Category: Pastor Brad’s Blog

How to Support Our Children with Depression

After an initial diagnosis of depression, the best thing you can do is become informed, for you and your child. Jumo Health, a digital health resource for families, offers a depression discussion guide which provides questions to help foster conversation with a doctor after a diagnosis.

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Bipolaridad

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.

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La perfección frente al progreso imperfecto

ganar, este "viaje del bienestar" no es un viaje de perfección. Es un viaje de progreso imperfecto. Para hacer este viaje, tú y yo debemos estar dispuestos a aceptar el hecho de que nunca vamos a ser perfectos. Nadie es perfecto. La recuperación, que yo defino como retomar la propia vida de una forma nueva, se construye sobre fracasos de los que aprendemos, nos levantamos y seguimos avanzando. Avergonzarnos a nosotros mismos y creer que un fracaso nos convierte en unos completos fracasados es simplemente una mentira salida directamente de las fosas del infierno. Todo el mundo fracasa. Todo el mundo se queda corto. ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre los que deciden rendirse y creer la mentira de que son unos completos fracasados y los que tienen éxito? Es sencillo: entender que avanzar es un progreso imperfecto frente a la perfección.

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Forgiveness: The Power to Heal by Jamie Meyer

t’s human nature to want justice. We want the other person to pay for what they did. At the very least we want an apology. Deep down we even question whether the way we were treated contributed to triggering our mental illness or worsened it.

How were you hurt at the hands of another? Were you bullied, made fun of, or stigmatized because you were different from your peers? Maybe you were hurt, or continue to be, in a relationship. They didn’t understand so they said hurtful things, ignored you, or walked away, leaving you feeling abandoned and alone. I’ll let you fill in the blank.

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Helpful Tips When Dealing With No Support System

Research shows that when those of us with mental health challenges have a good support system of family and friends, we actually do better than those who do not have a support system. It only makes sense. After all, as it is with any challenges in life, we all do better with the support of family and friends. The support of my wife, family, and close friends was key in encouraging me and helping me to learning to live well in spite of having a bipolar disorder.

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Depresión

Positive Friends Impact Depression’s Effect by Rick Quall

Depression lies.

It convinces you, ‘“My friends don’t want to be around me.”  “I’ll just bring everyone else down.” “I am not worthy of having friends.” “Nobody likes me anymore.”

When you are depressed, making and keeping friends can be a challenge. But research shows that a group of positive friends makes a difference.

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Depresión

“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.”

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Bipolaridad

When Your Child is Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder: Becoming a Loved One

Doing mental health recovery alone is next to impossible. Those who have the support, love and understanding of family and/or a few close friends simply do better in the long run. If you don’t have those who are supportive in your life I strongly recommend that you find a good positive mental health support group and find the support and care that you need.

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Finding Healing from Trauma

Joy and Brad discuss what trauma is and the trauma healing classes that the Trauma Healing Institute is sponsoring in both churches and jails.  They also talk about the healing and hope that is coming from the classes and what is necessary in order for trauma, which is a wound of the heart, to heal.

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