Category: friends
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Advocate Angela McDonald Guest Posts: “Being Faithful To Someone With Mental Illness”
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Ignorance Isn’t Bliss Those in the church who know of my bipolar disorder have never sat down and asked me how I am…and I am angry about it. Am I handling my mood swings okay? Am I managing my symptoms? How is my family handling all of it?… No one…
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Morgan Meredith Guest Posts, “Recovering When Your Mental Illness Ends a Friendship”
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Losing friends is always hard. It’s even harder when they leave because of your mental health. “Sorry, but we just can’t be friends until you’re cured of this. Good luck!” “Your mental illness makes me afraid to talk to you.” As horrible as these sound, especially from people claiming…
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The Science (& Very Fragile Art) of Friendship
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I roll my eyes trying to shape this blog post. With the virtual reality of Facebook and the superficialities of social media, there are modes of friendship and then there is the art of friendship. I don’t speak to this subject as an expert, for there is so much I…