Desperate Acts Can Save Your Life: Overcoming Depression
Some people who do desperate acts make choices that are reckless or dangerous because of a sense of despair, or urgency. Examples include taking actions that may lead to death,
Steps to a Strong Marriage: Avoiding Divorce and Finding Harmony
Marriage has been traditionally defined as a culturally recognized union between a male and a female that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their
How You Can Prevent Chronic Diseases: Steps to Better Health
Depression is said to be one of the most common complications of chronic illnesses, according to an article entitled, Dealing With Chronic Illnesses and Depression, posted in webmd.com. Examples of chronic illnesses include
Overcoming Drug Addiction: What is the link between depression and addiction?
The overuse of prescribed opioid painkillers, for example, causes 115 deaths every day in the United States. Every year, addiction to alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, and prescription opioids costs the U.S. economy upwards of $740
How can I get rid of a financial curse? Help for Depression Step 29
Debt is something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another. If anyone one tells you that you can live and not owe
Why do you stay in prison when the door is wide open? Help for Depression Step 28
#Albert Einstein is widely credited with saying, “The definition of #insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” Many individuals go through life and don’t learn
Understanding Grief: Coping with Loss and Depression
In upcoming posts, I will focus on what I call the deadly “Ds” that can lead to or cause depression. They are death, disease, divorce, debt, drug addiction, and desperation.
How To Deal With Mental Exhaustion: Help for Depression Step 26
Sleep is defined as a condition of body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the
Warning Signs of Suicide: Hope and Help for Depression
Various combinations of pain, heartache, sickness, shame, guilt, weariness, poverty, the death of a loved one, hearing psychotic voices, impulsivity, and severe depression can get to us at times and
Dealing With Bullying: Help for Depression Step 24
It started in the garden. #Adam and Eve hid from #God because they were ashamed of their wrongdoings. Guilt and shame can cause us to hide and stay in the
The Hidden Cost of Success: Help for Depression Step 23
Many people say they want #success, fame, and money. But are you ready for the lights? Are you ready for a promotion? Can you handle the loss of privacy, the
How to overcome adversity? Help for Depression Step 22
Science tells us that humans and their ancestors have been on this planet for about 6 million years. One thing I have learned from observing the animal kingdom is how
Best Way to Lose Weight: Help for Depression Step 21
I was amazed the first time I read of the Daniel Diet hidden away in scriptures that are surmised to have been written in the fifth century BC. I couldn’t
Help for Depression Step 20: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.
I started this depression series by reminding readers of the importance of remembering the covenant. #Lewis Carroll said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you
Help for Depression Step 19: Overcoming Your Fear of Success
#Fear of success is an oxymoron. It doesn’t make sense by definition. You are attempting to accomplish a goal but when you get within its reach, you sabotage the event
