Category Archives: Mental Illness

It didn’t seem to be a big deal at first. Doesn’t everybody have somebody in the family who is crazy? Yet as I got deeper into my own family story and saw just how deeply mental illness impacted my childhood experiences of home, I realized why all these years I have kept silent about it.Continue reading “Crazy Thanks”

The stigma and shame surrounding mental illness takes a toll on family members, making it difficult to find support when someone you love has mental illness. It’s important for family members to break the silence about mental illness because as caregivers we can feel isolated and alone. Time, resources, and energy are often focused onContinue reading “5 Ways to Love Someone With Mental Illness”

This post first appeared on October 6 on Patheos as a guest blog of Reba Riley’s Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome In honor of National Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 5-11), I invited minister and social worker Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund to write this post about some of harmful lies told in Christian communities about mentalContinue reading “5 Lies Christians Tell About Mental Illness”