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_Sky said:
I'm sorry some of our younger members haven't learn empathy yet.

I think the main thing that helps, though it "sounds" like minimalizing, is to focus on others and on God when depressed. Depression makes us focus on ourselves and makes everything around us look bleak and hopeless. When we can put our efforts or at least our thoughts on others, and certainly upon God, that not only takes the focus off ourselves, but puts them to good use for others, and gives us strength from God, our Father.



Some people don't understand that people of faith can become depressed. I take this moment to say that people of faith are human beings, just like everyone else-- except that Christians are different in that we're forgiven.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">Maybe the "punk" wasn't a Christian. If you entered a chatroom and found a young Muslim girl feeling drained by life, wouldn't you be tempted to pull her away from her religion and convert her to your own?

Recluse, you're in a tough situation. It's almost impossible to tell the good from the bad these days because they all claim to wear the same label. It's possible this "punk" was abused in some way "in the name of God" and wants to protect himself from triggers by lashing out.