LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 199 (October 28, 2008) King David wrote “When I felt secure, I said, ‘I will never be shaken’ …O Lord, when you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.” (Psalm 30:6-7) He must have been bipolar, don’t you think? He knew exactly […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 194 (September 30, 2008) I’m feeling not too bad at all this morning. I pray that this upturn will continue and that the depression won’t pull me under to too great an extent. It’s interesting to see how depression grabs hold. Increasingly I’ve been grabbed by pensive moods. My husband will catch […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 129 (January 15, 2008) A couple of days ago, Sandy wrote the following: “What are some your hints to “keep going” when you really feel depressed and just want to stay in bed all day but know that you can’t because of family responsibilities? My kids are 21 (in college), 17 ( […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 87 (July 28, 2007) When a blogging pal responded with suggestions on how to deal with my feelings of being on the brink of another depression, I did the following: In the afternoon I talked to a dear friend about how I was feeling. Talking to her always makes me feel better. […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 86 (July 26, 2007) Enough talk about negative, unhappy things. I need to talk about some neat things: things happening with our Living Room support group. We have three members in our group who are keen about facilitating, each with a set of wonderful gifts. I’m excited about that – happy about […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 73 (June 12, 2007) What a difference a couple of days can make when you’re dealing with bipolar! In my last post I sounded so strong, yet over the last couple of days I’ve started to feel an inexplicable anxiety, bordering on depression. Inexplicable, because I don’t feel fearful. Explicable perhaps, because […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 72 (June 9, 2007) Studies have been done about the benefits of faith to our health, including our mental health. Most of them have found that religious people have a greater ability to cope than people without a faith. One of the top researchers in this field is Dr. Harold Koenig of […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 55 (March 25, 2007) I went for a good long walk with a friend who is also experiencing depression. It was the first dry day of the month. The skies were still cloudy, but bright. We talked lots, even praying for a while as we walked. Part of our walk took us […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 52 (March 11, 2007) Thank God, I did pull out of that two-week down time! I was so worried it was the beginning of something big, but it was just another little blip. At times like this, I wonder though: how much of my surfacing back to the stable old me was […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 51 (March 6, 2007) First of all, I want to tell you I’m not doing badly. Not good, but not badly either. In my last post I raised the topic of waiting – waiting for depression to lift. Although I love the Bible and try to live by it, it does in […]
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