...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 c

...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 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.