tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25192475.post4629079037221181376..comments2024-03-18T19:34:36.812-07:00Comments on Morning Coffee: DepressionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25192475.post-44293882140624804452008-02-17T16:40:00.000-08:002008-02-17T16:40:00.000-08:00Thank you all.Thank you all.Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169732072381476940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25192475.post-65118950346326999012008-02-17T14:40:00.000-08:002008-02-17T14:40:00.000-08:00Found it! May it be a blessing. I have written t...Found it! May it be a blessing. I have written to Fr. Morelli privately and he even spoke to me on the phone. Perhaps you could try to also.<BR/><BR/>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/Indexes/Morellix.phpAthanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107488973500025470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25192475.post-48684961067823396112008-02-17T14:38:00.000-08:002008-02-17T14:38:00.000-08:00I completely understand. Check out Fr. George Mor...I completely understand. Check out Fr. George Morelli's writing on depression. I'll see if I can find the link. They were helpful to me. He is a Ph.D. and psychologist.Athanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107488973500025470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25192475.post-19124510554484677292008-02-17T11:52:00.000-08:002008-02-17T11:52:00.000-08:00We work out our salvation through community, famil...We work out our salvation through community, family and friends. It's been my experience that we work out our sorrow through community too.<BR/>A few years back, I was going through a rough time in my life. Fortunately, I was blessed with a truly amazing group of friends who not only sustained me but actually made three difficult years into three of the best years of my life.<BR/>That being said, my suggestion is to keep talking -- keep writing; keep connected with people. In the end, it is love that pulls us through these times, and even transforms them into something golden.<BR/>It sounds like you've got a lot of good people praying for you. I'm not really good (this smacks of false humility, doesn't it? But that just makes my point about me not being good ;), but I'll pray for you too.Ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757671799731385432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25192475.post-12003259075968851432008-02-16T13:03:00.000-08:002008-02-16T13:03:00.000-08:00hang in there. sounds like you know some things t...hang in there. sounds like you know some things to do; will pray for you again this day.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25192475.post-45105206658924234812008-02-16T07:02:00.000-08:002008-02-16T07:02:00.000-08:00My husband was just diagnosed in November with "ch...My husband was just diagnosed in November with "chronic profound depression." He didn't get out of bed some days, at least not until late in the day. The medication did make all the difference and so did the therapy. We found an orthodox therapist who generously pro-rated her fee to one we could afford. <BR/><BR/>Maybe you don't need the medicine, but maybe your priest knows of someone at least you could talk to. I'm sure it's quite normal to be depressed when one of your children is going through such a difficult (and that's an understatement, I know) trial. But please make sure that you get what you need too. If that means a little medicine to get you over a rough patch, so be it.<BR/><BR/>You don't have to publish this comment...you are in our prayers. We're pulling for you here in MD. God be with you...I wish there was more I could do for you!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396867640732913489noreply@blogger.com