When It Rains

I started counseling today.
Again.
You know the old saying – thirteenth time’s a charm. No, I don’t actually know how many times I’ve gone through counseling, but I’ve done it several times. I see myself a lot like the 1989 Buick I drive – it keeps running as long as you do regular maintenance. [...]

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Why Mental Illness?

When you’re open about your own mental illness, you encounter a wide variety of reactions. When you are a Christian that is open about your mental illness, the reactions are often very harsh. I am not the type to shrink back from a difference of opinion, but when someone thinks their opinion usurps scientific fact, I often go silent. It’s amazing what we can make ourselves believe when we’re scared of the painful alternatives.

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