What I had considered for months to be just normal motherhood exhaustion and worry, was really the beginning of a slow, downward spiral, increasingly feeling I was boxed into a life of repetitive inner turmoil, negative self-talk, and emotional numbness. I began to feel there was no way out of the vicious cycle I found myself in. My story could have ended there. … Continue readingMay Is Mental Health Awareness Month
A New Year is here, and with it new blessings, joys, sufferings, and opportunities to grow in the Lord. If you are one of the millions of Americans who knows someone with a mental illness, pin this reminder list with your New Year’s resolutions and … Continue readingSeven Things Your Mentally Ill Friend Wants to Tell You in 2017
photo source “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”-Proverbs 19:21 A bride kneels next to her husband as they receive Holy Communion for the first time as a married couple. A novice, covered in flowers, professes … Continue readingEternal Rest Unto Dreams
A “Brillant Madness” is how actress Patty Duke titled her autobiography in which she describes her life living with Manic Depressive mental health illness. Otherwise known as Bipolar, manic depressive is one of the most challenging mental health illnesses to live with because you can … Continue readingIt Can’t Be Fixed with Two Aspirin: Mental Illness in Your Family
What comes to mind when you read the word depression? Let’s take a look at the definition: noun de·pres·sion \di-ˈpre-shən, dē-\ : a state of feeling sad : a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and often is unable to live … Continue readingREVIEW: A Catholic Guide to Depression