threadwalker

That is interesting because "despair" was a stand-alone sin on some lists because it was felt (per my reading) that to despair was to turn to sloth which resulted in refusing to use the gifts that God has given you. Which also implies that Despair is a choice and not a state of mind. There is some interesting writing on this particular sin which goes into the psychology and what I got out of the small bit that I read was that it was understood by some that depression was something that people could suffer from AND it was not a choice. I thought that for the time/place, that was pretty forward thinking of them.