To the Mom Living With Mental Illness: You Are Strong
To all the moms with mental illness out there juggling a family, you are not alone. Many people have walked the same steps in life as you, and they…
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Watching Your Child Struggle With Mental Illness is Pure Agony
I wish my son had a stomach virus. That’s all I could think of as we sat in the waiting room of the ER watching a toddler run around with a vomit…
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Yes, I Struggle—And I’m a Good Mom
“But you’re such a good mom.” The words took my breath away. I was with a few moms outside my daughter’s dance class. I…
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Through the Doubt of Anxiety, God is Faithful
I couldn’t sleep. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I shook like I drank a week’s worth of coffee in one sitting. My mind…
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I’m Grieving the Mother I Deserved While Loving the One I Was Given
My mother is bipolar. Not as a punchline to a joke, but genuinely, medically diagnosed as bipolar. She has been my whole life though we didn’t…
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Why Doesn’t God Heal My Depression?
When I first experienced depression, I didn’t understand what was going on. I knew I was sad, but I didn’t know why. I was pregnant with…
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Mental Illness Doesn’t Care—But I Do
My mental illness doesn’t care that I have things to get done today. Dishes that need to be washed. Clothes that need to be folded. Rooms that…
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You Are the Reason I Cope With My Mental Illness
An open letter to the silent victims of my depression and anxiety: my kids and husband. I know my anxiety and depression is hard to live…
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Loving a Person With Mental Illness
Editor’s note: this post discusses suicide. Normal is a goal we always seemed to reach for. It was something we could stand on the tallest…
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My Husband Battles Mental Illness Every Day and I Choose to Fight With Him
I’ve had a lot of people say to me, “I can’t believe you stayed.” Of course this was in reference to the fact that I…
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