Well Acquainted With Grief

With the type of sorrow grieving an innocent childhood lost to negligence, I found no value in sadness. Besides, it seemed people liked me best when I was upbeat and happy. Though my general disposition is cheerful, It is unhealthy to assume anyone can stay that way forever. 20 years passed before I allowed myself to grieve. In that time, I developed an exaggerated character of myself. Like a caricature, my positive emotional features became larger than life.

Health & Wellness, Grief & Loss, Grief, FaithJoshua StephensMay 7, 2019grief, sorrow, suffering, pain, hurt, sadness, sad, broken, brokeness, depressionComment

'Snap out of it," A Blog About Depression

"There's something wrong with me. This isn't normal, right? I guess I just need to pray more or have more faith. I don't know. Maybe I'm just broken. I'm sorry to bother you with this. I probably sound so stupid."

Those are, loosely, the words I recall a young lady saying to me over the phone. I could hear it in her voice. She didn't actually believe the words that were coming out of her mouth. She was buying into a lie.

Recovery, Health & WellnessKaitlyn StephensJuly 25, 2018recovery, Faith, mental health, mental illness, depression, anxiety, sad, sadness, PTSD, ptsd Comment

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BEHIND EVERY PERSON IS A STORY OF GOD'S GRACE