tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post8169628523554764149..comments2024-03-28T19:02:37.054+00:00Comments on More than Writers: The Mental Problemauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-90894761739452727222017-10-01T11:22:02.176+01:002017-10-01T11:22:02.176+01:00Shirley, that is a question I often ask myself too...Shirley, that is a question I often ask myself too. When I was in the early years of my Christian walk I had an experience. I was unhappily married, one day whilst complaing to a friend at a coffee morning another lady Interupted me and shoved her hand in front of my face, saying. She was gardening the day before and now she had this thorn in my Hand. I was a little surprised, she moved off and I....continued to grumble. Suddenly a different lady approached me with the exact same scenario and words. Yes, then I was stopped in my tracks. I knew somewhere in the Bible there was a thorn in the flesh story.... more to his story obviously, told in my memoir, Angel in the Pepper.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130500336443367872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-20848357447014915122017-09-30T22:02:26.328+01:002017-09-30T22:02:26.328+01:00Thank you, Martin. See my comments on Facebook.Thank you, Martin. See my comments on Facebook.Rosemary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797123703252258773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-32704081436574218982017-09-30T21:19:34.285+01:002017-09-30T21:19:34.285+01:00I had ten years of depression. I was able to funct...I had ten years of depression. I was able to function OK for three out of four weeks and then it would hit me on the fourth and I would change my whole personality. I didn't recognise myself. Because I seemed competent and upbeat for three-quarters of my life, people found it hard to understand/accept when I hit the down times. I tried to hide it which was very stressful. Those ten years taught me a lot about people: feelings, responses, motives, mental process, etc. I'm sure it has helped my writing, especially creating the characters and their behaviour in my novels. Thanks for being so frank and brave. Bless you.Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-91891308370299405482017-09-30T15:16:13.917+01:002017-09-30T15:16:13.917+01:00Thank you for this. How good it would be to snap o...Thank you for this. How good it would be to snap out of it! Apathy is one of the things I find hardest to overcome. I just don't care about anything. But I'm grateful to all who understand and I hope my writing is helped by learning more about depression. Do you think Paul's 'Thorn in the flesh" could have been depression?Shirley Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079350605161802703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-4282486957796212152017-09-30T14:08:43.577+01:002017-09-30T14:08:43.577+01:00This is a thoughtful and moving blog. Thank you fo...This is a thoughtful and moving blog. Thank you for writing it. (And goodness, what an awful image for poor old Noah! That story that adorns the cover of every children's Bible is really not at all nice, is it?)A(me)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06407417460797812800noreply@blogger.com