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In The Valley
ME
Hey Everyone!
Good Evening!
It is great to be with you all tonight!
We are currently in a new series called Broken.
Living in a world where we can be honest instead of hiding behind the word I’m Okay.
This series is about changing the conversation when it comes to our brokenness, loneliness, depression and anxiety.
Two weeks ago we kicked off the series by looking at the brokenness of Gideon and we hopefully came to this understanding that God loves people despite our brokenness.
Last week week talked about Loneliness.
We talked about how your generation the Generation of Gen Z, is the most connected generation of all time, yet it is the loneliest generation of all time.
But there is hope because as we discussed loneliness is just an obstacle to God’s goodness.
So, tonight we are going to be talking about depression.
Depression is defined as feelings of dejection and hopelessness that last for more than two weeks.
While everyone has a bad day from time to time, individuals struggling with depression often experience changes in eating and sleeping habits, as well as agitation, irritability, and restlessness.
Depressed people generally lack energy and find little pleasure in activities they once enjoyed, such as playing sports or hanging out with friends.
For some I understand that this will hit home for you.
For others this may help as you know friends or family who deal with depression.
and for others you may be thinking that this has nothing to do with you, which cannot be further from the truth.
I can tell you today that I have never had to deal with my own depression.
But what I can tell you is that I have had people in my life that have and I have had a front row seat to a lot of it.
You see depression can effect anybody regardless of gender, social background, income, or race.
Teenage girls report suffering from depression more then teenage boys.
Why because teenage age boys are less likely to seek help or recognize that they suffer from depression.
Girls are encouraged to express their feelings while boys are not.
This doesn’t make it right, this is just a fact that I am sharing with you tonight.
It is entirely normal for young people to experience “the blues” occasionally.
The teen years are full of changes— physical, social, and emotional.
While I am not a doctor or a counselor.
Here are some signs to look for if they last longer then two weeks, again because, every gets down.
That does not mean that you are depressed.
It could just mean you a had a bad day or even a bad week.
But here are some signs:
• poor performance in school
• withdrawal from friends and activities
• sadness and hopelessness
• lack of enthusiasm, energy, or motivation
• anger and rage
• overreaction to criticism
• feelings of being unable to satisfy ideals
• poor self-esteem or guilt
• indecision, lack of concentration, or forgetfulness
• restlessness and agitation
• changes in eating or sleeping patterns
• substance abuse
• problems with authority
• suicidal thoughts or actions
Suicidal thoughts tend to come with depression.
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death in teens.
Accidents (car, overdosing, and other unfortunate accidents)— is number 1
In these cases the teen believes that their situation is completely hopeless.
On twitter the #depressionfeelslike is one where those who are in the battle of depression share with others what it is like.
Here is some of their tweets.
Here is just a photo girls on the dock:
#depressionfeelslike your stuck in quicksand, slowly drowning but only enough to see the world doing just fine without you.
"I'm Fine." is the biggest lie we can tell but look closer into the eyes.
Aren't they the windows to our soul?
They can speak when we can't.
@Hayley McGregor
Charlotte ER Like the worst day of your life, every single day.
It feels like everything’s falling apart and worthless even if it’s not.
Heather Eyre A distance between you and the world.
You cannot see any tangible future, so there is a feeling of hopelessness.
Sarah French Being surrounded by people that love you and say they want to help, yet feeling terrifyingly alone and lost.
Katie Prieto I think JK Rowling has it right.
The dementors are such a great image, its like a creature sucking out the best and happy memories whilst telling you you’re rubbish and making you relive the bad.
It then uses the bad as an attack against your self esteem to make you believe you don’t deserve better.
Eventually you just become numb and disconnected.
Depression isnt always about suicide.
Moslty its about wanting to just… not, anymore.
and then eventually getting up and doing it anyway over and over again.
Last one: Ellen Moore It feels like your downing but no one can see, and the ones that can see shout “just swim!”
I hope that you begin to understand what depression looks like.
That maybe you have never experienced it but you can empathize and show compassion to those who do.
Now as I have been researching and reading a lot on the subject of depression, one word keeps coming back to me.
We have already mentioned it a handful of times since I began.
Anyone have a guess of what was a common tread?
Hopelessness.
To have no hope.
I think that is what has stuck out to me the most.
That feeling of hopelessness.
Saying that I’m fine to the basic question of how are you?
We believe that it has become better to fake it, to not burden others, to just stuff it all down… and just say— i’m fine.
Because if we were truly honest with each other— we would stop asking that question.
How are you?
Because we may actually get a response that we don’t know what to do with.
But don’t worry we can keep asking it because we are not a place to be open and transparent.
No we would rather lie and hide what is really going on so we whisper— “I’m fine.”
When we are not.
This of course is not limited to depression, but also brokenness and loneliness and spoiler alert next week with anxiety.
I believe that depression is a medical condition that should be treated by a medical professional.
I want you to hear that from me first and for most.
If you think you may be suffering from depression, come talk to me or to one of your leaders.
We want to get you the help that you may need.
While I do believe that it is medical condition, I do also believe that God is our great physician and is able to heal.
And the main point tonight if you will is that:
Depression will leave you hopeless,But Christ give you hope.
The whole idea of the Gospel is that hope came to earth.
I understand that for some here, this may not sound good enough.
That is seems so childish that this is the answer.
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