As someone who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Depression I’ve learned a lot of methods of coping with pain – one of those is through music. Here are the songs I have found to be a blessing during times of suffering and pain.
| Song: | Artist: | Album: | Notes: |
| The Devil is Bad | The W’s | Fourth from the Last | When life is kicking your butt. |
| 18 Bullet Holes | Waterdeep | Sink or Swim | Â When life is kicking your butt. |
| All I Need | Waterdeep | Enter the Worship Circle 2 | |
| Monster | Skillet | Awake | When you feel how broken you are. |
| Hero | Skillet | Awake | When you are pleading for God to save you. |
| Lucy | Skillet | Awake | When you lose someone you love. |
| Falling Inside the Black | Skillet | Comatose | |
| Awake and Alive | Skillet | Awake | |
| It’s Not Me, It’s You | Skillet | Awake | When someone has hurt you badly. |
| Believe | Skillet | Awake | |
| Comatose | Skillet | Comatose | |
| Would It Matter | Skillet | Awake | |
| Open Wounds | Skillet | Collide | |
| Beauty from Pain | Superchick | Beauty from Pain | |
| We Live | Superchick | Beauty from Pain | When life is kicking your butt. |
| Courage | Superchick | ||
| Stand in the Rain | Superchick | ||
| Hey Hey | Superchick | Rock What You Got | |
| Still Calls Me Son | John Waller | ||
| When You Come Back | JJ Heller | The Pretty & The Plain | |
| All of the Above | JJ Heller | Collection of Thoughts | |
| Love Me | JJ Heller | Only Love Remains | |
| Your Hands | JJ Heller | Painted Red | When feeling anxious. |
| Invisible Love | JJ Heller | Painted Red | |
| Save Me | JJ Heller | Painted Red | |
| I Need You to Love Me | BarlowGirl | When feeling abandoned by God. | |
| Song for the Broken | BarlowGirl | How Can We Be Silent | |
| Never Alone | BarlowGirl | Our Journey…So Far | |
| One More Round | BarlowGirl | Our Journey…So Far | |
| Let the Waters Rise | Mikeschair | When life is kicking your butt. | |
| Where Were You | KJ-52 | Collaborations | When evil overwhelms you. |
| Can I Be Honest | KJ-52 | The Yearbook | |
| #1 Fan | KJ-52 | The Yearbook | |
| The Coldest Heart | The Classic Crime | Albatross | |
| The Way That You Are | The Classic Crime | The Silver Cord | When evil overwhelms you or life is kicking your butt. |
| Cry No More | The Cross Movement | Holy Culture | |
| Every Saturday | Seventh Day Slumber | Finally Awake | |
| What Faith Can Do | Kutless | It Is Well | When you are hopeless. |
| Lay It Down | Daniel Kirkley | Let Love Win | |
| Hope is Rising | downhere | Ending is Beginning | |
| Hold Me | Jonny Diaz | They Need Love | |
| Small Enough | Jonny Diaz | Everyday God | |
| Hard to Get | Rich Mullins | The Jesus Record | When feeling abandoned by God. |
| Hold On To Jesus | Rich Mullins | ||
| All I Can Say | David Crowder Band | All I Can Say | When you feel how broken you are. |
| Burning Down | Phil Joel | Deliberate People | |
| Come Home | Meredith Andrews | As Long As It Takes | |
| Come Home | Luminate | Come Home | |
| Whatever You’re Doing | Sanctus Real | ||
| Hold On | Good Charlotte | The Young and the Hopeless | |
| The Dark Hills | Days of Fire | Losing All | |
| Hold My Heart | Tenth Avenue North | Over and Underneath | |
| Before the Morning | Josh Wilson | Life Is Not A Snapshot | |
| Safe | Phil Wickham | Heaven & Earth | |
| Fallen Man | Relient K | Five Score and Seven Years Ago | |
| Down in Flames | Relient K | The Anatomy of Tongue and Cheek | |
| Be My Escape | Relient K | ||
| Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been | Relient K | Mmhmm | |
| The Show | Since October | ||
| The Part That Hurts the Most | Thousand Foot Krutch | Welcome to the Masquerade | |
| Let It Go | Kirk Franklin | Hero | |
| 911 | Kirk Franklin | ||
| My Body is a Cage | Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | When you feel how broken you are. |
| Hardway | dcTalk | ||
| What If I Stumble? | dcTalk | ||
| Moving On | The Letter Black | Hanging On By a Thread | |
| I’m Not Alright | Sanctus Real | When you feel how broken you are. | |
| Everything You Ever Wanted | Hawk Nelson | Smile, It’s the End of the World | |
| I Still Miss You | Hawk Nelson | Hawk Nelson Is My Friend | When you lose someone you love. |
| Dry Bones | Gungor | Beautiful Things | |
| Slow Fade | Casting Crowns | The Altar and the Door | When the church or a leader fails you. |
| Darkest Hour | The Insyderz | The Sinner’s Songbook Sessions | |
| Held | Natalie Grant | When life is kicking your butt. |