Christian Mental Health – Not Long After Cynthia Was Found Wondering Streets Of Another City Confused And In A Daze

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He was should be here til Great deals! Evenagelical faith she followed did not encourage her in her battle.

General opinion she had grown up with was that emotional problems were an indication of not being right with God result of sin.

In her mind, and in minds of many others in her church, her illness was not a medical issue. As one author wrote, they believed if a person has ‘topeace of God which passeth all understanding’ (Philippians in his lifetime he can not have emotional conflict. She had to be committed to hospital against her will. Of course to Then again, not long after, Cynthia was found wondering streets of another city, confused and in a daze. Friend advised her to throw away her pills. Cynthia’s friend from church ld her that taking medications demonstrated a lack of faith. Hearing this story saddened me deeply.

Being a Christian with bipolar disorder, By the way I know how important my faith is to my wellbeing and how much I need support of a church family.

Medical professionals are becoming increasingly aware of importance of spirituality to mental health.

I am not alone in this. Some Christian writers have revealed that a large segment of those identifying themselves as Christians does indeed cling to faulty ideas and judgemental thing, and lacks compassion wards those with mental illness. Only occasionally did I sense similar time, it’s clear to me that not all Christians stigmatize those with emotional problems. My church friends read book and articles I wrote and became familiar with my story. Whenever having decided long time ago in the past that if I wanted to By the way I myself should have to stop hiding my condition, at United Church I belonged to for 14 years, Know what guys, I was open about my disorder. It’s awhenever taking on quite a few leadership roles, I became an active member of tocongregation. In spite of this or perhaps because of it I was loved and accepted.

All of society needs to become better informed about mental disorders.

For members of faith communities, it is especially so because of important part they play in emotional care of their members.

They can encourage not reject or judge those with emotional difficulties, pastors and identical church leaders desperately need education about mental health problems. Failing to cope, her like and her family’s life was in turmoil. She was hospitalized a couple of times. She refused to accept diagnosis or to take medicaitons prescribed by her doctor. In her late 50s, and always having been a competent person, Cynthia had a great deal of trouble coming to terms with this. On p of that, a few months ago, an acquaintance ld me about her ‘motherinlaw’, Cynthia, who had been found to have bipolar disorder.