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Hate is not a mental illness, but love is connected to mental healthiness

August 19, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

As I write for this blog, I find myself at a loss.  I am amazed and astounded by the stories I read and which you share.  Quite frankly, they blow me away.  I feel like a pretender among truth-tellers.  My story is based more on the struggles of family members who battle mental health conditions than my own struggles.  As […]

Filed Under: Love, Mental Health, Trauma Tagged With: Amy Barnhorst, hate, Jamie Ducharme, love not hate, mass shootings, Mental Health Network, mental illness, Pete Earley, shooters, Tim Ahrens, UCC

Finding Hope in the Aftermath…Again

August 5, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

“White supremacy is not a mental illness. This week alone, 34 people are dead, and 67 more are wounded because white men full of hatred shot up innocent people in public places. We live in a country where the government sanctions mass shootings by refusing to limit access to guns and blaming mental illness when […]

Filed Under: Love, Mental Health, Stigma, Trauma Tagged With: Body of Christ, brokenness, Grief, mass shootings, Mental Health Network, mental illness, Rachael Keefe, United Church of Christ

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