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Author: Marissa

How We Knew I Had Postpartum Depression

Posted on January 26, 2017October 10, 2018 by Marissa

When I was 23 years old and my first son was born, I started having symptoms that we weren’t experienced enough to see as depression. I continued on a downward spiral with each day and when we thought it could not get any worse, I started not being able to function or handle daily life….

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When You Can’t Bear It

Posted on January 13, 2017April 3, 2017 by Marissa

I have been thinking a lot about when Dawson was a baby when I was in the middle of my postpartum depression. (God has been doing a huge work in my heart recently that I am not ready to put into words but look for a future post.) So, today when I stumbled across another…

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Devotional: You Tell Me

Posted on November 21, 2016July 21, 2017 by Marissa

Last Tuesday night, the boys and I sat waiting in the car in the Home Depot parking lot while Jim “quickly” ran in to return something. Of course the radio was on. It’s rare that I turn it off with three Christian radio stations to choose from (such a luxury after living in bush Alaska…

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Journaling Your Prayers and Depression

Posted on October 26, 2016May 26, 2017 by Marissa

I was introduced to “prayer journaling” toward the end of high school. Out of sheer necessity, I took up the practice. Frustrated with prayer times filled with distracted thoughts and repeated episodes of falling asleep, I started to write out my thoughts to God in a notebook, and soon found myself in the habit of…

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What are you carrying?

Posted on October 18, 2016April 1, 2017 by Marissa

Since moving to Alaska, we ended up with two sort of posh Eddie Bauer backpacks, a green one that I justified buying with all the travel because of living in bush Alaska and a black that I won (thanks for entering me, Jim!). Not long after sporting my new green backpack, I noticed something strange….

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Dear Depressed Me

Posted on August 14, 2016April 1, 2017 by Marissa

Not long ago, I wrote this letter my future self for when PMDD would strike again: Dear Depressed Me, I know if you are reading this, you are in that place again. And I’m writing because when you are in that place, you feel like it will last forever. At this very moment you might…

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An Unlikely Struggle with Alaskan Summers

Posted on June 1, 2016April 1, 2017 by Marissa

Since moving to Alaska, a lot of friends and family want to know “How do you handle the long, dark winters?” Before moving north, we asked every Alaskan we knew for ways to prepare for the short days and long nights. Upon arrival, we started checking off our mental checklist: Happy light? Check! These are…

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Welcome!

Hi! I’m Marissa. I have a passion to see those with depression find help and healing. I’m a wife, mom, and Jesus follower who has survived postpartum depression as well as reoccuring depression, anxiety & PMDD.

God has done such a huge work in me–all while living and doing ministry in Alaska, an unlikely place for a depressed person to thrive.
I hope something in my story encourages you. Even if you are depressed, you are NOT alone!

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