1/20/2024 0 Comments Darkest dungeon warren disease![]() Those of us who have been spared from deep depression cannot really imagine how dark and how painful it is. The pain can become intolerably intense one friend likened it to being forced to hold a large cauldron of boiling liquid with no hot pads. Deep depression feels like being locked in a dark dungeon with no way out. Many years ago, I was privileged to take a three-year lay counseling class from a wise and experienced man who taught us that those who commit suicide don’t really want to die they just want the pain to end. In spite of America’s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided.” In an email to his church, Pastor Warren wrote, “nly those closest knew that he struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. Over the weekend, Rick Warren (pastor of Saddleback Church in California, author of The Purpose Driven Life) and his wife Kay revealed that their son Matthew had taken his life after a lifelong struggle with mental illness. I wrote this post in April 2013, but it’s even more salient today. ![]() The incidence of depression, anxiety, and suicide has skyrocketed as the isolation and life-disruption from Covid-19 has ravaged our world.
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