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This is beautiful and honest! You can write really well! So glad this way of coping is good for you. Keep writing! God bless!

Hi Nellie, sorry about your brother. It must have been very very hard for you. When someone whom we are really closed to pass on, they usually leave a void in our heart. But I always believe that this void needs to be fill up with all the beautiful memories that they had left behind. I’m sure you an...

Hi there, welcome to the forum. Thank you for sharing your story. I feel that if you and your therapist cannot connect, it will be the best of interest for everybody to stop and find another therapist. I’m glad your parents are supportive towards your recovery journey. It will be a tremendous help t...

Hi there, I totally get what you mean.. It’s as though you are broken one moment, fixed that all up only to find yourself broken again. I can understand how tiring and dark it gets. Truly, depression struck anyone, good and kind people - anyone. You could be having the best things in life, a group o...

Hugs.... welcome to the forum and thank you for the courage in sharing your story. It must have been hard to explain why you are feeling the way you are feeling when everything else around seems ok in others eyes. One might even say you are being unappreciative or ungrateful when you are depressed a...

Welcome K! Sorry to hear you are going through so much. There’s a lot for anyone to go through. But I’m glad you are reaching out for help and most importantly, you are also looking for opportunity to help. Depression is a terrible illness and I pray you will be able to have the help you need soon. ...

Hey Olive, welcome and thanks for sharing your situation on this platform. You are such a blessing to this community. While I can read that you are going a lot at this moment, but you chanelled that energy towards connecting with others who are suffering too. I’m greatly encouraged by your courageou...

Hugs.. sorry that you are going through so much at this moment. It’s hard to imagine how much burden you are carrying except that you are carrying a lot on your own. Given that you are just been diagnosed, you may need to go through several sessions of therapy and regularly taking your medication be...

Hi Jason, sorry that you are going through so much at this moment. And from your post, you have gone through many tribulations in life as well. Sorry to hear that life seems all dark and gloomy for you for a while. Will you be open to consider seeking counselling in church? I know some churches offe...

Hugs.. sorry to know you are hurting so much at this moment. You are not alone. I’m glad you decided to download here in the forum so that we can give you some sort of support or just listening. Have you tried to see a counsellor or a therapist? Or have you tried talking to someone whom you can trus...

Hi there, sorry to know that you are going through so much at this moment and it seem to dark and stormy within you. Sometimes when a close relationship breaks down, in your case, your mother and yourself, it can really take a lot out of a person. I’m a Christian too and I had gone through dark days...

Thanks for sharing. It takes courage to do that. You have gone through a lot and are still going through so much. Please continue to write here. It's clear that you write very well. Sorry I don't write so well. I didn't go to college but it's a dream for me. I hope I'll be able to go to one. Are the...

Hi there, thanks for sharing. It takes courage for one to do that. Sorry that you are going through so much. Some of the things you said I can relate to sometimes. For eg, you are a quiet person and everyone thinks you are nice but you feel that you are not. Actually, every one of us is capable of b...