How Faith Can Help with Depression and Anxiety

It has long been believed that having faith is key to getting through many of life’s greatest challenges. A spiritual practice can often give people the strength and guidance to overcome obstacles and make positive changes in their lives.

When a person is experiencing depression, it requires a treatment plan designed to meet that person's unique needs. While cognitive behavioral therapy and prescription medications work well for many people, others may benefit from relying on a spiritual practice.

If you are suffering with depression, here are three reasons why you may want to focus more on your faith:

1. Faith Offers Hope

A belief in a loving power greater than ourselves can help us feel hopeful, even in our darkest hours. Faith enables us to feel supported during a time when support is most needed. And when we start feeling more grounded in our lives, we naturally feel hopeful for our future.

2. Your Behaviors Evolve

Whether it’s through praying, meditating, or attending a spiritual service or gathering, faith-filled people tend to experience positive changes in their attitudes and behaviors. Where once you may have had an emotional reaction to a situation, you might now be able to center yourself instead and face situations with calmness and clarity.

3. Your Perception Changes

Faith has a way of helping us see ourselves and our lives differently. Problems turn into opportunities, enemies into friends, and impossibilities into possibilities.

While it may take some time before you feel relief from your depression or anxiety, by embracing faith, you will be better able to cope with the symptoms.

If you are suffering from depression or anxiety, please contact me to schedule a free, phone consultation to learn how therapy can help.