Jim Cantelon speaks with Glenn Wagner about how he faced clinical depression as a pastor and the stigma that comes with it. Glenn Wagner Author & Speaker, Founder-FutureLead Ministry Book: “Fire In Your Bones” www.futurelead.org
What song is it that makes you feel beyond sad? And why is it that although a song makes us feel beyond sad, that some are compelled to listen to it in spite of knowing the emotional consequences of listening? Is it that one is trying to relive an event over and over in an attempt to resolve a past event in one’s life? Or are there other reasons?
Jill Byrne’s inspirational memoir Step on a Crack shows how her indomitable spirit and sense of humor helped her survive childhood neglect, divorces, chronic and clinical depression, a psychotic episode, and a revolving door of therapists. Following her completion of the Hoffman Quadrinity Process, she removed the psychiatric gum from her shoe forever. In Step on a Crack, Jill tells of her recovery and offers hope to the millions in America who suffer from depression’s anguish.
I’m constantly tired,always moody,have dark thoughts,have problems sleeping,irritable,and constantly mad at the world for no reason.I’ve also been having thoughts that everyone’s life would be better if I were dead.The only thing that keeps me sane is knowing that I can talk to my wife about anything,and she comforts me and makes it better.She’s the only thing that helps.