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[quote=Anonymous]Re: the spiritual thing. The first inkling of my mental illness was a full blown, long lasting, manic delusional episode. I got a letter and a card from one of my very religious aunts advising my to find Jesus, pray, etc.

I'd be curious to see a study about religion and depression. E.g. does religion help for people who already believe and then become depressed? Does it help for people who are depressed and then seek out religion?

Since my manic state involved a lot of "voices of God"--I wasn't religious by then, but I definitely experienced grandiosity--praying would have just been part of the fire that was already going. Some years later I went to Al Anon for awhile, but I left because all the stuff about meditation and Higher Power made me wary of falling into the unreality I had experienced before. Also, I can see the possibility that for some people, seeking God and not finding a way out of their illness (unless of course they do) could make everything more hopeless. Seems like that's the kind of thing that could lead to suicide, or to mothers killing their children.

Anyway, to the Cardinal Newman poster--it's fine to say "this worked for me". I think it's a bad play to tell someone else that's what they should do. Do you see a difference here?[/quote]

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