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Disability Concerns
I watched the videos about Mental Illness and the Church until the wee hours last night and only stopped because my computer was making a weird noise. Anyway. Very good videos.
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November 1, 2014
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Depression (A Painting)
Michèle used to write poetry while living in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Now she mostly paints in Montreal.
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...
May 22, 2015
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On Chronically Normal People
The media compound problems by reporting in minute detail whenever a person with a mental illness attacks someone who is presumed to be sane. The same media don't say a word when the opposite happens...
May 23, 2016
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My Journey With Schizophrenia
My main reason for writing about schizophrenia specifically, and mental illness in general, is to help those who may be suffering from it or who know someone who does, but don’t know how to help because of stigma.
February 9, 2017
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On Living With Disabilities and Poverty
I think we should work harder at advocating a decent standard of living for people living with disabilities. Living in poverty places undue burdens on already vulnerable souls.
December 6, 2018
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On Mental Illnesses and Head Knowledge
Many people in the CRC complain that our denomination tends to favor head knowledge at the expense of the heart. But for people who live with mental illnesses, basing our faith on knowledge acts as an anchor against raging emotions.
January 15, 2019
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On Crosses and “Why Me?”
For a long time I struggled with the notion that as followers of Christ we should be glad to suffer, even if the troubles we get are not necessarily persecutions per se.
January 23, 2019
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Disability and Spirituality: Recovering Wholeness
I wanted to share this book that was made available to participants of the Disability Concerns Leadership Training Conference last fall.
January 29, 2019
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On Schizophrenia and the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Phenomenon
I hope that reading this will help people to better understand what schizophrenia is and how it affects those who suffer from it.
February 13, 2019
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On Pinning Blame and Human Nature
People try to pin the blame for egregious deeds onto people with mental illnesses or anyone with whom they can’t relate as humans, because this blaming distances them psychologically and emotionally from evil.
May 21, 2019
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When Supreme Court Justices Have Mental Health Struggles
One question that came in challenged the judge’s ability to do his job because of his illnesses. This challenge is based on the assumption that mental illnesses affect an individual’s intelligence and judgment.