Depression and Religion

By M.Farouk Radwan, MSc.

Depression and Religion relation

Some professionals said that there is no connection between depression and religion, below is the opinion of people who think that there is a connection:

If we thought of depression as a result of three factors 1) the tendency to become depressed 2) external influences and 3) the meaning you attach to these external factors then we can conclude that removing any of the three sides of this triangle may prevent depression from happening.

Although we can't change our tendency to become depressed and sometimes we can't change the external conditions still religion can help us change the third factor which is how we perceive the external conditions.

An example to make it clear

Suppose you that were depressed and then I asked you to tell me your problems and I promised to solve them whatever they are in one week. What are you going to feel then?

There are only two possibilities, either you won't feel anything because you may think that I can't help you or either you will get some hope if you believed that i can do something about it.

If i came back after solving your problems one week later then you will certainly feel good. That's where religion come in practice, God promised in all religious books that he will solve your problems if you asked him to do so. If you believed 100% that God will help you then there will never be any room for depression.

The biggest clue is that the number of suicide attempts is very large among people who don't believe in God while you can rarely find someone religious attempting suicide except if he inherited religion from his parents without having no real connection to it.

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