Religion and Depression

Some people who are depressed find in the depression that their faith is stronger than the depression, and it's the thing that helps them get through whatever else they believe. There are other people i've met who have always had strong faith, and the depression, in damaging their entire emotional structure, has destroyed that faith, and they have felt abandoned by god. Guess there is that double edged sword thoughhat this extreme experience of depression, of nothingness, can make you aware of something that you weren't to wear before. Or i've had very interesting experiences looking at the question of religion and depression in more explicit terms than we've been discussing....