About Medication
This blog post in no way endorses the idea that you should stop taking your medication…in fact, just the opposite. Do not make any changes
Too often we say things like, “I am___________.” (Fill in the blank with your diagnosis e.g., “I’m bipolar.”) Instead we should say, “I’ve been diagnosed with _______.” We who have a mental health diagnosis need to understand that we
are NOT the sum total of our mental health diagnosis, rather saying that we have or have been diagnosed as _______, which indicates there is much more to us than just our diagnosis. Your diagnosis does NOT define you!
In this podcast, Pastor Brad says, “I am NOT bipolar! I have bipolar. There’s a big difference between those two statements.” He explores who we are in Christ; seeing it from a Christian mental health perspective.
This podcast is very encouraging to anyone who is struggling to figure out
“who they are” after being diagnosed.
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