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Day 11
Mental illness isn't something I ever thought I would face in my lifetime. Not me . . . I've got it all together! Or so I thought.
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July 24, 2012
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Mental Illness or Moral Illness?
Did James Holmes, described by a high school classmate as “really nice and sweet,” decide one day to become a mass murderer?
July 2, 2012
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Dandelion Snow (A Poem)
I was up on a hill, tethering at twilight. The sweet-smelling grass that was neatly raked in rows. The tractor’s tether tips were messing with all their might, When suddenly a winsome wonder came into sight...
July 1, 2012
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Open Letter to the Congregation
This letter is not from one of our congregation members, but it may help you to understand and support the people sitting near you in the pew or people who don’t come to church often or at all.
July 1, 2012
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Mental Health Book List
This list provides helpful guidance for learning about mental health, mostly from a Christian perspective.
January 19, 2012
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National Association for Rural Mental Health
Finding resources in a rural setting for people with mental illnesses can be especially challenging. The U.S. based National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH) is a professional organization that serves the field of rural mental health.
July 7, 2011
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Living with Mental Illness
During the week of June 5, 2006, a door was closed somewhere inside my mind. My eyes acted like a video camera. From time to time I talked to the screen like I was part of the scenery, yet I knew I was not an actor of any consequence. I was way back behind the last row seats, just watching.
July 7, 2011
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Sharing in His Suffering...
This morning I received a “Care Page” update from a friend whose young daughter is ill with cancer. I appreciate getting the Care Page updates so that I know how people are doing and how best to pray for them. This morning my 16-year-old son had a serious rage.
July 7, 2011
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Dad's Psychosis
My father loves life and likes to laugh. He enjoys being with people and talking with anyone who will listen to his jokes and stories. When my father experienced a frightening psychotic episode in 2007, our family went into collective shock.
July 7, 2011
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Depression (A Parent's Story)
This writer has been depressed three times, each lasting three to six months. Two sisters coped with post-partum depression. Dad sought counsel in the past year for depression. Now their son who is 22 years old is trying to cope with it. The son’s depression hurts the most.
July 7, 2011
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Dual Diagnosis
This is a story of hope and grace. It is the story of my son John who was diagnosed with autism when he was five years old. As time went on and John reached his teen years, he developed mental illness as well.
July 7, 2011
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Schizophrenia: An Inside View
I have mental illness that includes schizophrenia, which has seven major symptoms: hallucinations, obsessing, memory loss, paranoia, apathy, delusions, and depression.
July 7, 2011
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My Silent Enemy
Through no aspiration of my own, I’ve become a speaker, writer and advocate for mental illness victims, myself included. My all-American upbringing did little to prepare me for the silent enemy that would eventually claim my life, destroy my soul, shred my heart, and leaving me frail and vulnerable.
July 7, 2011
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The Effects of Mental Illness
The unthinkable happened. I got so sick that I could not think straight. Literally. My mind that had helped me achieve scholastic awards in high school became scatterbrained and paranoid.
July 7, 2011
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Tormented (A Father's Poem)
Our son was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the seventh grade. I wrote this Pantoum to capture a snapshot of what he was like before he became ill as well as the initial period of his mental illness. Writing the poem was also therapeutic for me. Thank God, Tim’s mental health has improved.
July 7, 2011
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The Scourge of Mental Illness
I grew up with mental illness in the family. I watched my parents struggle to cope with this often-misunderstood disability. Fifty years later, we are still trying to deal with it as everyday the specter of misunderstood behavior invades our otherwise normal lives.
July 7, 2011
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Mountains (A Poem and Paintings)
Mountains. Walls of rock everywhere. Grey, brown, black or blue. Close up or far away. Every time I set out to paint the landscape of my mind. Mountains crop up...
July 7, 2011
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Depression (A Personal Poem)
The darkness is strong. It has presence. I can feel it.
July 7, 2011
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Post-partum Depression
About a month and a half after our first daughter was born, I started down a long journey of postpartum depression. For a year I went undiagnosed, going to the doctor complaining of extreme tiredness, severe mood swings, and disinterest in daily activities.
September 17, 2010
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Small Group Bible Study on Mental Illness
Let's Talk! Breaking the Silence around Mental Illness in Our Communities of Faith, a four-part series for small groups produced by Disability Concerns and Faith and Hope Ministries, was written so that anyone who has skill in facilitating a small group discussion can lead it.
September 9, 2010
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Getting Mental Illnesses out of the Shadows and into the Light of Christ's Love
Disability Concerns has partnered with Faith and Hope Ministries to produce a free, downloadable study series on mental illness. Let’s Talk! Breaking the Silence around Mental Illness in Our Communities of Faith will open conversations about this often hidden subject.
January 20, 2010
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Shalem Mental Health Network
Shalem offers individual, couple, and family counseling from a Christian perspective and equips and supports communities, including faith communities, to better embrace the needs of people who struggle with emotional distress and/or mental illness.
January 18, 2010
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Pathways to Promise
Pathways to Promise, founded in 1988, is an interfaith, mental health assistance and resource center that provides virtual and in-person support to faith, spiritual and non-spiritual communities. Through training, consultation, liturgical and educational materials, program models, and assessments, we educate and effect change that creates welcoming and supportive caring communities for persons with mental health challenges, disabilities, and addictions and those who care for them.