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HOW TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION

Giving is an unimaginable way of freeing oneself from depression

Chinedu V. Onyema
Wake. Write. Win.
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4 min readFeb 8, 2024

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An American motivational speaker once told a story of how she overcome a life-threatening depressive situation in her life.

Pardon me I could not get her basic Identity. Nevertheless, her testimony speaks volumes.

I have also experienced some of the positive effects she had graciously shared via an audio platform. I could therefore relate to/with what she correctly stated.

  1. Giving your way out of depression: ➡️ Giving [unconditionally] is a positively mysterious means of overcoming the deadly monster called depression.
  2. Give to those who could not pay you back: ➡️ Definitely, it is one thing to give: it is another to give irrationally. When you do that, the effects are therapeutic. The folks usually feel some unspeakable joy that returns to you relieving the burdens and pains you could have been going through.
  3. You do not give to impress anyone. ➡️ You give because there is a need. The things might not be expensive but because they are from the heart, they are…

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Chinedu V. Onyema
Wake. Write. Win.

From the influence of intuitive inspiration to the affluence of gracious Grace and to confluence of ideas, I write. "Life would be tragic if it weren't funny."