Depression

Thess said:

I have a question for you. If you were taught what I have copied and pasted below, would this have helped you entirely with your depression?

Were you taught….? That responsibility/accountability comes through Strict Training after baptism? 1Cor 9:25) *To enter Discipleship? 2Tim 2:2) *The full Eternal Scope of why you are alive? Eph 2:10/Jhn 12:25) *To fully understand God’s Testimony of His Son? 1Jhn 5:10) *To grasp Christ’s Power and Authority? Eph 1:21) *Exactly how a Christian will begin to Think and Live? Jhn 8:51) *To correctly Fear the Lord? Acts 9:31) *That God grants Faith? Phil 1:29) *That holding faith springs Assurance? Heb 11:1) *How to Test? 1Thes 5:21) *That God’s perfect Love assists with Fears? Heb 13:6/1Jhn 4:18) *To believe in your Holiness, Deserving of God and His sacrificed Son? 1Jhn 3:19) *How to come to Terms with Yourself, to realize the Sin Nature and how to properly Perceive it? Rom 7:14-25) *How to mold your Self-Worth through Godly perspective verses our meagre human viewpoint? 1Cor 4:3a) *How to love the Weak and Struggling? 1Thess 5:14) *How to live with a Clear Conscious? 1Tim 3:9) *How to be Selfless? Mark 8:34) *To Verify each other’s Salvation? Incredibly, does anyone ever question you regarding your salvation and quality of life? 1Jhn 4:1) *Were you taught the cost of rebellion?

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Thess said:

Another answer I thought of....

One of the things that I admire about Paul is that though he had a lot of a anxiety and frustration, aInd very real fears, he never lost view of the Assurance that he held firm in his heart that [God loved him deeply]. Paul felt God's Almighty Power on the Damascus Road, and when you feel that Almighty Power, you are forever changed. So while Paul was suffering incredibly both physically and emotionally, which is challenging, he never once showed any form of wavering in his incredible writings.

I highly recommend reading Paul's writings in chronological order. I think you'll be amazed as you read him as though writing the story of his life. And his final letter is just crushing, 2nd Timothy.

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Monk Brendan said:

There are three basic kinds of depression.

Clinical depression is a CHEMICAL IMBALANCE, not a moral or spiritual failure, that can be managed with proper meds, like gout or diabetes.

Medical depression is, as the name says, caused by an underlying medical condition. Once this is identified and treated, the depression usually fades away.

Then there is reactive depression after suffering a major loss. This, too, fades in time.

St. Tikhon of Zadonsk suffered from clinical depression (reading between the lines of his life story).
He was nevertheless a great comfort to many and a spiritual guide.

St. Metrophanes Hsa, one of the Chinese Orthodox martyrs, also suffered from CD, but his faith in Christ enabled him to face martyrdom.

When Jesus said in the Garden, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death," He didn't sound like He was on the summit of Mt. Feelgood, right?

No matter how you are felling, or why you are depressed, the Lord is in the middle of it with you.

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Monk Brendan said:

There are three basic kinds of depression.

Clinical depression is a CHEMICAL IMBALANCE, not a moral or spiritual failure, that can be managed with proper meds, like gout or diabetes.

Medical depression is, as the name says, caused by an underlying medical condition. Once this is identified and treated, the depression usually fades away.

Then there is reactive depression after suffering a major loss. This, too, fades in time.

St. Tikhon of Zadonsk suffered from clinical depression (reading between the lines of his life story).
He was nevertheless a great comfort to many and a spiritual guide.

St. Metrophanes Hsa, one of the Chinese Orthodox martyrs, also suffered from CD, but his faith in Christ enabled him to face martyrdom.

When Jesus said in the Garden, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death," He didn't sound like He was on the summit of Mt. Feelgood, right?

No matter how you are felling, or why you are depressed, the Lord is in the middle of it with you.

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