uk consulted a few experts who pointed out the main differences between stress and depression and the warning signs to look out for – either in your own, or perhaps in the behaviour of a friend, relative or colleague.Defining depression, Psychiatrist Dr Dimitrios Paschos told uk: ‘Depression is a clinical condition which has some well-defined symptoms.‘It’s a very common disorder affecting the whole population to the point that it is ready to overtake as the first case of morbidity across the world to cardiovascular issues.It is an illness.’ He also pointed out that stress means completely different things to different people.I came to realize the process of wasting your life is slow and doesn’t happen overnight, but the results are devastating. I was always pushing my limits to see where I could go next. On top of that, I had my chill-out-after-work-in-front-of-the-TV routine.

” or “This is the best church I’ve ever been to anywhere.” I find usually the people who are moderately impressed or even neutral on first visit and warm up over time are the ones who are most healthy in the long run.

At your church, as a volunteer, on your staff, as customers. An unhealthy person can infect your team like toxins infect the human body. The optimist in you and me hopes toxic people will become better. Unhealthy people can grow healthier with the right care and attention in a healthy environment. So…how can you tell early on that the person you’re dealing with might be that person? What’s perplexing is that the people who end up being the most toxic at the end of the relationship are over-the-top positive when they first meet you. But when someone leads with off with loads of advice…well, that’s just not healthy. But it’s done with humility, respect and concern for the person.) 4.

And as you know, if you don’t address toxic people—or worse, let them gain influence—they can infect your whole organization, diminishing your effectiveness and taking everyone’s focus off the mission. In my experience as a pastor, the people who show up and want to make it headline news are rarely (I’m being generous here) healthy people. But in a healthy human relationship, we reserve opinions about others until we are asked the share them. (In really close relationships, it’s natural to volunteer opinions.

” Not wasted in the dramatic sense like committing a crime and spending the rest of your life in prison.

Instead, it is the insidious wasting of a life that takes place over years with many seemingly small, harmless habits and decisions. Fast-forward a few years, and I had “settled down.” You know, the whole 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, office routine.