Category: BipolarBrave
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every Pastor Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the first of a series of posts on Serious Mental Illness, “Serious About Serious Series: What Every ____ Should Know About Serious Mental Illness”. I’m going to publish these posts in this series as best and as accurately as possible because this is such a misunderstood subject. In this…
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2nd Annual BipolarBrave Awards 2023 Winners Announced
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The results for the 2nd Annual BipolarBrave Mental Health & Faith Awards for 2023 are in. The contenders were strong in their respective categories: blog, influencer, organization, and new to 2023, broadcast. For nominees to qualify, they needed to aim for the guidelines set out in the nominations post. Congratulations…
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A Biblical Response to Mental Illness
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Today on the BipolarBrave blog, my friend and fellow writer, Bethany Marinelli, guest posts about how she responds to cliché answers and platitudes from the church as a Christian with bipolar disorder. I am so grateful for her friendship. We met at the Florida Christian Writers Conference in 2021, where…
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4 Common Reasons Why You’re Depressed (and How to Feel Better)
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Contrary to popular belief, suicide rates spike in the light of Spring, not the darkness of Winter. Did You Know That Depression in the United States… Affects over 18 million adults (one in ten) in any given year. Is the leading cause of disability for ages 15-44. Is the primary…
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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…