Depressed?!
Question:
Depressed?
My husband says I am in a depressive mode. I have been off work on a stress leave for 6wks, returned for 2 days, and have now been off for almost a week. I know I have to do something, it's not the job. I am so tired all the time, no energy to clean, barely cook. I look a mess, though I bathe. I have struggled with depression for years. This doesn't feel the same, I feel like I know where I am, though I am spinning.
Nobody understands, he calls it self pity, but I don't want to be like this. I want to change and shake it off, but it won't leave. I can't take this anymore, but I have to keep pushing.
How do I stop this deterioration of my life? I keep asking, what's wrong with me?
Answers:
I used to be in your situation and was for a long time, however I took God's advice warnings and obeyed his Law:
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:12
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
Psalm 111:10
The fear Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7
for those who are self-seeking
and who reject the truth and follow evil,
there will be wrath and anger.
Romans 2:8
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart
and don't lean on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
If any of you lacks wisdom,
he should ask God,
who gives generously to all
without finding fault,
and it will be given to him.
James 1:5
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds
in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink;
or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more important than food,
and the body more important than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air;
they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Who of you by worrying
can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the lilies of the field grow.
They do not labor or spin. ...
So do not worry, saying,
'What shall we eat?' or
'What shall we drink?' or
'What shall we wear?'
For the pagans run after all these things,
and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:25-28, 31-34
I tell you, my friends,
do not be afraid of those who kill the body
and after that can do no more.
But I will show you whom you should fear:
Fear him who, after the killing of the body,
has power to throw you into hell.
Yes, I tell you, fear him.
Luke 12:4-5
Jesus answered, 'It is written:
'Man does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from
God's mouth.'
Matthew 4:4
Why spend money
on what is not bread,
and your labor
on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me,
and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight
in the richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:2
Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me will never go hungry,
and he who believes in me
will never be thirsty.'
John 6:35
Where is the wise man?
Where is the scholar?
Where is the philosopher of this age?
Has not God made foolish
the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 1:20
'Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,
but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am Yahweh, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight"
Jeremiah 9:23-24
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