Prayers for Depression

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God healed me from post-partum depression and then seasonal affective disorder…but it took a number of years of suffering and being in that dark place. My most effective prayer was actually PRAISE SONGS. I would play all types of Christian worship songs and sing along, even when I was so down and so depressed I couldn’t even get off the floor. There is a contemporary praise song that echoes Isaiah 61:3:

“Put on the garment of praise, for the spirit of heaviness, let the oil of gladness flow down from Your throne”

Now that I am healed, I pray in this same way for a friend who is currently dealing with depression. I gave her a collection of contemporary praise songs (one of the “WOW” CDs) that included that “Garment of Praise” song.

Hang in there, the enemy wants to steal your joy, but fight with PRAISE and THANKSGIVING. (I also took Zoloft, exercised, sat in front of special light, ate fewer carbs, etc)

In Him…

 

[DevotedChild]

Thanks for such advice. I have been doing something similar to that as well but not necessarly praise all the time. I really love reading the psalms and since some of them have to do with praise and deliverance, those are the ones I read. It really helps, especially if I read them aloud to myself.

My soul does feel the pain that my tempter and torturer give me. The pain I feel and the sense of loniless I would sometimes feel reminds me of some of what some of the saints felt during their Dark Night of the Soul. To myself, I call this pain my mini Dark Night and keep going forward in the hopes of being purified. Sometimes thinking of it as such a trial brings me a since of hope, knowing that it will not last forever and that there something good happenning to me and maybe others because of the pain I feel.

“Give thanks to the Lord with a new song, for he has done wonderous deeds.”

God bless you all with joy and many other graces in this Christmas season!