Having depression means not having any reason to get up the bed in the morning. Living in a sunny place with a room and a big window may help, but at the end of the day is not about what’s outside, what makes it so hard to get up are the thoughts in your head, those sad feelings that won’t go away.
When I wake up in the morning and my partner is not with me in bed or the dogs are not barking near my window, I just know the day is going to be harder. And is in moments like that in which I remember why the idea of a god is so appealing; because is a being that’s ALWAYS with you, and it’s supposed to love you unconditionally, except, of course, if you don’t love him back or follow his inhumane rules. But leaving that aside, the idea of never being alone and always being loved can sound pretty nice to a lot of people. And that’s what’s so sickening.
I say this because religion takes advantage of the weak. They can robe you blind while thinking they are doing the right thing. From trying to pray diabetes away, to curing depression offering your soul to the holy spirit. Even Mother Teresa, instead of helping the sick and poor, his ulterior motives were to convert as many people as possible to Catholicism. ( http://all-that-is-interesting.com/mother-teresa-saint )
I feel that trying to cure depression with religion is as unhelpful as trying to pray cancer away, it just won’t work. They may as well put a band-aid over an amputee and wish you good luck.
Depression is a symptom of a greater problem, sometimes medication is needed and a professional to help you. It is way easier to lock yourself in your room and pray for help that’s never going to come.
That can be life threatening, what if someone thinks that his/her suffering is god's punishment? What if they think that their suicidal tendencies are god calling them to heaven? The consequences can be terrible and religion is not attacking the actual problem. I’ve met people stoke with the same mental problems for 20 years expecting that the virgin Marry will cure them.
There may be something wrong with me, but is not my lack of faith, please stop taking advantage of the sick, the poor and the desperate. I don’t know how people can exploits someone’s weakness and then claim to have some kind of morals.