“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” -Tori Amos I am naked. There is a boy with some sort of facial hair watching me. I am not sure what they gave me, but I know I don’t have a bra on. (Apparently that […]
Sisters in Mental Illness: Mental Healing
by on January 21, 2019 1 Comment
“I believe women and men who are blessed with mental illness are going to be advocates who are going the change the world.” Sheli Massie has battled an eating disorder, postpartum psychosis and PTSD. But what defines her are not her mental illnesses, but her journey of mental healing. “Healing is not set in a […]
Sisters in Mental Illness: Postpartum Depression
by on December 19, 2018 1 Comment
[TRIGGER WARNING: Content mentions depression.] “It would be better if I wasn’t here.” “I’m a terrible mother.” “It would be better for my kids if I wasn’t around.” These were the thoughts that flooded Megan Gahan’s mind when she suffered postpartum depression. Longtime SheLovelys will know monthly contributor and former submissions editor Megan Gahan. Megan […]
Sisters in Mental Illness: Mental Health and Church
by on November 19, 2018 4 Comments
“I used to think everybody was OK except for people with mental illness. However we’re all struggling, whether it is visible or not. That’s why the church needs to be instrumental [in this conversation] and be the messiest place you can find.” Last month Shaley talked to Lalainia Lindbjerg Strelau about her battle with anorexia […]
Moving the Mountains of Mental Health
by on November 14, 2018 10 Comments
By Sarah Jeanne Browne | Twitter: @sarahjbrowne I have moved mountains in mental health, overcoming the worst of bipolar disorder 1 with psychotic features, most of which peaked within the last two years of my late twenties. I was alone and afraid during those times, yet not alone and not afraid at the same time. […]
