<p>In depression$$$ this faith in deliverance$$$ in ultimate restoration$$$ is absent. The pain is unrelenting$$$ and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come---not in a day$$$ an hour$$$ a month$$$ or a minute. I

<p>In depression$$$ this faith in deliverance$$$ in ultimate restoration$$$ is absent. The pain is unrelenting$$$ and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come---not in a day$$$ an hour$$$ a month$$$ or a minute. If there is mild relief$$$ one knows that it is only temporary; more pain will follow. It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.</p>