WORDS BY LADY G- SPEAK UP/DEPRESSION

SPEAK UP

        Today, let us speak up about: DEPRESSION!

1.    Where does depression come from?

A.  The environment you are in: Home, Work, School, etc.

B.   Relationships: Family, Friends, Co-workers, Classmates

C.   Bad habits: Procrastinating, Being Unorganized, Hoarding, Overeating, etc.

D.  Abuse: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Verbal.

E.   Trying to live up to human beings’ standards (Mainly media).

2.    Who gets affected by depression?

A.  Every age!!!!

B.   Both genders!!!

C.   Children can be depressed from being bullied, home environment, school environment, peer pressure, dealing with adult problems at a young age.

D.  Adults can be depressed from the pressure of maintaining a stable home, keeping up with endless bills, keeping up with life, fear of being alone.

3.   What are ways to cure depression for good?

A.  THROW AWAY THE DEPRESSION PILLS, ALCOHOL, DRUGS, BAD FOODS, GOSSIP, ETC. that temporarily numbs you from reality. The problem still exists if you do not take the accurate steps to solve them.

B.   Take a seat, evaluate yourself, write down the problems, research healthy solutions, and take small steps (without announcing to the world). If the solution you have tried didn’t work, DO NOT GIVE UP! Keep trying. The easiest thing to do is give up!

C.   Surround yourself with positive people, positive music, positive everything. Everything is about energy. After a while, all of the positive energy you soak in will rub off.

D.  NEVER run away from or try to avoid the problem(s). Face them and make the change. If you are not your own solution, you are evidently your own problem.

E.   Walk away from people that feed into your depression. If they cared, they would help get you out of it, not watch you drown.

F.   Pray!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot express that enough.

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