Posts Tagged ‘Depression’
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Music. It can directly impact your teen and their crisis. In fact, it can also worsen their crisis to the extent of real harm and even death. When my teen was going through her depression, it wasn’t the normal sad day that many of us have. It came with suicidal ideology and tendencies. She was…
Read MoreYou Are Not Alone
I would like to promote Dena Yohe’s book, “You Are Not Alone” which will be released on July 19th, 2016. Dena and her husband have been blogging friends that I have come to know and respect for the last several years. We have often shared our posts with each other so that we could…
Read MoreThe Pro-Anorexia Websites That Are Killing Your Teen
It is hard to believe that there are actually websites that encourage anorexia and bulimia. Sadly, it is true. The dangers of these websites influence these eating disorders by chat rooms, support groups, and resources on how to stay ultra thin. To learn more about this issue, click on the post.
Read More“Me Before You” Movie – Suicide Glamorized for Disabled
When I first saw the previews for “Me Before You” movie, the plot or point of it was not really defined. Upon further investigation, it left me disturbed by its encouraging romantic ideology that suicide is beautiful and loving for the disabled. The dictionary definition of disabled is as follows: incapacitated by illness or…
Read MoreNever Good Enough – A Young Woman’s Story for Parents to Learn
What kind of family environment did you grow up in? I grew up in a happy, stable home environment. The town I was raised in was small and quaint. While attending the Mennonite Brethren Church with my family, my brother and I also participated in VBS, Christian Summer Camp, Youth Group, etc. What kind of…
Read More5 Things to Do When Your Teen is Diagnosed with a Mental Illness
by Julia Greif Watching your child/teen being diagnosed and living with a mental illness is hard. This is something no parent wants to experience. In fact, after being diagnosed many parents feel lost as to what is next. There are many things to do and not to do when you’re dealing with any mental illness.…
Read MoreSelf Harm: It Isn’t Just Cutting!
There is a show called, “Strange Addictions” that covers a huge gamut of self-prescribed addictive behaviors from licking the fur off of a cat and eating it, stinging yourself with bees or even sniffing/snorting moth balls. Although there were many other strange and peculiar self-harming addictions, some common factors stood out. Many found their addiction…
Read MoreSiblings Can Be in Their Own Crisis Too!
A perspective that is not normally focused on is how siblings handle someone in crisis within the family home and its effects on them. I chose to do an informal Q & A with my oldest daughter (BJ) who had to deal with a sibling in crisis so that parents could get a view into…
Read MoreI Don’t Love My Child Anymore She Said – Or Does She?
When parents with teens in crisis get overwhelmed with no hope, they start a process within them to protect their heart. It is called, “Detachment”. For many parents, this is not something willingly expressed but instead suppressed. If you think about it, how many moms and dads with teens in crisis are willing to openly…
Read MorePride Goeth Before the Fall of Your Children
Today, many parents rather be prideful, choose denial or keep secrets than consider first the welfare of their teens. I’m not talking about those who would normally feel embarrassed or feel shame about their family’s situation or too scared to talk about it. But I am talking about those who had been offered help from…
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