It’s happening today – 13th Nov.
This is not an event that you ATTEND, you just simply write “love” on your arm in support.
To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and [...]
I reccently received a comment on this post, which I decided to respond to in a new post rather than in comments.
I want to say up front that I don’t agree with the comment.
Here it is -
“Call it what it is. Depression is demon. Jesus did not play with them or talk to them, He [...]
I have mixed feelings about doing this particular post. I have not suffered from depression, so my experience of this is from the point of view of a friend/family member of a sufferer. So my aim has mainly been to work out how to educate non-sufferers about depression so they can support their friends. I [...]
Some words from my dear friend about her current fight depression. Here.
Thanks for your honesty Sam.
Depression reminds Christians of three important things.
1. Things are not as they should be
God made a perfect world, and humans screwed it up. Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden means that now we all live in a world which is fallen from its good state. Romans 8:23 tells us that creation itself joins us [...]
Just like when we are all feeling down, sometimes there is an obviously cause of depression – things like major disappointments, frustrations, changes or losing something or someone important to you.
But there are also a number of other things that can contribute to the onset of depression. Different people will experience different causes and sometimes [...]
The answer to this question is not long or complicated.
To Write Love on Her Arms says this
Depression does not discriminate across age, race, gender, or class.
In other words, everyone and anyone can get depression. Black Dog Institute has information on depression in children, teenagers, adults, over 65’s, medically ill and pregnancy & postnatal. If you [...]
My knowledge about depression is minimal. But I recently heard some statistics that made me realise I need to change that.
1 in 5 people will suffer from depression at some point. 1 in 5. Unless you know less than 5 people you are going to have contact with someone (probably lots of people) with depression.
So [...]
Here are some facts about Depression -
* 20% of young people will have experienced significant depressive symptoms by the time they reach adulthood
* At any point in time up to 5% of young people will experience depression serious enough to warrant treatment
* 1 in 4 women suffer from depression
* 1 in 6 men suffer from [...]
