People Never Expect to Have a Mental Health Problem I didn’t expect to hear that my twenty-year-old daughter had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in a text message from my sister-in-law—who heard it from someone who came along with the person who came to the emergency department to evaluate Sarah before… Read more“Suspect Someone Has a Mental Health Issue? Read This”
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What I Wish Christians Knew About Anxiety
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become… Read more“What I Wish Christians Knew About Anxiety”
What I Wish Christians Understood About Mental Illness
What I Wish Christians Understood About Mental Illness Today guest writer and blogger Marisa Slusarcyk talks about the true cost of mental illness. Be sture to check out her backstory post over at her blog Trendingmama.com. We Pay with More than Money $26.30 $21.23 $44.42 $16.87 $25.44 $10.09 Total $144.35… Read more“What I Wish Christians Understood About Mental Illness”
What I Wish Christians Knew About PTSD
PTSD, God, and The World They call combat trauma an illness. And it has symptoms—hyper-vigilance, exaggerated startle response, insomnia, quickness to anger, emotional numbness—the list goes on. You can look it up. But it’s one other thing, and you have to understand this. PTSD is homesickness. We’re supposed to go… Read more“What I Wish Christians Knew About PTSD”
Why Should YOU Care About Mental Illnesses?
National Mental Health Awareness Month Depression. Bipolar Disorder. Schizophrenia. Mania. Anxiety. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Eating Disorders. Sleep Disorders. Autuism. Disassociative Disorder. Oppositional Defiance Disorder. The list goes on and on. Mental health issues and mental illnesses leave those who suffer AND those who care for them feeling left out, sidelined, and… Read more“Why Should YOU Care About Mental Illnesses?”
