{"id":1320,"date":"2024-12-07T17:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2024-12-07T17:25:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T17:25:40","slug":"depression-and-the-fear-of-opening-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/2024\/12\/07\/depression-and-the-fear-of-opening-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Depression and the fear of opening up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is it hard to open up to people because they do not understand your depression? There is a lot of confusion about what it is and what it is not. I share things really easily. I don&#8217;t know why it is really easy for me to share. I don&#8217;t have that need to feel safe. I guess I am comfortable with who I am.<br>BUT<br>I did say the wrong thing once. And my best friend said that I was being influenced by the devil. I am not. Depression or anxiety or anything similar has nothing to do with being possessed. Ever since I have been very guarded with what I share with her.<br>Maybe you all feel that way. Do you feel guarded because you feel you will be thought of in a negative light? That is a legitimate fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it is all based on a general misunderstanding about what depression is and is not. It is not mental illness. It can be controlled.<br>I helped me. I can help you. Help is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/lylcoach.lchlegacy.com\/\">https:\/\/lylcoach.lchlegacy.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it hard to open up to people because they do not understand your depression? There is a lot of confusion about what it is and what it is not. I share things really easily. I don&#8217;t know why it is really easy for me to share. I don&#8217;t have that need to feel safe. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/2024\/12\/07\/depression-and-the-fear-of-opening-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Depression and the fear of opening up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1321,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}