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Depression and Faith
• Anxiety/Depression is the largest illness in our country affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18% of the population.1
• Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with major depressive disorder as primary diagnosis: 8.0 million (average annual 2009-2010)2
1 National Institute of Mental Health2 Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Depression and Faith
“Sometimes you just have to pick yourselves up and keep moving”
“Depression is just sadness”
“If you trusted Jesus you wouldn’t let depression win”
“You can’t be
depressed
you so happy!”
“You just need to talk to someone, and they can help you through this.”
“We all get the blues now and then”
Depression and Faith
Fits of depression come over the most of us. Usually cheerful as we may be, we must at intervals be cast down. The strong are not always vigorous, the wise not always ready, the brave not always courageous, and the joyous not always happy. -Charles Spurgeon
When
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Depression and Faith
1LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
Psalm 8:1-9
Depression and Faith
6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[d]8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;9 my eyes are dim with grief.
Psalm 8:1-9
Depression and Faith
Causeless depression cannot be reasoned with, nor can David's harp charm it away by sweet discoursing. You might as well fight with the mist as with this shapeless, undefinable, yet all-beclouding hopelessness ...
-Charles Spurgeon
Depression and Faith
Depression and Faith
How do you help someone with Depression
Be There
How do you help someone with Depression
Help them realize that treatment is key
How do you help someone with Depression
Talk about it
How do you help someone with Depression
Talk about it• With them
• With their family• With your Congregation
How do you help someone with Depression
Pray• For wisdom• For courage• For healing
How do you help someone with Depression
Keep in contact with them
How do you help someone with Depression
Read up on Depression
How do you help someone with Depression
Pay Attention
How do you help someone with Depression
Encourage them to see their Doctor
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