12 Ways to Help a Friend with Mental Illness
Many of us want to help ease other’s suffering. But often we just don’t know what to do. Here are 12 ways to help a friend with mental illness.
Posts by Amy Simpson
Amy Simpson
Award-Winning Author
Amy is the award-winning author of Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry, Blessed Are the Unsatisfied: Finding Spiritual Freedom in an Imperfect World, and Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission. She’s also an editor for Moody Publishing.
What Kind of Emotional Contagion Are You Spreading?
Our emotional experiences and expressions affect the people around us. This is as true for adults as it is for children. So what are you passing along?
Your Pain Comes with Possibilities
We can let our pain fool us into believing we are the only ones who have suffered. Or we can let it soften us and make us more open to others. We can let it make us more aware of what others need from us–and decide to respond in offering what we can.
Your Current Living Arrangement Is Not Meant to Be Permanent
God doesn’t promise that we will be satisfied in this life, nor does he expect us to be fully fulfilled by the experience of living in these tents. Instead, he enables us to choose contentment and to live in anticipation, knowing we have a better home ahead.
