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The Opposite of Denial

May 7, 2018 By Karl Shallowhorn

For by grace you have been saved through faith.And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.Ephesians 2:8 When I think back on the course of my life and the fact that I’ve been living with a co-occurring condition of bipolar disorder and addiction for more than 37 years I am […]

Filed Under: Bipolar Disorder, Faith, Mental Health, Recovery Tagged With: airports, Bipolar, episodic psychosis, Grace, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

John

April 30, 2018 By Rev. Lisa LeSueur

I knew something wasn’t quite right with John when I saw him that morning. He left the files on my desk without saying a word, without making eye contact. He had that distant, faraway look he got when he stopped taking his medication. Usually he would stay a minute and chat, but on this day […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Stigma Tagged With: Bipolar, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

Knit in my mother’s womb

April 23, 2018 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

I’m quickly approaching 30 weeks pregnant with our first child, and I’ve been thinking about stigma around mental health from what feels like a new angle.  I’ve lived with anxiety and mild depression for quite a while, and feel very comfortable talking about how helpful I find a therapist and the fact that I take […]

Filed Under: Postpartum, Stigma Tagged With: Mental Health Network, peripartum depression, postpartum depression, pregnancy, UCC, United Church of Christ

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