PLEASE!!

The human spirit can endure a sick body,
    but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Proverbs 18:14 

When you think of Depression, what comes to mind? Someone who is down? Someone who is having a rough day?  Someone who is struggling with some decision?

Depression is not merely sadness.  Depression is much more than mere sadness...it is the complete feeling of hopelessness and it can be physically debilitating!  It can lead us to making decisions we would not ordinarily make.  It can become the devourer of our very life; the destroyer of all joy; the eliminator of all joy; and can become our executioner.

I realize this is not a happy topic to discuss, and for some this is quite a painful thing to read, but I have prayed long and earnestly about this subject, which is still "taboo" to bring up.  We aren't supposed to talk about it while it slowly devours our soul to the point that we are so beyond hope that we can only see one way out of the misery.  

There are many triggers for depression (situational depression): 

Loss of a job

Ending of a relationship

Loss of a loved one

Passed over for promotion

Being told that you "aren't good enough"

Depression can also be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.  Medication can help improve the balance.  

My point is this: PLEASE, I am begging you, if you are dealing with depression TALK about it!  Face it head on!  You ARE NOT alone and there are those of us who are willing to listen and help.  PLEASE.