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Five things I’ve learned living as a Christian mum with depression

By 2023-07-06T08:30:00

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Dr Sharon Hastings, author of Wrestling With My Thoughts and  Tending To My Thoughts, shares her five key lessons after having her son.

I’m a Christian and I have schizoaffective disorder, a mental illness which affects mood and thought.  Three years ago, I became a mum.  My first year with my son was filled with happiness, but during the last two years, joy has sometimes been buried deep as I have wrestled with long bouts of depression.

Here are five things I have learnt about life as a Christian mum with depression.

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