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Struggling with mental Illness? sadness and low self esteem? Do you feel alone and overwhelmed?  Are you tired of your mental illness? Are you stressed out? Is your faith waning? Has anxiety turned your life upside and has caused loneliness? Are you worried and fear you will not fulfill your purpose? You are not your mental illness and recognizing you may need help takes courage. I applaud you for being taking the first step to help reduce feelings of overwhelm, pain and anxiety.  God is there to help you through the pain and suffering of life.

We all feel helpless about the situations or circumstances that come into our lives. However, worry and guilt  can cause an emotional roller coaster and make you feel like you are sinking in quicksand. 

 HOW DEPRESSION AFFECTS YOUR LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

• It affects your physical well-being, resulting in chronic fatigue, sleep problems, and changes in appetite.
• It prevents you from enjoying and living your life to the fullest 
• You've lost interest in sex or even physical affection 
• It affects your mood, with feelings of sadness, emptiness, hopelessness and dysphoria.
• Your place is a mess; laundry and dishes are piled up, mail is unopened, etc.  It is stressful.
• We no longer have the same energy and enthusiasm in our relationships. 
• You've been making excuses to friends why you can't get together with them, or you're telling them you're "just too tired." 
• We often prefer to stay home rather than go out, be alone rather than share and talk. We push others away. 
• We become very self focussed and sensitive, easily offended, and quick to snap. 
• As our relationships start to break down, we blame ourselves. We feel worthless, believing that no-one would want to be with us because we don't want to be with ourselves. We push people away and then feel worse because we are alone. 
• It takes you a whole weekend to do chores that used to only occupy a morning. 
• You've really let yourself go - you're wearing clothes that make you look dumpy, you've stopped exercising, you're not shaving unless it's absolutely necessary.
• It affects the way you think, interfering with concentration and decision making. 
• You miss out on the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky, the universe, and cats & dogs.
• You're drinking or using drugs to escape the pain. 
• it affects your behavior, with increased irritability and loss of temper, social withdrawal, and a reduction in your desire to engage in pleasurable activities. 
• You lose things, you lose track of things and can't always remember what day it is. 
• You've pretty much stopped eating, or caring what you eat and whether it tastes good. 
• On the flip side, you may be eating all the time because you're bored and hope that food will somehow satisfy the vacant feeling you have. 
• Sleeping difficulties have started creeping in - either difficulty sleeping, erratic sleeping patterns or difficulty staying awake.

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