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Originally Posted by SiblingRevelry
Being baptized with the Holy Ghost at age 16 gave me no protection from chronic major depression. And what has given me life was not being prayed over but having my illness diagnosed and treated with medication. I don't ever want to be in the position I was in as a young woman, where I was depressed because I couldn't keep the standards and thought it would be better to die than to keep sinning.
But I still hear people say that the Holy Ghost can fix everything. No, maybe not, and it's probably politically incorrect to say that around here.
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Hello SiblingRevelry,
By coincidence, I also received the baptism of the Holy Ghost at age 16, and I also suffer from depression (it runs in my family) and continue to do so. Receiving the Holy Ghost did not remove the illness from my life, but in God I found relief from its symptoms. For a period of time I took medicine, but was uncomfortable with the side effects. While I would never advise someone else to stop taking medicine, I can report I was able to find relief from the symptoms through prayer and communion with God. I have come to view it as having a "thorn in the flesh", and it causes me to seek and find my strength in God. Dwelling in the presence of the Lord has become all important to me, for "...in Thy presence is fulness of joy..." (
Ps 16:11).
