Well, another one I got was that I didn't have enough FAITH or that I must have SIN in my life, as God could heal me, but not without my having adequate faith & purity. So this depressed me even further as I sought out hidden sin in my life & prayed with all my might & was convinced it was not enough to please God. This church didn't believe in psych meds & I kept getting prescribed them & kept throwing them out &, of course, my depression was getting worse.

My father said I had nothing to be depressed about (true, I had 2 great kids & husband, financial stability, etc., but I ALSO had bipolar disorder which is kind of a reason depression might visit me).

As far as "getting over it." That comment is not usually helpful, but I was "stuck" for about 1 1/2 years & obsessing & ruminating on a hurtful comment my husband made & a friend from my support group said I needed to "get over it" in order to get my stability back. She suggested I get back into intensive therapy & really work on "getting over it." She was right. I was stuck in a bad place. I'm not over it yet, but making progress with indiv. therapy, med adjustment & DBT so I valued that advice coming from her (& it was accepted by me because she is a fellow bipolar & knows what it is like to be obsessed with a thought).

The thought obession had led me to overdose so it was extremely detrimental to my life & I had become so paralyzed by it that one therapist I was seeing "flunked" me & basically told me not to come back as I wasn't making any progress. My meds provider recommended another one & I am making progress with her.

I have become suicidal a couple times but have called suicide prevention 1-800-273-TALK or www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. & gotten back into see my meds provider quickly.--Suzy