by Chronic Joy® | Mar 15, 2020 | Anxiety, Bettie Gilbert, Chronic illness, Prayer
Anxiety and Shame in Chronic Illness The day was sunny and beautiful as we drove into the parking lot, but I did not feel much beauty in my heart. In fact, sudden tears rose unbidden to the surface as the medical center came into view. I had been to this same...
by Chronic Joy® | Feb 26, 2020 | Amy Simpson, Anxiety, Mental Illness
Summer Camp and the Unexpected When I was about 8 years old, I went to summer camp for the first time. I wanted to bring a friend, so I invited a girl from school, and she came with me. I thought it would be great to have a buddy around, and I just knew...
by Chronic Joy® | Mar 6, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Heather MacLaren Johnson, Mental Illness
Are you a Christian? Do you, or does someone you know, suffer with depression? Or anxiety? Or bipolar? You know, the real illnesses. Not the words batted around daily making folks like me feel like we have no clue about what it actually means to deal these illnesses...
by Chronic Joy® | Sep 25, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression, Heather MacLaren Johnson, Mental Illness
Early this summer, I forgot to take my antidepressants for three days in a row. Normally, a two-day memory lapse would throw me into the pit of deep darkness. This time was different. I thought maybe I had reached a point where God had answered my prayers—20 years of...
by Chronic Joy® | Sep 10, 2018 | Anxiety, Caregivers, Chronic illness, Depression, Leaders, Mental Illness, Parenting, Terry Powell
Depression that leads to suicide isn’t just the plight of the financially-strapped, unemployed provider of a household, or the teen who’s tormented by bullies, or the retiree who’s weary of declining energy and escalating physical pain. Just ask the friends of Kate...
by Chronic Joy® | Mar 26, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression, Mental Illness, Parenting
By the time you read this, I’ll be feeling much better. Therapy will have commenced, medications will have been adjusted, and clinging to the One who clings to the brokenhearted will have kept me affixed to a drip line of peace. I can say this with some confidence,...
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