♥ Prayer is essential
♥ To know our loving Father
♥ Transforming our lives
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
♥ To know our loving Father
♥ Transforming our lives
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
Finding Purpose After Living With Delusion
Photo illustration by Daniel Gordon NYT
The Problem With How We Treat Bipolar Disorder
♥ Prayer is essential: we pray for families who lost loved ones in Newtown shootings.
♥ To know our loving Father: to learn of God's compassionate love for us
♥ Transforming our day: we pray for understanding and compassion - faith in God
♥ To know our loving Father: to learn of God's compassionate love for us
♥ Transforming our day: we pray for understanding and compassion - faith in God
CBS Evening News 6-4-13: Parents of mentally ill child may have averted mass shooting
Patients as prisoners
Jails new mental health institutions
CBS Evening News March 2013
Jails new mental health institutions
CBS Evening News March 2013
CBS Evening News March 5. 2013
"The vast majority of mentally ill people are not a danger to themselves or society, but for those who are, treatment is critical. Diane and her guests discuss the challenge of identifying and treating severe mental illness". The Diane Rehm Show
"Identifying And Treating Severe Mental Illness" 12-20-12
Dear Reader: A family member has been diagnosed paranoid-schizophrenia, affective schizophrenia, and/or bi-polar disorder for the past twenty years. In College, this member experienced a complete mental breakdown. Fortunately, the treatment for a chemical imbalance was initiated immediately. Eventually, we became eligible for Local, State and Federal medical and financial assistance. My heart goes out to those families who have a loved one diagnosed with this illness, who are struggling to pay bills, who personally treat and care for their family member, yet the personal and mental anguish associated with this disease remains a daily reality.
There are no happy outcomes nor miracles associated with this illness, only years of loving service will deeper your spirit, soul, God consciousness and service to others. You are the "blessed" of the world who Jesus refers to often.
" ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ " (Matt 25:40)
Your experience of service will be remember in Heaven.
NAMI is a resource for individuals and families who are seeking assistance in coping with this illness.
There are no happy outcomes nor miracles associated with this illness, only years of loving service will deeper your spirit, soul, God consciousness and service to others. You are the "blessed" of the world who Jesus refers to often.
" ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ " (Matt 25:40)
Your experience of service will be remember in Heaven.
NAMI is a resource for individuals and families who are seeking assistance in coping with this illness.
Find support groups, connect online in NAMI's discussion groups or find your NAMI.
Marsha Linehan
Power of Rescuing Others: Marsha Linehan, a therapist and researcher at the University of Washington who suffered from borderline personality disorder, recalls the religious experience that transformed her as a young woman. Article in New York Times: (LINK below photograph)
Power of Rescuing Others: Marsha Linehan, a therapist and researcher at the University of Washington who suffered from borderline personality disorder, recalls the religious experience that transformed her as a young woman. Article in New York Times: (LINK below photograph)
The power of rescuing others: NYT Video (below)
Marsha Linehan
"So many people have begged me to come forward, and I just thought — well, I have to do this. I owe it to them. I cannot die a coward,” said Marsha M. Linehan, a psychologist at the University of Washington.
New York Times: (LINK)
"So many people have begged me to come forward, and I just thought — well, I have to do this. I owe it to them. I cannot die a coward,” said Marsha M. Linehan, a psychologist at the University of Washington.
New York Times: (LINK)
♥ The pain of illness,
Saps our daily energies,
God, grant us your Peace.
♥ Delusionary,
Voices and thoughts keep us chained,
To mental visions.
♥ Our minds are not ours,
For finding our peace and hope,
Lord, grant us your peace.
♥ We are different,
Stigmatized and medicated,
Chained to our bodies.
♥ We, human beings,
Loving individuals,
Caring for others.
♥ Let everyone know,
Our humanity and worth,
Not for our disease.
♥ Lord, grant us your Peace.
To live in this brokenness,
Knowing that You care.
♥ We have a soul.
Which gives us eternal hope,
God, grant us your peace.
Thomastwo Haiku (5-7-5)
Autistic Children are "Less Violent"
Newtown Shootings
CNN: Erin Burnett Out Front 12-19-12
Newtown Shootings
CNN: Erin Burnett Out Front 12-19-12
Investigating Healthy Minds with Richard Davidson:
Krista Tippert and Richard Davidson
Krista Tippert and Richard Davidson
“What might autism teach us about what it means to be human?”
Krista’s Journal: July 14, 2011 Public Radio: On Being
Krista’s Journal: July 14, 2011 Public Radio: On Being
“Long before autism had a name, it had a history — a mystery shrouded in misunderstanding. But what might autism teach us all about what it means to be human now? About our abilities. About our creativity and differences. Two parents of a son with autism offer a way to see beyond the controversies and cures.”
Krista’s Journal: July 14, 2011 Public Radio: On Being
Krista’s Journal: July 14, 2011 Public Radio: On Being
"Amid reports from neighbors and classmates that the gunman in the shooting rampage in, Newtown, Conn., had an autism variant known as Asperger syndrome, adults with the condition and parents of children with the diagnosis are fighting what they fear may be a growing impression that it is associated with premeditated violence". Amy Harmon
NYT 12-18-12
NYT 12-18-12
About the Image
The photographer with his 98-year-old father, who lost his short-term memory. As an act of remembering, the son documented his final time with him.
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/alzheimers/
The photographer with his 98-year-old father, who lost his short-term memory. As an act of remembering, the son documented his final time with him.
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/alzheimers/
With your help, NAMI can continue its work as America's largest
grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of
individuals and families affected by mental illness. (link)
http://www.nami.org/
http://www.nami.org/
Arizona Tragedy
Words can’t begin to express the sorrow that Americans have felt over the recent tragedy in Arizona, where six people died and U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords and 13 others were injured.
Unfortunately, words used by news media and others--“psycho” and “lunatic” to name only two--reinforced the stigma too often associated with mental illness. When speaking about the many issues that flowed from tragedy, NAMI declared, “Let’s have a civil discussion. Let’s abandon the stereotypes and the stigmas that distort the nature of mental illness.” NAMI's voice on the tragedy is reviewed in the latest issue of its online newsletter, the e-Advocate.
Words can’t begin to express the sorrow that Americans have felt over the recent tragedy in Arizona, where six people died and U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords and 13 others were injured.
Unfortunately, words used by news media and others--“psycho” and “lunatic” to name only two--reinforced the stigma too often associated with mental illness. When speaking about the many issues that flowed from tragedy, NAMI declared, “Let’s have a civil discussion. Let’s abandon the stereotypes and the stigmas that distort the nature of mental illness.” NAMI's voice on the tragedy is reviewed in the latest issue of its online newsletter, the e-Advocate.
