by skimhenson | May 13, 2013 | depression, freedom, letting go
After reading Dave Hamlin’s blog post Wanted: Dead and Alive, I think I got it. Dave describes better than I ever could what God’s been up to for the last, oh, I don’t know, 55 or so years of my life. The last eight have been especially significant, as well as...
by skimhenson | Feb 9, 2013 | depression
I could see our story on the Six O’Clock News. Woman arrested for beating husband with a plastic food cover. While police dragged wife from the scene, she screamed over and over, “Spaghetti sauce stains.” Police are looking for clues into the crime. And maybe you...
by skimhenson | Jan 31, 2013 | depression
A friend called to ask the cure for my depression. She thought I was over it because I was talking openly. It’s partly true. I am on the other side of “I can’t get out of bed” and “I cry most of the day, everyday.” However, like in the article link below about artist...
by skimhenson | Dec 2, 2012 | depression
If you asked me about the pointlessness of depression several years ago, I would have said, “Depression is a total waste of time, so get over it.” But not now. Without depression’s help, I’d likely be stuck in my past. Stuck in pain. Stuck in a life I hated....
by skimhenson | Nov 17, 2012 | depression
According to Merriam-Webster Online, depress means (de) do the opposite of (press) steady pushing. In other words, stop pressing on. I never thought to break down the word until I was in the middle of my own breakdown, which gave me plenty of time to think....
by skimhenson | Oct 26, 2012 | depression
The first time I admitted my secret, I was in a spiritual meeting with several women friends who nodded while I shared five minutes of my story. Until that morning, I labeled my depression a funk, feeling kind of blue, being down and out, a gloomy mood. I joked about...