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Depression and Anxiety:
A Journey
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If your strength,
and feeling of purpose are
stripped away from you,
are YOU still YOU?
joy,
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatmegsaid/
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“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our
behind-the-sceneswith everyone else’s
highlight reel.”Steve FurtickPastor of Elevation Church,Charlotte, NC
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Photo referred to in recording was removed because of copyright issues.
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A good counsellor can make a huge difference.
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Depression/Anxiety Symptoms
Physical
• Sensitivity to noise, light, smell• Trembling• Adrenalin overload (fight or flight response for no reason)
• Heart racing, pounding (even without any feeling of worry or dread)
• Very limited reservoir of physical strength• Weight gain or loss• Inability to sleep or the tendency to sleep all the
time
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Depression/Anxiety Symptoms
Mental• Deadness of emotion (during deep depression)
• Inability to deal with anything or anyone outside of myself
• Brain noise - too many thoughts, or bits of unrelated thoughts that can't be shut down
• Lack of focus • Memory loss• Confusion (like a fog)
• Inability to make decisions - can't come to a conclusion• Fear, a feeling of inexplicable dread• Deep, crippling sadness, despair, hopelessness (completely
separate from circumstance)
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Ainsworth, P. (2000)Understanding Depression
“Depression may be caused by episodic misfiring of areas of the left Frontal lobe and left Temporal lobe as a result of genetic, environmental, social or physiological factors.”
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Not my burden to carry.
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My Role as a Mom
• Cherish little things
• Use strength for important things
• Just do what you can
• Make a game of erasing a bad experience
• Celebrate good days or parts of days
• Give yourself permission to fail
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My Role as a Wife
• Be honest• Trust your husband• Be openly grateful and encouraging• Push yourself to occasionally date or go
away with your spouse
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My Role at Work
• Let it go
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My Role as a Friend
• Good friends will endure• Stay connected somehow• Let people help you• Know that you will support your friends
sometime in the future
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My Role as a Stranger
• Smile • Pay for the meal of someone else in the
drive-through• Little random acts of kindness • If you think something nice about
someone, tell them • Donate blood (I also donated my hair)• Buy a chicken purse
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Here is a picture of the wonderful “chicken purse” mentioned in the recording.
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If your strength,
and feeling of purpose are
stripped away from you,
are YOU still YOU?
joy,
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I didn’t understand
depression before and
now I do.
Maybe that is all that
matters.
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God is not going anywhere
We’re going to be alright