Getting Help for Anxiety
Originally published in November, 2017 on Lindsey Gendke’s blog, Writing to My Roots. Life held no joy. I dreaded every day. I didn’t understand my behavior, so I couldn’t help myself. …
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Overcoming Anxiety
According the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders volume 5 otherwise known as DSM 5 there are 9 mental disorders under the anxiety category. Separation Anxiety Disorder Selective Mutism …
Lessons I have Learned while Battling Anxiety as a Christian
My decision to be re-baptized is a decision that I never regret. I will never forget the inner peace I felt as I came up from the water after making …
A Mother’s Need
I’ve always looked forward to becoming a mother. Quotes about motherhood, depicting it as an honor, privilege and one of the greatest services to God and man, gave me quite …
Depression and Scripture Part 2
Adventist medical doctor Neil Nedley is president of the Weimar Center of Health and Education. He developed the Nedley Depression Recovery Program that emphasizes practicing the health principles found in …
Depression and Scripture
If we look at 1 Kings 19: 4 and Job 3: 11, 20, 21, 24-26 and Psalm 38: 6,8,10 and Lamentations 3: 17,18 and Mark 14: 33,34, we have to …
Baby Blues Clues
This year we will be celebrating our oldest son’s 16th birthday. I can’t believe it’s just a few months away. He’s already talking about taking his driving lessons this summer. …
When Life Feels Too Hard to Handle
The way I see it, when life feels too hard to handle, you have five options: Give up and die Numb the pain with addictions or obsessions Take medication Seek …
I Thought I Could Never Tell. I Was Wrong.
I can never tell, I thought, sitting in a mental ward at nineteen years old. I can’t tell others that I attempted suicide, that I dropped out of college. …
What Ending Pretending Means to Me
As human beings we have a natural desire to feel like we belong. But one unique struggle that Christians have is the need to appear that we’ve got it all …