Demons part 2
(Let me back up and point something out in that previous paragraph: I was diagnosed in my mid-20s at which time, I could get medical help. Two suicide attempts which led to a stay in a secured psychiatric facility and there was still no medical diagnosis and treatment until several years later.) Everyone gets depressed because situations can also cause a person to get depressed. A person’s brain can be absolutely perfectly balanced biochemically, but if the life situation is bad–unemployment, chronically ill child, unhappy relationship, grief over the death of a loved one–a person is going to be sad. But with situational depression, if the situation can be changed, the depression goes away. Some of you may know the Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” Managing chronic depression is similar: what is caused by my own behavior/mood, what is caused by external factors, and ...