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What the Bible Says About Depression & Mental Health
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One in four American adults experiences a diagnosable mental disorder every year, making mental disorders the leading cause of disability in this nation, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. That means there are multitudes struggling in church.
Almost everybody in the pew has a broken heart for one reason or another. We all have our wounds, flaws, hurts, and bruises just like everyone else and they do bother us.
What Does the Bible Say about Struggling with Mental Health?
Struggling with mental health does not make you less of a Christian or less than a person. In fact, nobody is less than a person if they have any type of mental illness. Each individual is made in God’s Image — each person is fearfully and wonderfully made.
The Bible has many passages that speak indirectly of mental health. Mental health is linked to the health of both the body and the spirit. We have a biblical example in Elijah, whose mental health suffered during his conflict with Queen Jezebel.
The Bible does not explicitly speak on the topic of mental health; however, it does have a lot to say about the heart and mind, spiritual brokenness, and the condition of the soul.
Mental health is important, as it affects the whole being: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Proverbs 4:23).
Before we can explore what the Bible says about a topic like mental health, it is first necessary to define mental health, both explaining how the concept of mental health is understood today and then connect this concept to the world and context of the Bible. Many people use the terms “mental health” and “mental illness” interchangeably, assuming possibly that while mental illness is the presence of psychopathologies, like depression and anxiety, mental health then becomes the absence of these disorders or diseases.