Do You Feel Hopeless?

Are there times you just feel like giving up? Do you feel like you’re being  backed into the wall but there’s nowhere to run and no reason to move? If you  catch yourself saying, “Why bother?” you may be experiencing hopelessness but  you’re not alone. Dr. Robert Leahy shares five ways to help you beat your  sadness for good.

To get started, take a moment to review the litany of  thoughts constantly running through your head. Do you think any of the following  statements:

• Why bother? Nothing will work out.
• I’ll never be happy.
• My relationship can never get better.
• I’ll never be able to get what I want.
• There’s no use in trying.
• There aren’t any good men (women) left.
• I’m too old (ugly, poor, boring, damaged, etc.)
• I can’t compete.
• I’m cursed. The world is against me.

As a result of your  hopelessness, you don’t see your friends, you isolate yourself, you don’t  exercise, you don’t try anything new. And that just adds to your depression and  hopelessness. You spiral down in a whirlpool of sadness.   While writing  Beat the Blues Before They Beat You, I realized the single most important  issue to address for someone who is depressed is her feeling of hopelessness. If  you are absolutely convinced that life is hopeless, then you won’t do anything  to help yourself. But no matter how hopeless it seems, there are things you can  do—right now—that can help you find a way out.

We all go through periods of our lives where nothing seems to go according to plan, but we must keep our faith in God that He will always be there and supply us with HOPE because He is Hope for the Hopeless each and every day!

Inspired in part by Dr. Robert Leahy

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