May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here are some mental health truths and faith-based reminders:
🔴Mental illness impacts approximately 20% of the population from all ages and walks of life―and keep in mind―this is just what’s reported.
🔴Christians are not immune from mental illness.
🔴Anxiety disorders are the most diagnosed and are on the rise.
🔴I am willing to bet that the person reading this right now has experienced mental health problems at some point in his or her life or knows someone right now who is suffering.
People often suffer in silence due to lack of available services or stigma.
Christians often suffer in silence for fear of being looked upon as having a lack of faith or symptoms being sin-induced.
✔Our brain, nervous system, hormones, experiences, personality, etc. all impact our mental wellness and often aspects of the mental, emotional and physical symptoms we feel can be out of our control.
✔We need to normalize seeking mental health care just like we would for our heart, lungs, pancreas, etc.
✔Research has proven time and again what the Bible has already told us. Church attendance, prayer, studying God’s Word and putting faith in God improves not only one’s mental and emotional well-being but also our physical health.
✞ Seek God and surrender your cares to Him daily.
✞ Ask for help from a trusted pastoral counselor, medical doctor, faith-based therapist, etc. if needed.
READ, REFLECT & RENEW:
-Psalm 42:11 ~ “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.”
-Joshua 1:9 ~ “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
*all scripture KJV
Nicole—a licensed professional counselor and devoted Christ‑follower—is the heart and voice behind A Sound Mind Counselor, a space devoted to nurturing mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness through Scripture. Drawing on a unique blend of clinical expertise and spiritual insight, she offers faith‑based guidance rooted in God’s Word to help readers renew their minds, restore their souls, and revive their spirits.
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