Hope (:

alexad22

DearLadies I to suffered from PPD. But there is HOPE. Is your will to get better I pray alot went for walks go out. It helps I know you dont want to get up oh trust me I know the feeling but I told myself that I have to get better. Life is beautiful. Pray and he will hear youIf you don't ask loud enough how do you expect him to hear you. Also put alot of your part it is mind over power...tell yourselves that this will NOT defeat you...you are strong and beautiful and you too can defeat this..God bless you all

angelicalopez29

Yes, for many of us when we are in our most darkest days, hearing "it gets better, get out for a walk, pray, think positive, believe you can do it" seems like false hope but I have found that most of the negative feelings come from negative thinking, irrational fear over things that are not real (and that fear makes them seem real) from believing to the bottom of your heart that everything is wrong, that life seems not worth it, that there is no light at the end of the tunnel, but as a good person on the web that helped me said, everything comes down on what we are thinking about ourselves, and about our life, and since the negative thinking became common, trying really hard to change the negative thoughts into positive ones, with time, becomes a habit and therefore, feel better and better everyday, you get hope, and a new perspective of life. Note that everybody has bad days, but its ok to not feel in the mood to do something, or feel a certain way, as long as it does not change the definition you have about yourself or your life. For me, the Lord has been my hope, I believe that God has let me go through this dark period in my life in order to realize the things that I had been doing wrong all along. what I needed to start changing in my life, and growing in my relationship with him, getting to know myself, realizing who I am, and knowing my self worth, and over all, knowing that I do not need nothing more than 2 things to be happy in my life: "The love of God (which we all can count on since his love is eternal and for everyone) and the love for myself (which I had always been missing and didn't realize until depression hit my life).

 

I have learned all this through information from my therapist, a introspective view of my inner self, the Bible, God, and many many resources on the web. 

 

Women,. don't give up, I am still on a mission to make my life better, but I can tell you I am much better than 8 months ago, when I almost killed myself, every day I thought of a way to end my life, and make sure my son was safe and someone could get him afterwards to care for him.  Every day, I looked at the stairway in my home, and imagined myself hanging from the neck, and I WANTED to do it, I felt as if it was my only solution. But now, I am able to look at life different, and whenever negative thinking wants to sink in, I fight to replace those thoughts with more coherent positive thinking. It is a very hard road and only the brave can walk through it.

 

don't feel bad if you need medication, I took medication for a few months but decided that I was going to keep going strong without it, medication helps think clear, helps you cope, but to me, is a very dangerous way to go. 

Don't let anybody judge you, people that haven't gone through this will never understand even if they try. 

 

God Bless!!!!!

babyamg

Thanks so much for the encouragement! I know "this too shall pass!"  God bless you as well.