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How to Create a Suicide Safety Plan
We’ve recently been sharing the stories of people with firsthand experiences of suicide; whether they’ve lost someone to suicide, helped someone navigate that dark period, or have struggled with suicidal thoughts themselves. Through all those stories, you might be left wondering, ‘What can I do about it? How can I help?’
Losing a Son to Suicide: Pippa’s Story
It wasn’t what Pippa expected to find when she woke up on January the 3rd, 2019, but there he was; her 15-year-old son Dominic, tragically lost to suicide. Now, four years later, Pippa shares about losing Dom and what it did to her faith. Though Pippa and her family are still facing the pain and grief of losing Dom, they pray that their family’s story will help others walking a similar road.
6 Ways to Support Someone Struggling With Suicidal Ideation
Nine years ago, I was in a very different place. A dark one. With my depression deepening and feeling more isolated than ever, thoughts of ending my own life became frequent. This year on World Suicide Prevention Day, my prayer is that you’ll feel better equipped to support the people in your life who may be struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Does My Psychologist Need to Be Christian?
The aim of psychology isn’t to replace or change our beliefs in God, it’s to help us understand ourselves and our minds better so that we can live a more fulfilling life. That sounds like something Jesus wants for us, right?
A Psychiatrist Explains the Different Types of Mental Disorders
Recently we caught up with Professor Kuruvilla George to learn more about some of the different types of mental illnesses, their risk factors, and how we can respond to those struggling.
I’m Haunted by Intrusive Thoughts
Intrusive thoughts are far more prevalent than many of us realise. Perhaps you’re one of those people who struggles. And perhaps like me, these thoughts rattle you and your faith at times. What’s wrong with me? How can I, one redeemed by Christ and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, experience these kinds of disturbing, violent, or sexual thoughts?
With Trauma Came OCD, but Then Came Jesus
I knew I had anxiety, but I couldn’t help but notice mine was different to what my friends would describe. While theirs seemed to be about a consistent worry or fear, mine changed when something more traumatic or worrying than the last thing reared its ugly head.
4 Reminders When God Seems Silent in Our Suffering
What can we do to overcome the pain? How do we worship God in the storms of life? If thousands of innocent people suffer at the hands of a crazed killer or a sudden change in the earth’s atmosphere, why does God seem to remain silent?
When My Friend Said He Loved Me
The words were as unexpected as they were welcome. It’s not that I’d been dreaming about hearing them for days, weeks, or any particular amount of time. I knew I loved him, and was fairly sure he felt the same way, but hearing the words for the first time still caught me by surprise.
Filling Our Bellies With the Bible: A Guide to Biblical Meditation
Many people associate meditation with the idea of ‘emptying our minds’, achieving a state of inner peace, or a focus on ourselves and not others. But biblical meditation is different. Biblical meditation is pondering the words of Scripture with a receptive heart, trusting the Holy Spirit to work in you through those words.