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    Through His Eyes: What We Did To Overcome Depression
    Through His Eyes: What We Did To Overcome Depression
    Through His Eyes: What We Did To Overcome Depression
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    Through His Eyes: What We Did To Overcome Depression

    By Linda Pearl Ramnath and Ren Ramnath

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    Mental illness is very hard to classify and understand. Unlike a person on a wheelchair who you can see has a disability, mental illness is a hidden disability.
    This book is about living with a person with severe depression. It looks at the seven-year journey of uncertainty and anguish in seeing someone who was vibrant and optimistic, sink into a pit of utter despair.
    In this book, ‘Through His Eyes – What We Did To Overcome Depression’ I share my most painful and intimate memories of living with my life partner through her long ordeal with severe depression.
    I have learnt so much about mental illness and living with a person who was diagnosed with chronic depression that I felt I ought to share my experiences with others in this book, ‘Through His Eyes – What We Did To Overcome Depression’. Perhaps as you read my story you will learn something to help you cope with life if you have to support someone who is suffering from depression.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinda Pearl Ramnath
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9781370319473
    Through His Eyes: What We Did To Overcome Depression
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    Linda Pearl Ramnath

    Linda Pearl Ramnath is the author of You Don’t have to Settle for Second Best! – A Life of Hope, Courage and Determination and Through His Eyes: What We Did To Overcome Depression. She is a mental health advocate and works actively in her community in raising awareness relating to mental health challenges.Her pocket releases are SOUL FOOD – Renew Your Mind!; SOUL FOOD – Restore Your Soul and SOUL FOOD – Look Up! where she has put together people’s real life experiences to provide hope and enrichment to readers. These are inspiring booklets on living life to the full, despite the setbacks we face. She says, “I find great joy in fulfilling my potential through the little things I do which meaningfully touch the hearts of others.”Linda Pearl Ramnath was born in South Africa and immigrated to Australia with her family. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English, Psychology and Biblical Studies. She is a professional writer and editor. Linda Pearl spent most of her professional career working amongst indigenous groups and marginalised people. She is a devout Christian and is actively involved in community outreach programs. Linda Pearl is a nature lover and enjoys cooking, gardening, creative arts and of course reading and writing.

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      Through His Eyes - Linda Pearl Ramnath

      Through His Eyes –

      What We Did To Overcome Depression

      Linda Pearl Ramnath and Narendra Ramnath

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2017 by Linda Pearl Ramnath

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Rev. date: 02/07/2017

      Unless otherwise stated, Scripture is taken from the Holy Bible, New King James Version® (NKJV), copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      All other versions of The Holy Bible are taken from Biblehub.com. Copyright © 2004-2016 by Bible Hub. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Acknowledgements

      We thank all our family and friends who supported us in the journey to finally put together this book. Your prayers have fueled our efforts to get this Sequel into other hands.

      Thank you to Sandy Nicholls, the artist who was so inspired by the first book, ‘You Don’t Have To Settle For Second Best! A Life Of Hope, Courage And Determination’ that she painted the picture that appears on the cover page.

      We thank God for His strength and guidance in the whole process of recovery and renewal so that through our experience in dealing with depression, we could be a testimony for others searching for hope.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Living with a person with severe depression

      Reality Check

      Rage and madness

      Despondency

      There is no rule book

      Father, take this cup …

      Facing adversity

      Man’s best friend

      Get out of the hole

      Out of the closet

      Courage

      Have you ever suffered from depression?

      Hope for the hopeless

      Light at the end of the tunnel

      Changing adversity into advantage

      Faith

      Habits

      Share it!

      Concluding remarks

      About the Author

      Introduction

      Things can happen to anyone and sickness is no respecter of persons. What you least expect is oftentimes what happens. I never expected someone who is strong and intelligent to fall down and spiral into deep depression. When everything seems to be going well, tragedy strikes, like in the case of Job in the Bible. From being tired all the time and not able to finish tasks, the body soon caved in and I found my wife in a position where she could not help herself anymore.

      Medication was the next step and the almost unending saga started for me. I would leave in the morning for work and she was drugged, I came back and she was drugged to the eyeballs. There was no life! No life for her and certainly no life for me. This dragged on for years and years. The side effects from the drugs she took caused thyroid imbalances which also caused significant weight gain.

      Sometimes there was a slight glimmer of hope but it was short-lived as my wife would have relapses. Anything could tip the balance for her and it was back to square one for everyone. As the years dragged on, my dear wife faded from life itself. She was almost impossible to live with most times. Sickness does that to a person; they lose that lacklustre for life. I was losing my wife and my companion and I didn’t know what to do. Temptation was always there.

      This book is about living with a person with severe depression. It looks at the seven-year journey of uncertainty and anguish in seeing someone who was vibrant and optimistic, sink into a pit of utter despair. During this seven-year period, I had to use all of my resources and energies just to stay on survival mode. My whole world changed and my outlook to life was severely compromised. My faith in God was tested time and time again. I just could not see any light at the end of this tunnel. Life became very meaningless. All my joy was gone and I had to live in an environment of emptiness and darkness.

      Mental illness is very hard to classify and understand. Unlike a person on a wheelchair who you can see has a disability, mental illness is a hidden disability. In many cases the sufferer will make every effort to mask their symptoms from the public eye. I have learnt so much about mental illness and living with a person who was diagnosed

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