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21. THOUGHTS AND DEPRESSION

By flip on Jan 20, 2009 | In My Story, Ramblings, Helpful Hints | Send feedback »

Allow me to tell you what got me started with this blog.

Last year a dear Christian woman suffering from severe depression committed suicide. I attended the funeral, and it was actually a beautiful funeral - people were shocked, many cried, but it was a Christ-oriented funeral: She was honoured as a Christian woman whose legacy won't be forgotten, and her husband gave a moving description of her battle with depression, ending with a call to all present not to take depression lightly, to get help, to take it seriously. And then someone else took the microphone and said: "And beware of negative thoughts. Negative thoughts cause depression..." It was like a kick in the most sensitive place, and it represented the very essence of religious misinformation/abuse about this disorder.

That was the day I decided to start a blog,

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