"nearly 10% of the population [suffers] from a depressive disorder at any given time"-DepressedTest.com
"More than one out of every ten people battling depression commits suicide"-WebMD
"Recent surveys indicate that as many as one in five teens suffers from clinical depression."-Mental Health America, www.nmha.org
The statistics are scary. No doubt about it, depression is rampant in our society. We are bombarded with every type of media nearly every second of our waking hours. As a result, we have unrealistic expectations for what our relationships, our bodies, our homes, and our 'success' is supposed to look like. There's no way we can live up to it, and so we claw and scratch our way through each day, hoping to inch closer to the proverbial 'pie in the sky'. I have been sucked in myself, however, -fortunately my case is mild enough to keep my head just out of the clouds. For now, moments of peace outnumber moments of despair. If you are struggling, (something tells me you do from time to time), I vehemently urge you to try meditation. The benefits and means of meditation are far too extensive to introduce here. Your best bet is to google 'meditation', and let intuition guide you to your first step. Meditation can be a powerful coping tool, but please, please, please, do not take on the burden of curing yourself if you are suffering from depression. Your ship will likely go down if you exhaust yourself bailing out water with a teaspoon. With professional help, depression is manageable, and even curable. And best of all, when you have landed on solid ground, you can throw a lifeline to someone else. Hold on to hope, know the Truth, -God is good, and be kind to yourself as you would to any loved one who was ailing.
"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."
Helen Keller
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