Anxious? Depressed?
You’re not alone.
Nearly forty million American adults have been diagnosed with one or both. With today’s excessive worries, fears, stresses, and losses, it’s no wonder so many are reeling with overwhelm, and some are suffering silently, sucking it up, trying not to burden others, or feel shackled by perceived condemning social stigmas.
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Everyone feels depressed or anxious at times as they are a part of life’s jolting journey. Most people manage to cope with these bothersome feelings short-term, and recover without treatment.
For those who find the feelings tagging along more than two weeks with persistent daily symptoms that are interfering with normal functioning, some extra support might be a good idea. Mental health is as imperative as physical health.
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Deterioration in either can cause issues, distress, and illness. It’s no big deal if you have to run to the medical doctor, but the urging of mental health is often put off, allowed to lapse further, and can cause issues at work and with family and friends.
Taking the first step, and noting hallmark signs: withdrawal from things you love, lack of joy, pervasive sadness and/or worry, helplessness, hopelessness, guilt, change in eating or sleeping patterns, irritability, pessimistic thinking, reduced motivation, crying, and more.
The original meaning of suffer was “to bear or carry” as if it signified strength, power, or endurance, but carrying more than we need to nowadays can be detrimental or even life threatening.
If you or a loved one has changed emotionally, or is having difficulty coping, there is no reason to travel this path alone. Professional supportive help is available, and it is a phone call away. NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness @ 516-326-0797 and the Middle Earth hotline to talk @ 516-679-1111. Both are Free services. Do it for yourself; do it for a loved one. It’s highly treatable, no one has to “carry or bear” anymore.
~ ”And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” Matthew 6:27 ~
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