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Mental Health

Known

January 15, 2018 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

I remember vividly the fall that I began graduate school at the University of Chicago, walking around campus and feeling completely and totally invisible. It was an awful feeling. Now, I’m aware that some of this is because I went to a college with around 2000 students, so walking around campus I would recognize almost […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Love, Mental Health Tagged With: Anxiety, Community, depression, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

Waiting

December 11, 2017 By Karl Shallowhorn

It’s Advent. And we wait. We wait for a miraculous event that can transform lives through weeks of hope, peace, joy and love. For the literal millions of people, however, who live with a mental health diagnosis, even a day can feel like forever. I remember the experience of being institutionalized; waiting for the day […]

Filed Under: Advent & Christmas, Mental Health Tagged With: Advent, Mental Health Network, recovery, UCC, United Church of Christ

Don’t Postpone Joy — on occasion

November 27, 2017 By Rev. Alan Johnson

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!—Psalm 126:5 I have gone to presentations on the warning signs to look for in a person who may be exhibiting a mental health condition.  I have gone to the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) program which is very heavy on how we can notice […]

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Mental Health, Recovery Tagged With: Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health Network, NAMI, UCC, United Church of Christ, Wellness

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