LET’S TALK MENTAL HEALTH. OPENING SCRIPTURE ISAIAH 30:19-26.

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What is the difference between someone being lazy or going through a mental health crisis like depression or anxiety ? Where do we draw a thin line?


I’m learning and understanding that People don’t just suddenly lose interest in doing things they’ve always LOVED to do.
With careful analysis, you’d find quite a number of reasons one could be going through that season .


A particular lady who simply explains it this way, “It stated slowly, but I always picked myself up. Month after month the cycle continued until eventually I just couldn’t anymore.
My body started experiencing weird symptoms and one that got me off the hook was partially diagnosed intercoastal neuralgia (atleast according to the Doctors), just started as ordinary dull back pain, then it became sharp , until I started having breathing difficulties, initial eventually I just lost interest in doing anything. I started experiencing episodes of agoraphobia, all I wanted to do was be in my room doing absolutely NOTHING!“ it was the simple things that I could no longer do. Like people who know me can attest to the fact that I never go to bed without brushing my teeth, well at a particular time, for about 6 months I honestly wouldn’t even notice I didn’t until I was in bed and reflecting on my day……


God doesn’t create mad people, crazy people, kuku people ,zogo people…. He created us perfectly in His image, and likeness. GENESIS 1:27

Adverse situations = adverse responses, but the responses don’t define us….

stop numbing the feelings, trauma is real , they’re normal traumatic human responses. LETS STOP THE STIGMA.

SEEK HELP.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, BE BLESSED 😇🙏🏽

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