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A Broken System
“Sixty million Americans – that’s one in five adults – will experience a mental illness in the coming year. That means every one of us knows someone who is living with a mental illness – depression,...
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Discernment for Dummies
“But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” Hebrews 5:14, NASB “The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the...
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All in Your Head?
Depression is a Mental Disorder, not a Disease There are plausible arguments for the non-existence of mental illness. But there are still people who declare themselves to have a mental illness. After...
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Being Sick
“So Miriam was kept outside the camp for seven days, and the people waited until she was brought back before they traveled again.” Numbers 12:15 To be numbered among the chronically ill often can mean...
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The Numbers Don’t Lie: Mental Illness in America
~Mental Illness in America, 2016 Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from...
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Understanding Depersonalization
Definition by Mayo Clinic staff Depersonalization is a sense that things around you aren’t real, or the feeling that you’re observing yourself from outside your body. Feelings of depersonalization can...
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Untangle Me, Again
“The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Words of David, 1 Samuel 17:37 I wrote this post in February, 2012. “In recent weeks I’ve gone...
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An Inconvenient Madness, [A Broken Believer]
Very simply, bipolar disorder is characterized by mood swings that are defined by major shifts between incredible mania and clinical depression. It’s usually intense and quite disabling. Depression:...
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Of A Sound Mind, [Healthy & Sane]
“A sound mind.” For some of us that doesn’t seem remotely possible. Over the years we personally have reason to believe this is not real. As mentally ill people we seem to think that we can’t be this...
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Mental Illness Concerns, [Illness]
As with anything, those of us with mental illness have much to consider. I believe that God will direct us through these issues. And these are not static things. It isn’t “one and your done”– these are...
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Delusions of the First Person Variety
I need to briefly share what delusions are like. I’m going to flip the switch and flood the room with light, and watch the “critters” scuttle to find a hiding place. I’m doing this to help heal...
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A Broken System
“Sixty million Americans – that’s one in five adults – will experience a mental illness in the coming year. That means every one of us knows someone who is living with a mental illness – depression,...
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“So Miriam was kept outside the camp for seven days, and the people waited until she was brought back before they traveled again.” Numbers 12:15 To be numbered among the chronically ill often can mean...
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Depression is a Mental Disorder, not a Disease There are plausible arguments for the non-existence of mental illness. But there are still people who declare themselves to have a mental illness. After...
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As with anything, those of us with mental illness have much to think through. I believe that God will direct us through these issues. And these are not static things. It isn’t “one and your done”–...
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“A sound mind.” For some of us that doesn’t seem remotely possible. We’ve come to believe this is only true for others, maybe, but not me. As mentally ill people we seem to think that we shouldn’t be...
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Jesus, I’m Knotted Up, Again
“Why should you be like someone confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot give help? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not forsake us!” Jeremiah 14:9 Twenty...
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