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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by Noos on Saturday July 14, 2018 @10:30AM (#17530473)
...monasticism was never healthy. I really defy someone to read the Rule of Saint Benedict and not think of a modern prison at least once. Monasticism is even considered spiritually dangerous at times, and is linked to its own specific sin, Acedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acedia

I recommend Kathleen Harris's The Noonday Demon for a good account of that. If anything, monastic life would destroy you if you suffered from depression, not heal you.

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