A lot has been going on this week. A lot of it has to do with people being afraid to ask for help when they need it. I know how hard it is to admit you are in a downward spiral. I am completely empathetic to people who feel their only way out is to unnaturally remove themselves from this earth. Please, if you are one of them, for the sake of the ones you love the most and love you most, no matter how painful and humiliating it may seem, ask them to help you get the treatment you need. We all make mistakes. Big ones and little ones. It makes us human and it might make others angry but at the same time it endears us to those who love us. Mistakes and bad judgements, addictions and the like certainly do not make us worthless. Where there is life there is hope.
When someone is in crisis it reminds us how vulnerable and human we all really are at times. It reminds us the reasons that person has been special to us in the first place. Things we tend to put in the back of our minds in the daily grind. Suddenly someone is in a really bad place and all the things we do everyday and take for granted come to a screeching halt. What makes me so sad is when someone is loved so much yet feels so alone that they think they can not ask for help. I often wonder what it is we can do to make people feel comfortable enough to turn to us in the bad times with ease. Yes, clearly, I know someone in crisis ( a prayer or good thought towards them if you will) I believe part of it could be this person suffers from some form of depression. I know too many people who write off depression as another “term” doctors and researchers have just thrown out there-as if it isn’t a real issue. It blows my mind when someone says they don’t believe in mental disorders. Anyway, fortunately this person is in the hospital getting the treatment they need. I am praying for this person to have the strength to overcome their crisis and return to their family.
