Quotes from David B. Biebel

Indeed, depression changes the world itself and not just in the way the person views it.

Viktor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist, survived a Nazi concentration camp to write Man's Search for Meaning,

For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. —Romans 8:18–25,

I just want you to know that I will do anything to help you through this difficult time. But I need to learn what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do, so I can be an encouragement and not hurt you unintentionally. I am even willing to attend this group by myself to learn these things, but it would be much better if you would go too. Then we could discuss the experience and what we both learn from it.

Depression is not a state of mind but a state of being.

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

Christian psychiatrists have examined exorcism for the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, although they do not report good results with these conditions.

So when believers are afflicted by the "demon whose name is depression,"17 the best word for this may be oppression rather than possession.

The only way to exact meaning from an otherwise futile existence is to connect yourself by faith to God.

Love—unconditional love—is the ultimate long-term antidote for depression, for at its core love is connected with faith and hope.

Freedom goes with suffering. Truth, wisdom, and knowledge of reality go with suffering.

Love somehow goes with suffering.