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Where is God in anxiety, depression and other mental health issues?
When you’re trying to navigate anxiety and depression, it’s hard not to feel abandoned by God, particularly when these issues affect your faith, relationships with others, and sense of self-worth. However, in Finding God in Anxiety and Depression Fr Antonio Ritaccio reveals that, far from being barriers between us and God, mental health issues can help us discover deeper intimacy with Him.
Accessible, honest and rooted in Catholic spirituality, Finding God in Anxiety and Depression will help you to:
- Feel close to Jesus on the cross during your suffering
- Understand how your suffering fits with God’s plan for your life
- Find practical ways to deal with your suffering
- Learn why forgiving others is crucial for spiritual healing
- Forgive others when it seems impossible
- Discover meaning in your suffering through inspiring stories of saints who also suffered
- See hope in the darkness of mental health issues
- Draw on your relationship with God to find healing
- Develop habits of prayer that will help you during your suffering, even if prayer feels difficult
- Explore resources that can offer professional help, should you need it
If you’re searching for mental health support from a Catholic perspective, Finding God in Anxiety and Depression will help you feel accompanied, strengthened and equipped to face your suffering with hope.
