Okay moving on...

[m_allan]

After church we hung out for a bit then Andy and I went out to the garage to work on my car.  He gave me a pair of gloves to wear (think they're called "Tactile gloves").  Really neat gloves, they're like rubberish on one side, allowing you to feel things while still protecting you hands from dirt and all, and regularly padded material on the other

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[bogartbabe78]

Well I'm a Christian ......and Believe God gave us antis for a reason. Even though will admit, my faith has helped me, and believe God has helped me. And it was helping me before I got on antis, but you need the antis to get you over the "hump" to say. With depression..the darkness of it, its hard to feel close to God or believe (I have had my battles). Which anyone who hasn't had medical depression, its hard for them to understand. There are christians out there who take antis and have more of a down to earth approach:) Which I can go on with my experiences and what i have learned lol but this is your blog:) When the meds quit working for ya, didn't the doc up them ? that is usualy how it goes anyhow. Plus exercise helps increase serotonin and etc

[m_allan]

Well, I dunno if you ever talk about your depression to your fellow Christians, but I got a lot of "advice" that didn't seem to help me. Like I said, most of them seemed to believe that God wouldn't let a REAL Christian suffer from baseless depression all the time, so obviously something was wrong with ME.

You see, I came from a group that believed in things like healing, tongues, Holy Spirit, possession, rebuking bad things in the name of Jesus, etc, etc. So, I was advised everything trying to "rebuke" the depression, to, "Well, you're not praying or seeking God enough, that's why you're depressed." And others said it was caused by a "secret sin" I was obviously indulging in.

I've come to realize though that I can remember feeling sad, lonely and depressed even as a young child, so I'm not really sure what "sin" I could have been indulging in back then...

And, yes, I consider myself VERY educational. Usually it's crap that has no practical application though. :)

[bogartbabe78]

:) Well I was told God was punishing me for my sins. but later on, realized those christians had no clue, and didn't have all the answers..none of us do. One thing about a Christian, suppose to humble anyways right? lol Anyways God is now the one I lean on. I never meant to talkt o Christians who have no clue about depression.....or the medical side of it. But the ones who have it and are down to earth about it. Those who think they know all the answers..I worry about.Which my faith has helped me though . Which believe sin can cause depression..but thats not always the case! There are different types of depression.. situational, spiritual, and medical...if you remember having it as a kid (i did too) ..chances are would say its medical, esp if it runs in the family

[m_allan]

Er... made a HUGE typo... that should be, they should a tick in Mike's EAR canal, not eye canal. I'm going correct it.