Until last March, I had very little awareness of the varity and severity of different mental health issues. I used the word ‘crazy’ with abandon and insensitivity. If people didn’t agree with me, or their actions seemed incomprehensible to my moral code or background, I wrote them off as loco…. Read more“What I Learned in May (aka Mental Health Awareness Month)”
Tag: Mental Illness
How I Wish the Church Would Treat Those With a Mental Illness
Guest writer Tara Ulrich gives some great advice on how she wishes the church would treat mental illness. “There are so many board and care facilities in the shadows of our steeples and we don’t even know they are there.” These very words jumped off the page at me as… Read more“How I Wish the Church Would Treat Those With a Mental Illness”
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”
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?”
Caring for a Parent with a Mental Illness
Meet: Tara Caregiver Connection: Tara wrote for 31 days about living as the daughter of a mother with a mental illness. Blog: Praying on the Prairie Who she cares for: Her mother, who suffers from a mental illness. Favorite Bible verse: “I can do all this through… Read more“Caring for a Parent with a Mental Illness”
You are Worth the Effort
Dear Friend; You are worth the effort. It’s not easy, struggling through each day and learning to squash the automatic thoughts that the evil one has planted in your subconscious. But you are worth the effort. Answering endless questions posed by psychiatrists and counselors feels like an invasion of privacy… Read more“You are Worth the Effort”
