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Sorting Out What is Real
It’s a terribly cold, gray day here in Alaska. Very typical for the end of November. Just as typical is that I have had a heaviness descend on me, just like when the fat kid sits on the little kid...
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Hope in the Darkness
Winter can be a particularly trying time for those who struggle with depression and bipolar disorder. The increased darkness outside can begin to reflect in our hearts and so increase the darkness...
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Coming Apart at the Seams– SAD
If you notice periods of depression that seem to accompany seasonal changes during the year, you may suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD). This condition is characterized by recurrent...
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Numbers Don’t Lie: Mental Illness in America
Mental Illness in America, 2013 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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Sporadic Havoc and Painful Places
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” Jeremiah 17:9, NLT We are the wounded. What exactly has caused it isn’t always known. A...
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Dancing With Bruises
Bruises seem to be part of life’s package to us. (I think that when the order was set for me, I had a quota of 843 bruises to fulfill.) Some will be serious, others minor. But each are noted, and some...
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Hope in the Darkness
Winter can be a particularly trying time for those who struggle with depression and bipolar disorder. The increased darkness outside can begin to reflect in our hearts and so increase the darkness...
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Sorting Out What is Real
It’s a windy cold, gray day here in Alaska. Very typical for Autumn up here in “the Last Frontier.” Just as typical is that I have had a heaviness descend on me, just like when the fat kid sits on...
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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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Choosing a Christian Counselor
Written by “Holly,” “In my search for a counselor, I visited a secular psychologist, read books written by extremist biblical counselors, and had tearful talks with my own general practitioner. I...
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The Real Treasures
As Christians often our theology tells us that mental illness, depression, and bipolar disorder have no place in the believer’s life. So we hide, sneaking into our sessions with our therapists, and...
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Killing My Sin, Before It Kills Me
We are for the most part anyway, eager to please God. We are Jesus’ people with the occasional brush with sin. But hey, who doesn’t? But that attitude must be questioned. “My little children, these...
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Coming Apart at the Seams– S.A.D.
If you notice periods of depression that seem to accompany seasonal changes during the year, you may suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD). This condition is characterized by recurrent episodes...
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Unholy Ghost: The Fact of Depression
Evil has completely saturated the world of human beings. We are being drenched with a thousand variations of sin and rebellion. In olden times, an enemy would surround a city, and essentially let...
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Dancing With Bruises
Bruises seem to be part of life’s package to us. Some will be serious, most minor. But each are noted, and some will just have to be endured. Dancers are some of the most wonderful people I know. Their...
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How Does Your Church See Mental Illness?
This should supply direction and dialogue on the issues faced by every church member. It is a great opportunity we have been given— to minister to every person in the Body of Christ. —Bryan by Ken...
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The Numbers Don’t Lie: Mental Illness in America
~Mental Illness in America, 2015 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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Mental Illness Concerns
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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Choosing a +Christian+ Counselor
Written by “Holly,” “In my search for a counselor, I visited a secular psychologist, read books written by extremist biblical counselors, and had tearful talks with my own general practitioner. I wish...
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Sorting Out What is Real
It’s a windy cold, gray day here in Alaska. Very typical for November up here in “the Last Frontier.” Just as typical is that I have had a heaviness descend on me, (just like when the fat kid sits on...
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