Category: Defying Mental Illness

  • 1 In 4 – Do We REALLY Not Know Anyone With Mental Illness?

    Sometimes I am marveled at  how we react to mental health issues or even the mere mention of it.  Is it because sometimes we do not know anyone  personally with mental illness? For me, I have met several people in my short time on this earth who have been affected with mental illness.  Long before I even…

  • Quote of the week – Forgiveness

    Are you in Prison? ‘ To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you’ – Lewis B. Smedes Forgiveness does not wait for an apology.  An apology may be a long time coming. Then if/when it comes, you’ll probably think it was not genuine enough.  The tone was not…

  • Quote of the week – True Love

    True Love

  • Quote of the week – Mental Wheelchairs

    Mental Wheelchairs   Mental wheelchairs are things that hinder our mobility.  Anxiety and distressing thoughts are examples of things that can put us on a mental wheelchair. We must recognize the things that make us disable and deal with them head on.  Check our mind management posts on learning how to deal with the mind.…

  • Quote of the week – Dreams

    Dreams What happens if you want to get somewhere but do not have a map or direction?  What are the chances of you getting there?  Very minimal. This is why we have dreams. We all have dreams. Our creativity is in our dreams, even the ones we have when we sleep.  Dreams are one place…

  • Quote of the week – Rebound from Challenges

    Are you stiff or elastic? No one likes being stretched.  Being stretched makes us feel uncomfortable.  But just as with doing physical stretch exercises, that makes us more supple and relaxed, so too are the benefits of being stretched. Stretching allows us to come out of our comfort zone…eventually comfortably.  This is why we must…