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This is day 9 of 31 Days of Finding Joy in Depression. Yesterday, I shared about PCOD and depression. Today, I’m talking about the church and depression. Photo Credit My experience in the church has been one of guilt and shame over depression. This isn’t universal, but here are some of the unspoken things I’ve…
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PCOD and Depression
This is day 8 of 31 Days of Finding Joy in Depression. Yesterday, I shared about genetics and depression. Today, let’s talk about PCOD. What is PCOD? It’s polycystic ovary disease. {It’s also referred to as PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome.} Shortly after Josh and I decided to stop preventing pregnancy in 2005 {though not necessarily…
Is Depression Genetic?
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…
What Does Depression Really Look Like?
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….
Denial
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…