Depression
Positive Friends Impact Depression’s Effect by Rick Quall
These healthy friendships can have positive impact on your depression.
Category: Faith and Mental Illness
Depression
Choosing Hope in the Face of Hopelessness
For years prior to this interruption I had felt as though I had a monster inside of me that I had to manage.
Jamie’s Journey to Living Well in Spite of Her Mental Challenge
“When I went through surgery and recovery with my brain tumor people brought meals to the house, cards came in the mail, people called. But two years later when I crashed with depression, I felt forgotten. Nobody called and someone in our Bible study group told me that I just needed to get over it,” said Jamie Meyer, author of Stepping out of Depression; Fresh Hope for Women Who Hurt. (Available on Amazon.com)
Bipolar
Medicine is Not a Magic Potion: Doing Your Part
Over the years, I’ve met quite a few folks who have bipolar disorder, and find it so interesting that so many of us only take our medicine as though it is a “magic potion” that will fix everything, and yet don’t do our part of working along with our medicines.
Faith and Mental Illness
“Where Does Hope Begin?” By Pastor John Anderson
“We realize that being in community with others that have similar struggles is vitally important and part of the copping process. In the context of any life challenge, we need to lean on those around us who have words of solidarity, comfort, and of wisdom.”
Life Is 10% What Happens to You and 90% How You React to It
The truth is that everyone faces something in life. Living can quickly suck the life right out of any and everyone. Bipolar disorder is just one of the many obstacles found in this “thing” we call life.
Faith and Mental Illness
Mastering the Art of Self-Distraction
Being focused is essential for getting a lot of different types of tasks done in this life. However, sometimes being intensely focused or “stuck” in our thinking about something is not good and we end up needing to be distracted from it. We need to be interrupted! There are times we can become intensely focused, ruminating over and over on something negative. It’s at that point that we need to interrupt and distract our thinking.
Depression
“Why We Offer a Christian Mental Health Group at Our Church” By Dale Rose
As a family, where faith is paramount, we found that there wasn’t really any help within the church. We traveled from church to church because our son believed that surely we would find the right place where this ‘problem’ could be dealt with once and for all. Our search in the Christian community was met with one pastor who told us the problem was solved, “we cast out all the demons.” Steve was excited, “finally someone found the problem and I’m going to be ok.”
Faith and Mental Illness
How I Dealt With People With People Who Didn’t Understand My Mental Health Issues
I also realized that my goal was to overcome my fearful situations and not to please my friends. I realized that I wasn’t going to waste my time arguing with my friends who were giving me a difficult time. I realized that this was not a public relations event where I needed to get everyone’s approval. This was my life and my focus was to find the ways to manage my fears.
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