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Is Depression Genetic?

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By Amanda Pelser

This is day 7 of 31 Days of Finding Joy in Depression. Yesterday, I shared about what depression looks like for me. Today, let’s talk about genetics and family history. Photo Credit I’m not a doctor, but it doesn’t take much research or observation to find that depression can run in families.  Whether this is…

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What Does Depression Really Look Like?

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By Amanda Pelser

This is day 6 of 31 Days of Finding Joy in Depression. Yesterday, I shared about the denial in depression. Today, I want to tell you what depression looks like. Photo Credit I shared some of the symptoms of depression on day 2, but he way that those symptoms manifest themselves is different for each person….

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1 John 1:5-10

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By Amanda Pelser

This past week, I read 1 John 1:5-10 with GoodMorningGirl.org. I decided to dust off my Logos Bible Software from seminary.  Did you know that they have a Mac version now?  I was very excited!  It has come a long way in the last 10 years. I’m loving Logos on my iPad too. I created…

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Kids in the Word Wednesday ~ October 5

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By Amanda Pelser

Kids in the Word Wednesdays

I’m spending a lot of time focusing on my 31 Days to Finding Joy in Depression series right now.  I’m continuing to work through Who is God? with Jonathan and read with him in his Bible during our school time, but for the next few weeks, I probably won’t be sharing too much about the…

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Denial

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By Amanda Pelser

This is day 5 of 31 Days of Finding Joy in Depression. Yesterday, I shared the second part of my story of discovering that I had depression. Today, let’s face the denial. Denial is… disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing; refusal to recognize or acknowledge; a disowning or disavowal from dictionary.com It seems easier to deny the existence of depression than to deal with it.  The masks…

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