Mental Health is a wide spectrum of psychological, emotional, perceptive, cognitive and social well-being. It enables one to be able to cope with life stressors, realizing their abilities to learn and work through these trials that may come our way.
I can only speak on my experiences dealing with mental anguish during my life and how Jesus Christ delivered me from depression.
My birth mother who was only 41 years old, died of breast cancer, I believe learning about my birth mother’s passing when I was just thirteen years old, sent me into a downward spiral. I was 2 years old when she passed. In my teen age years, not only did I find out of my mother’s passing I was also sexually abused by an uncle who I truly loved as an uncle, I was betrayed, afraid to tell anyone I kept the secret for years, I felt abandoned, not loved, unwanted, and always asking myself why? why was this happening? I felt that I was the only one in the world without a mother. I also didn’t know who my father was until I turned 18, looking back I now realize that God had His hand in my finding who my father was.
Throughout my life, I was constantly in search of love and affection, attempting to blend in with the crowd Yet, I consistently found myself feeling unfulfilled, both personally and in my connections with others, I began to engage in drinking, smoking marijuana, and frequenting clubs, attempting to fill a void in my life through various relationships with men. My desire was to feel loved and valued, but this pursuit led to physical and mental abuse, fear, and rejection. I lived for others and not myself, no boundaries, no self-worth, hopeless and lonely.
I have been stricken with depression at an early age only to cover it up as time went on, putting on a face that wasn’t mine, I was hospitalized 5 times, but God one day in 2018, delivered me from what I call a black cloud that was tormenting me all my life, wanted me to give up and wither away, I didn’t want to live but God said I shall live, and be prosperous, Psalm 118:17 He says you are more than a conqueror, Romans 8:31-39, you are chosen 1 Peter 2:9-17,
God didn’t say we would not go through trials and tribulations but it’s how we handle them, how we rectify the situations that we are in, and I realized that I needed God to help with those times, He wants us to lean on Him for all things
Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Psalm 55:22: “Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”
Habakkuk 3:19: “The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills.”
Nahum 1:7: “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.”
Don’t be afraid to reach out to someone when you are going through whether it be a family member, friend, or coworker, hospital, or church members, God will use others, to come to your aide, seek help and know that you are wanted and loved
