do, but it's hard to push myself to be sociable sometimes. This is when I end up 'giving in'.
Of course, my hope and strength is the Lord, but he doesn't leave us without common sense strategies and friends to help us.
And yes, I have been diagnosed with depression before now (triggered by a particularly stressful situation) and taken medication.

sounds like some good things, one quick question...does it have to be young children? I mean, if you have a friend who loves with a biblical love, and unconditional love, would that have the same effect? (this question because you specify the unconditional love of a child.)

After further discussion, I have come to the understanding that the innocence of the child has a lot to do with the understanding presented by this poster. An innocence that is or can in infection against our own sinful nature.

 

[papaJP]

Depression is not from God so seek Him in prayer and praise. A true deep walking Christian can usually help you even better than a counselor even one for pay. Most counselors who does it for pay do not have the ability to take you to God for healing. A good deep walking Christian who has been used in emotional healing by God it the best choice.

 

[godisreal36]

Im glad i use that word maybe allot. I try, its all i can do, God is our help i think.

 

[godisreal36]

Depression is not from God so seek Him in prayer and praise. A true deep walking Christian can usually help you even better than a counselor even one for pay. Most counselors who does it for pay do not have the ability to take you to God for healing. A good deep walking Christian who has been used in emotional healing by God it the best choice.

I love this answer, thanks brother.

 

[upamountain]

sounds like some good things, one quick question...does it have to be young children? I mean, if you have a friend who loves with a biblical love, and unconditional love, would that have the same effect? (this question because you specify the unconditional love of a child.)

It depends - I think the difference with the young children is that I end up being absorbed in what they are doing/keeping them happy, while just meeting with a friend can end up being a self-pity session.
Friends who love unconditionally are in short supply where I live now.

 

[Jeshu]

Yes The Word says that what God has brought together we should not take apart.

God is love - it stands to reason therefore that if love between two people is still alive, however beaten-up that He might be - we may not separate them, and urge them to rebuild with the little love they got left over, for God will bless there every effort if they build in love and with love - and undo every curse that might rest on them because of their past actions - Ezekiel 18. If they serve love truthfully He will turn all past loveless deeds to their benefit even.

A lot of support if this must be done though if a bad relationship has been fostered - bad life fights tooth and nail against good life at first that is for sure. But faith in God's love brings true hope alive that is for sure.

However if love for each other has died - then The Truth speaks as if they are divorced and are now living in sin still living together as husband and wife, for the marriage bed has been devilled and not kept pure - and a curse rest on them and on their children - such togetherness should at all cost be prevented from occurring.

As someone who has dealt with a lot of people, I know from first hand experience how bad life gets in a family where love between mum and dad has died. Religious conviction, or even a good councillor, will not safe such a family from perishing. Only when love is restored can the damage be undone and good life return once more but otherwise alternative arragnements for the safety of everyone involved better be made quickly, I believe about this.


I hope I didn't offend anyone saying this

 

[childofGod31]

When you begin to feel depression knocking at your door, what do your do, do you fight it, or give in? If you fight it, what techniques do you use against it? Thanks, just a look into human nature....

Try to focus on doing things that make you happy for that period of time (or at least ok). Take a vacation from things that make you more depressed. Treat this type of a vacation from regular duties as a medicine that you have to have in order to "run better in the long run". Remind yourself, that after you pass this stage, then you will return to your normal duties.