Reddit reviews Christians Get Depressed Too: Hope and Help for Depressed People

https://www.amazon.com/Christians-Get-Depressed-Too-People/dp/1601781008

The man who wrote this book came to our church for a conference on depression and anxiety. He is a great speaker and approaches depression from a spiritual and physical view. I hope this helps! Remember you are not alone.

CCEF have some good materials, I've certainly been blessed by them.

But I would be neglectful to not disagree with them on their use of medications. For that, I would advise not reading them and instead reading Real Christians Get Depressed, Too by David P. Murray.

Even modern CCEF, who are better than Dr. Adams on this aspect of counseling, still falls very short on integrating physiological factors in mental illness. They have no interest in studying chemical imbalances, inflammation, etc and their impacts on depression.

Here is a like to David's book. And it's only $5 on the Kindle. No-brainer at that price!

Hm, if either of you have health insurance, they usually pay for at least part of a gym membership (and other ways for you to get and stay healthy because it means they have to pay less later for chronic issues).

I just want to say now that God has not abandoned you, and just because other people are using him as a facade does not mean he is evil, uncaring, or vengeful in anyway.

John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." (A bit of preaching, sorry: You are worth the ultimate sacrifice to God, he loves you and it is not a burden too great for him to adopt you; he wants you to come to him.

Also, as an aside, I have a friend who went through a similar situation as you, and I can tell you that as long as you work on it, it will get better).

David Murray's Christians Get Depressed Too is a good, tiny book (as well as Refresh and Reset) on actual (read: biblical and biblically sound) Christian approaches to depression and mental illnesses. Which is awesome because a lot of other 'Christians' brush off these topics and victum blame, insted of do our God-given best to comfort the afflicted. I mean, I left the church for over 7 years partly because I was depressed and ostracized by my peers in the congregation.

My pastor is also doing a few studies on mental health care in the church and how to help yourself. Just message me if you want a link to our church's website, all the audio recordings are free (I would link here but it's pretty identifying as there's only like 100 or so people at my church lol). Same offer to anyone else who reads this comment :)

Feel free to message me too for any reason, even if you just need to vent, and always be wary of denominations that try to add or subtract anything from the bible (including rules involving conduct, drinking, social interactions, etc etc. Mormons, Jahovah Witnesses and many other sects tend to do this..)

Here's a good, Reformed book on the issue: https://www.amazon.com/Christians-Get-Depressed-Too-People/dp/1601781008