{"id":339976,"date":"2023-12-18T17:08:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=339976"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:08:05","slug":"when-i-was-11-years-old-i-started-having-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/when-i-was-11-years-old-i-started-having-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"“When I Was 11 Years Old, I Started Having Depression”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hazel\"\u201cWhen I was 11 years old, I started having depression. I started feeling very sad and very lonely, and there was nothing that could take that away. I would sleep all day and try to distract myself, but nothing caught my attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

As I got older, that depression only grew worse because of the problems at home. My mother and I had a lot of problems. We would constantly fight, and it got to the point where we could not be in the same room together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The situation at home made me very bitter, and I felt lonely. At night, I could not go to sleep because of spiritual problems. I would see and hear things in my room that were not there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of my friends invited me to do drugs, and I started smoking marijuana. Marijuana soon became my outlet. My addiction was the only way to give me some relief. Throughout the whole day, at school, and night, when I tried to go to sleep, I was always high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from my spiritual problems, I started having sentimental problems. I always jumped from one relationship to another, and nothing worked out. That made me feel like there was no way out for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My mother got invited to The Universal Church<\/a><\/strong>. First, she started to change, which made me go. I started obeying what the man of God would say and seeing the changes in my life. I began to be more involved in the things of the church and in the youth group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a Sunday morning, and we were seeking the Holy Spirit. I decided to give my life entirely to God, and that\u2019s when I received the Holy Spirit. From that day, I knew I had found what I had been looking for my whole life, and my life has been different ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, I am free from depression and free from drugs. My strength comes from God and through the Holy Spirit. My life has been completely transformed,\u201d says Hazel.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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