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Depression, from a Spiritual Perspective
What is Depression?
Depression, over simplified, is the loss of hope. It is experienced as a down feeling that comes when we stop believing that life will be good for us in the future. Hope can be defined as a belief that life will go well with us and we will receive what we want in the future. Hope is confidence about the future. When we stop believing that our future will be good and believe that our future holds nothing but disappointment, we can spiral down into a depressed state. When we stop trusting God for our future and allow our doubts and fears to dominate our conscious minds, we can become discouraged and depressed.
When people are depressed, they often are not sure why or how they got that way. They may think and feel that “no one feels the way I do”. We can ask, “Why am I so sad and why can’t I get over this”; “Why did this happen to me”, “Where is the light at the end of this tunnel”? Christians who become confused about God’s goodness when He allows them to suffer can go through a crisis of faith that leads to depression. Their inner dialogue will be filled with hurtful and angry discussions about why God allowed them to suffer the painful event. Every Christian who endures the spiritual journey through their life will go through some form of discouragement to some degree.
