Violent aren't we? ~grin.
But seriously, I now tell the perky to go read Job, Jeremiah and Laminations. And then I tell them to come back and tell me that those people were depressed and had troubles because they were out of the will of God, didn't have enough faith or they weren't praying enough.
For me I had spent 7 years working toward a goal only to find out that it wasn't where I was suppose to be. During those seven years I had no problem with major depression. Then I had to do a 180 turn and suddenly I found myself completely adrift in a strange land with no support system and no goals. Not to mention a worthless education, having a degree in theology is not a real valuable commodity in the workforce. Add to that a tendency to second guess myself expect perfection in all I do, moving out of the land of sunshine into the land of gray sky's, with the tendency toward being a depressed anyway and it is no wonder I went off the rails.
Now though I understand what people are going through in a way that I never would have before. So I guess it was a good thing. Painful though. Very painful. And costly.
heh heh ;o)
Painful though. Very painful. And costly.
Yet worth every second of it. As silver refined and tested by Fire to the limit. Just praying I never have to go through that lesson again! ...yeeee...