New here and Newlywed

Hi, everyone. My name is Lily Aldrich and I am 19. I got married on July 15th, 2017, and it has been nothing but interesting. I am here to get help with my newlywed life, and other things in my life. I have depression and anxiety, and it is getting really bad.

welcome Lily .I will pray depression and anxiety leaves you.God bless

Hi Lily, congratulations- what a great thing marriage is!

Hope you find the advice and fellowship you need here. Good luck to you in your new marriage.


Enjoy the site

Welcome here you can discuss with bible smart people and possibly make new friends, hope you like it here!

As Christians we bear "The dying of the Lord Jesus, that the Life of Jesus may be manifested in us." Because we don't like sufering we are tempted to circumvent (avoid the cross, the long way around that leads to death). "There is a way that seems right to a man but the end thereof leads to death." I could tel you the trouble but it wil not help, "The Lord is our very present help in trouble." In marriage you will have trouble looking for love in the relationship and your husband will have trouble laying down his life for you because of imaturity: both need to acknolege loosing sight of the Lord and powerless to Love appart from His Spirit. There is a post in Poems and poetry here, Journey to enter into rest in God.

Would you say that the depression and anxiety has gotten worse since you were married? I'm sure that you will receive many tips about being a newlywed. My advice is to put God in the center of your married and to have daily prayer, bible study and devotion with your husband each day. I really don't envy anyone starting out being married at such an early age as it is a major lifestyle change and there is a lot of compromising and deciding who is going to do what. Glad to have you join us. Welcome to CC.

Welcome to Christian Chat, Lily. I have never been married, but I hear the first year of marriage is the most difficult, and add on top of that that you are quite young. Hang in there.

Two of my friends who are divorced said they wish either they or their partner had put God as the focus of their marriage. With the same interests/goals in mind, they felt they could've had a lasting marriage.

I would say it's merely coincidental. I have been off my meds for awhile because I can't afford them; it's not the marriage it's the meds.

That was a problem in my first marriage years ago. She didn't consider daily prayer and bible study to be important. Eventually I stopped going to church also. It was a miserable 6 1/2 years.

That's good to know. I wish you all of God's best for your marriage to be happy and lasting.

It's also the most fun.

Hello MrsAldrich, welcome to CC! I hope you enjoy your time with us

I hope you have a good support system to help you deal with the
challenges of life. It can be difficult enough even without the extra
burden of needing medication to stabilize your mood. Having people
in your life to help share your burdens and give you opportunities to
likewise uphold and inspire others can be immeasurably helpful