Continuing on from my previous post , I wanted to talk about the Christian view of depression. You see, very recently I faced complete burnout and ended up going to the doctor only to discover that I was on the high end of the depression scale. It never occurred to me that I was depressed or burnt out because I have lived a balanced life and followed all of the steps I wrote about in my book Hope's Journey . It did not even cross my mind that the series of difficult situations that I have faced over the past two year had actually worn me down! I am a survivor - I just get on with things. Thank goodness for a good Christian friend who had the boldness to confront me and encourage me to see my doctor. She recognised the symptoms as she too suffers with depression but she also understood that as Christians, admitting to depression is the hardest thing. So why do I keep mentioning Christians, what makes it different for a Christian? Well, first of all we are always told how
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