Tag: mentalillness
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Tidings
Good tidings The Christmas season is almost upon us And yet, we still struggle with depression, and unrest. What do you do to stay positive amidst all of the earthly brokenness? I have found Christ in a way never experienced before. I have been reading the Bible, praying, and giving of my time and $…
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World Mental Health Day
October 10th was World Mental Health Day, a day that was started in 1992, with the initiative of Deputy Secretary General Richard Hunter. And today I am hoping that in sharing my journey through mental illness, I can be of service to someone struggling with bipolar, schizoaffective, anxiety, or depression. November 16th is the annual, local NAMI…
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The Beauty of Bipolar – it wakes You up
I’m not saying that bipolar isn’t the most challenging, heart-wrenching, stare-into-the-abyss-and-scream mental illness there is, but I AM saying there’s a reason for it. And I will explain why in the following: Bipolar disorder is, first, and foremost, a mood disorder. It affects our moods, and as Adyashanti, popular meditation and spiritual teacher, points out,…
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Breathwork
I feel like I have found the key to my anxieties, my fears, my depressive and manic tendencies. It is through the breath that I am able to find myself, oh so clearly and so sweetly. It is through the FEELING of the breathe in my nostrils, throat, lungs, chest, that I am able to…
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Self-imposed fears
I believe there are no limits on the amount of fears your psyche can produce. Absolutely none. I have found that I can be perfectly safe, in a perfectly happy family, with no foreseeable fears in future, and yet, I still carry a laundry list of fears. Fear has been a running theme for me…
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