Category: BipolarBrave
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Who Has Made a Difference in the World of Mental Health & Faith?
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Who has made a difference for you in your life, because of their ability to relate to the church and mental illness? Who has brought major impact, influence, change to the conversation around faith in Christ and mental health awareness? Nominate your BipolarBrave candidate you feel has met the following…
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Is My Mental Illness To Blame?
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There is much gray area to this topic, in my opinion. In mental illness, we get a lot of things mixed up and turned upside down. Who, or what, is to blame when a symptom influences my thinking and leads me into sin? Is my disorder at fault? Or am…
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What I Would Change About the Mental Healthcare System
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I want to bring attention to the most broken part of the mental healthcare system in the US. I know there are many broken pieces, but I’m basing my comment on my personal experience, as someone who was fortunate enough to get care inside of a psychiatric hospital setting. You…
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Mental Illness Can’t Make You Lose Hope
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On a Facebook group post, a person expressed how they were losing hope in their mind. While I cannot disprove their perspective, I disagree with that philosophy. Here’s my take: Your heart is the primary hope-cultivator, not your mind Hope starts in the heart, and your heart is where the…
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Psychosis: How Did I End Up There?
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This week I’ll be interviewed by my friend Laura Howe on her Care Ministry Podcast. I am writing this blog post to review and refresh myself and you on psychosis, as it can unfold, and how it unfolded for me. I will be discussing this in detail with Laura and…
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Winners of the 2022 BipolarBrave Awards Announced
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In honor of #worldbipolarday, March 30th, congratulations to the 2022 BipolarBrave Awards Winners! Winners were judged based on how closely they fulfilled the criteria of: — Been active on blog, site, or social media for at minimum the last 6 months — Have a Christian, faith-based mission/vision to include reconciling…
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Make Your Nominations for the Inaugural BipolarBrave Awards 2022
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Who do you nominate for the 2022 BipolarBrave Mental Health & Faith Awards? Consider blogs, influencers, and organizations that have made a difference in the church and mental health conversation. Criteria to aim for: — Been active on blog, site, or social media for at minimum the last 6 months…
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The Case for Reclassification: Serious Mental Illness to Serious Brain Disorder
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What’s in a Name? Recently, the term Serious Brain Disorder (SBD) has been circulating in my Facebook mental health advocacy groups more and more. At first, it seemed as if these circles of advocates wanted the insurance companies to code Serious Mental Illnesses (SMIs) differently so they would issue better…
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One Family’s Recovery from a Suicide Attempt
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Chris Morris is a fellow Christian familiar with the realities of mental illness and psychiatric hospitalizations and reached out to me to collaborate. He guest posts today about his experience of returning home from the psych ward after a failed suicide attempt. I’m honored to have him post about this…
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10 Biblical Principles for Improving Your Mental Health (Part 2)
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If you missed Part One of this two-part post, that may be because it’s on Pastor Brad’s blog for Fresh Hope for Mental Health, and you can read Part One (Principles #1-5) here. Here are the 5 remaining Biblical principles I suggest to improve your mental health: Principle #6: Come…