“I felt a wave of relief come over me…”
I was really struggling with depression and self harm. One evening my Christian friends were praying from me from across the country. I had given up hope of ever being able to be happy with my life. They prayed over and over and I told them that we shouldn’t bother carrying on as it was never going to work. Then one of my friends said we should do it one more time and that I should pray too. So we did. We all prayed once more for this pain to go away.
I felt a wave of relief come over me and I just started crying. I knew that depression wasn’t just a switch that could be turned off but that’s what it felt like. I just suddenly felt okay. I wasn’t back to ‘normal’ instantly but I knew I was on the journey to recovery and it felt amazing. I am now in a much better place and have been through therapy to help me with recovery.