On Confessing Your Illness
I recently had a conversation with someone that centered around the question of what to confess if you suffer from depression or other mental illnesses. So many of the symptoms which we face that are...
View ArticleEpisode 4 – Letting Others Help You
I Trust When Dark My Road – Episode 4 – Letting Others Help You The easiest way for you to hear and get these consistently is to subscribe in iTunes. Try this link from iTunes. I am trying to send...
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Concordia Deaconess Conference presentation
This coming week I will be speaking to the Concordia Deaconess Conference about the topic of depression and mental illness. I’ll have about four hours with these fine ladies, and I am really looking...
View ArticleSpeaking at the mother ship
I just returned from speaking at the Fort Wayne seminary. The topic, of course, was clinical depression. It was really a two part visit. The first part was speaking to a deaconess practicum class,...
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Renew
It’s been five years since my life took a strange sideways turn. I’ve written about it before (HERE, and HERE for example). It has made Good Friday a very strange day for me, personally. This year I’m...
View ArticleParanoia
This was a new one for me. Today I had some remarkable highs and lows. Highs of super productivity, and lows of not being able to get my head off of my desk. But what was new today was paranoia. I...
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A Day
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday was a day of great darkness and paranoia. Anxiety, fear, anger even were the watchwords of today. Today, it was completely different. Yesterday I was...
View ArticleSeven Years
Seven years ago today I was ready to take my life. I’ve written about it many times (HERE, and HERE are the most recent). I’m in a pretty good place, from a mental health point of view. I have an...
View ArticleSuicde
I will be writing more on this in the days to come, but in the meantime, here is an interview I just did on Issues, Etc.. The topic is suicide and mental illness....
View ArticleFifteen years
Fifteen years ago today I almost took my own life. I was in the middle of a “major depressive episode,” and got some really bad news from our insurance company. Because that is how fragile we are...
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