Depression: My Story. My Battle. My Testimony.

Key Verses in this Series: Matthew 11: 28-30, Luke 13: 29-30, 1 Peter 5:10, Romans 8:28 (NLT)

“I would cry for hours and not know the root of my tears”

Depression is real, but God can heal.

I’m not perfect. I am deeply flawed, but God still loves me regardless.

People know me as being joyful, kind, and incredibly happy.

So then how could such a joyful, kind, and incredibly happy person experience so much pain and it go unnoticed.

Well, it happens.

It happens all the time.

For over a year, I suffered from depression, but as a person who “has it all together”. I hid it from pretty much everyone I know, including by best-friends and family.

I would cry every night. Skip school. Skip dance. Not want to hang out as much.

But yet, no one truly noticed my absence.

See everyone thinks that they know the signs of depression, but honestly people have no idea how everyone’s depression is different.

I’m the type of person that refuses to show weakness.

I refuse to let others see me vulnerable.

I refuse for someone to feel sorry for me.

I'm not writing this for you to feel sorry for me.

But instead be happy for me.

I know that sounds crazy, but if it wasn't for my depression, I wouldn’t be able to share this testimony.

I wouldn’t be able to read in between the lines of scriptures that we “quote” every single day.

And I wouldn’t be in this position to help someone who is finding themselves in the very same situation I was in.

So for those who are finding themselves slipping through the cracks more and more each day.

Those who are conquerors of depression.

And those who just want to know my story. How I went through the storm and God rescued me.

Join me on this series of My Story. My Battle. My Testimony.