A moment of deliverance Breaking free from depression

A MOMENT OF DELIVERANCE WITH “THE RELIEF DOCTOR”

Apostle Tommy L. Williams Sr. Ph.D Th.D “The Relief Doctor”

A MOMENT OF DELIVERANCE

What is depression?

Feeling sad, or what we may call "depressed", happens to all of us. The sensation usually passes after a while. However, people with a depressive disorder - clinical depression - find that their state interferes with daily life

For people with clinical depression, their normal functioning is undermined to such an extent that both they and those who care about them are affected by it.


Melancholia - clinical depression is a fairly modern term. Hippocrates, known as the father of Western medicine, described a syndrome of "melancholia". He said melancholia was a distinct disease with specific physical and mental symptoms. Hippocrates characterized it as "(all) fears and despondencies, if they last a long time" as being symptomatic of the illness.


What are the different forms of depression?

There are several forms of depression (depressive disorders). Major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder are the most common.


Major depressive disorder (major depression)

Major depressive disorder is also known as major depression. The patients suffer from a combination of symptoms that undermine their ability to sleep, study, work, eat, and enjoy activities they used to find pleasurable.

Experts say that major depressive disorder can be very disabling, preventing the patient from functioning normally. Some people experience only one episode, while others have recurrences.


Dysthymic disorder (dysthymia)

Dysthymic disorder is also known as dysthymia, or mild chronic depression. The patient will suffer symptoms for a long time, perhaps as long as a couple of years, and often longer. The symptoms are not as severe as in major depression - they do not disable the patient. However, people affected with dysthymic disorder may find it hard to function normally and feel well.

Some people experience only one episode during their lifetime, while others may have recurrences.

A person with dysthymia might also experience major depression, once, twice, or more often during their lifetime. Dysthymia can sometimes come with other symptoms. When they do, it is possible that other forms of depression are diagnosed.

For a patient to be diagnosed with dysthymia he or she must have experienced a combination of depressive symptoms for at least two years7.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/1dd_adult.shtml


Psychotic depression

When severe depressive illness includes hallucinations, delusions, and/or withdrawing from reality, the patient may be diagnosed with psychotic depression. Psychotic depression is also referred to as delusional depression.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247917.php


Postpartum depression (postnatal depression)

Postpartum depression is also known as postnatal depression or PND. This is not to be confused with 'baby blues' which a mother may feel for a very short period after giving birth.

If a mother develops a major depressive episode within a few weeks of giving birth it is most likely she has developed postpartum depression. Experts believe that about 10% to 15% of all women experience this type of depression after giving birth. Sadly, many of them go undiagnosed and suffer for long periods without treatment and support.

Postpartum depression can start any time within a year of giving birth, according to the National Library of Medicine8.


http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/postpartumdepression.html


SAD (seasonal affective disorder)

SAD is much more common the further from the equator you go, where the end of summer means the beginning of less sunlight and more dark hours. A person who develops a depressive illness during the winter months might have SAD.

SAD symptoms go away during spring and/or summer. In Scandinavia, where winter can be very dark for many months, patients commonly undergo light therapy - they sit in front of a special light. Light therapy works for about half of all SAD patients. In addition to light therapy, some people may need antidepressants, psychotherapy, or both. Light therapy is becoming more popular in other northern countries, such as Canada and the United Kingdom.




Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness)

Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depressive illness. It used to be known as manic depression. It is not as common as major depression or dysthymia. A patient with bipolar disorder experiences moments of extreme highs and extreme lows. These extremes are known as manias.



What are the signs and symptoms of depression?

Depression is not uniform. Signs and symptoms may be experienced by some sufferers and not by others. How severe the symptoms are, and how long they last depends on the individual person and his illness. Below is a list of the most common symptoms:


A constant feeling of sadness, anxiety, and emptiness

A general feeling of pessimism sets in (the glass is always half empty)

The person feels hopeless

Individuals can feel restless

The sufferer may experience irritability

Patients may lose interest in activities or hobbies they once enjoyed

He/she may lose interest in sex

Levels of energy feel lower, fatigue sets in

Many people with a depressive illness find it hard to concentrate, remember details, and make decisions


Sleep patterns are disturbed - the person may sleep too little or too much

Eating habits may change - he/she may either eat too much or have no appetite

Suicidal thoughts may occur - some may act on those thoughts

The sufferer may complain more of aches and pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems. These problems do not get better with treatment.




The Solution:

2 Cor. 4:7-10, 16-18

There is no room in your life for defeat! Jesus was never defeated and He has not planned for you to be defeated.

Do you know why Paul could endure his many trials and tribulations and not be defeated? Because he was able to say, “ I know whom I have believed…” (2 Timothy 1:12). He said, “I’m persuaded…it doesn’t make any difference whether I face shipwreck or whether I face all kinds of beatings and sufferings throughout my life.”


He said, “None of them can be compared to what I know, I know there is glory waiting for me. It is inside me. It is the manifestation of God Almighty and nothing can be compared to that glory. I can go through every test, every trial, every circumstance knowing I won’t be defeated!


Jesus was never defeated because He faced Satan Knowing He was the Son of the living God. He knew God was in Him and would make Him victorious over Satan.

God has planned for you to think, walk, talk and act as Jesus did. He has planned for you to face Satan and conquer him in the same power and anointing as Jesus faced and defeated him.


When you face sickness and disease in your body or in the body of your friends and loved ones, you can face it and command it to leave knowing you are a son of God and that the same powerful life-giving flow of God dwells in you.


When you are pushed into a corner by mounting problems, you do not need to panic or spend sleepless nights worrying how you are going to survive. You can face those financial problems with faith and confidence Knowing you are a son of the living God, and knowing the same powerful force that was in Christ when He multiplied the fish and loaves of bread is in you and will make you victorious!


There is no room in your life for defeat because there is a life within you that has never been defeated. There is a life within you that created the universe…. That spoke the sun, moon and stars into existence. There is a life within you that heals the sick, casts, out demons and raises the dead.

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A moment of deliverance Breaking free from depression