tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34540062.post8904997179513724642..comments2022-03-31T20:50:58.848-04:00Comments on Mars Hill: Scott Jackson - My Battle With DepressionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12172321458416805858noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34540062.post-91100400740150616762012-06-01T07:48:03.105-04:002012-06-01T07:48:03.105-04:00How true! People must realize the toll an over-bus...How true! People must realize the toll an over-busy lifestyle takes on the body. It has physical effects on the brain. It's been talked about for decades as we continue on an ever-increasing 24/7 routine of multitasking. What a disconnect!<br /><br />For everything you gain, something is given up. A choice for any way we spend our time fills the space to do anything else. But the world wants to have it all so they carry all of their life with them. Work, study, play, socialize...while interacting with those who aren't with you. Stay up late and rise early - in vain. God addresses all of these practices.<br /><br />Depression is a horrible nightmare whose grip requires lengthy management for release. Medication can help with a strict change in lifestyle pattern that grows more flexible as you heal. Most want to continue with what they're doing - medication cannot overcome that and it increases those nasty side effects. (This thought process does not apply to mental illness although it may help to manage it.)<br /><br />Thanks for sharing so honestly the aspects of actions that contribute to depression and accurately describing its realities while experiencing it. It's a tough situation for those around you and well-meaning friends are grasping for measures to cure it. Others are ignorant regarding depression. Once you move on, the people who are supposed to stick are still in your life.<br /><br />Praying for God's blessings, joy and success for you. :-)Nancy Mahernoreply@blogger.com