Are you depressed, and what makes you sad?

[flobadob]

Firstly, I understand that depression is a complex issue to do with imbalances in the brain and such, and I know that it is not as basic as the question I ask.

However, I'm just saying if you are depressed what sort of things set you off on a downward spiral. Is it thinking about how your life panned out compared to your dreams, is it money woes, is it thinking of all the ills in the world, or perhaps none of the above, or even all the above and more.

What sort of things make you depressed and are there things you can think about to bring you back to happy thoughts?

[Khandro]

andy; you are correct; nowhere in the bible does it say you can't jump under a train (or a camel) if you feel so inclined :-)
flobadob; to enter R&S, you need to be either an atheist or if not, a masochist.

[flobadob]

Khandro, the problem with the R&S section is that not enough believers are there to uphold a lively debate, which is understandable as they can never be able to prove any of their beliefs, and likewise can have most if their beliefs factually disproven.

[Khandro]

flobadob; //and likewise can have most if their beliefs factually disproven.//
I have never had any of my beliefs 'factually disproven' anywhere (certainly not on R&S), or else I would willingly alter my belief.

[thenry]

I am mostly depressed and when I get on AB it gets worse !

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

With respect Khandro, without anything visible or repeatable the onus is on the believer to provide the proof.
It would be incredibly rude of you to suggest that all a depressed person needs is religion without providing a good reason for that to be the case.

[Khandro]

mojo; It would indeed, and if you read back, you will see I have never made such an assertion.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Then I apologise for that statement Khandro.

[flobadob]

Well khandro, I am not aware of your specific beliefs but what I mean us that say someone comes into R&S and starts going in about something Jesus did, well there us a lot if written evidence that the story if Jesus was basically an update if previous fables from egyptian times and the like and therefore is irrelevant to any proper discussion. I think anyway.