Category: Mental Health Archives
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Sunday Confession: I’m A Man and I’m Ashamed of My Body
I’ve been dieting hardcore for the last three weeks. I’m surprised that I’ve come this far because my typical pattern goes a little like this: Get fat -> Get motivated -> Get thin -> Get hungry -> Repeat So, to be three weeks in and still going strong is significant. I feel better. I feel more…
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This Civil War of Our Mind
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation…
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Bullying, Suicide, and What We Can Do To Help Bring Change
The words “Freshman year of High School” should be enough to make any person, no matter size, appearance, or personality, shiver. Often times, the few months preceding one’s entry into high school are plagued with horror stories of what happens to “Freshies.” From being on the receiving end of an old fashioned swirlie to being…
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Understanding the Angels and Demons of Social Media: What Good is it Doing for Your Social Health?
2016 is now officially in the rearview mirror and our New Year resolutions have taken full effect. While change seems to be on the horizon for many, the culture we live in, with its technological advancements, is still very much the same. We have been a technologically driven society for many, many years. It’s no…
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The Church and Depression: The One Thing They Have in Common — For the Benefit of the Church
As a Christian and someone who has suffered/suffers from depressive episodes, I have an incredible passion for educating the Church of God on the topic of Mental Disorders. I believe that we, as a body of believers, have done too little in the order of sharing hope to the hopeless. This is why I have…
Confessions 