What is the Christian view of the origin of mental health disorders such as depression? | |
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July 21, 2010, 11:56 pm
Question
As a psychologist, I am use to having to contend with Scientologists and their ignorant beliefs about mental health disorders but I recently had to argue with a Christian who argued that the devil causes depression and as such, those suffering with depression can be cured by Christianity.... Is this belief frequent through out christians? Emperor - I didnt realise that all psychologists talked the same...especially considering that there are different specialist areas and roles
Answer
Oh, no, not at all. I thank God that I live in a time where beter treatment is available for depression. I am religious about taking my anti-depressant because I do NOT want to go to that dark, scary hole again, EVER. I'm a Christian, and part of my depression was feeling like God had abandoned me. I exercised regularly too, which is supposed to help avoid depression. I didn't want to take drugs, thinking I would pull myself up by my own bootstraps, but then came a time when I couldn't find my bootstraps. Zoloft saved my life. Permalink:
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