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Depression, Bipolar & Anxiety disorder discussion from the Latter-Day Saint perspective. Living the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints within the borders and walls of mental illness. A discussion about living the gospel while struggling with mental illness specifically depression, bipolar and anxiety disorders. Anyone with questions or comments about this podcast can contact the author through email. dtsocha@gmail.com
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Send us a Text Message.Phonography addiction is a sensitive subject, and it is one of the least understood from the perspective of mental health. Individuals who suffer with mental health concerns are prone to addiction due to the nature of the illness and pornography is one of the most accessible drugs within our current societies. However, you cannot address pornography addiction without addressing the underlying mental health issues. If you do this you will fail. Wh...
Send us a Text Message.Intrusive thoughts and emotions are a significant problem within mental and emotional illness. This is especially true for members of the Church of Jesus Christ and other Christians. Thoughts of death, sexuality and worthlessness are just a portion of what we battle as we attempt to manage a difficult illness. However, the Lord is infinitely merciful and kind to those who suffer.
Send us a Text Message.Returning home from a full-time LDS mission early is one of the more difficult trials one will face. Not only must you navigate a new life but you must do so with disappointed friends, family and peers all while battling a terribly controlling illness that highjacks your emotional and spiritual welfare.
Send us a Text Message.We all wonder at times whether the Lord loves us. We wonder if our relationship is growing. Many times we desperately seek and hope to feel that love. I hope this message helps you to see just how loved you are.
Send us a Text Message.As the lepers cried out during Christ's day so do others whose fate is similar to the lepers. Addiction affects more than the person who is suffering. It is a power of mind and body that needs the power of the Savior.
Send us a Text Message.I hope that you enjoy this episode. It has always been one of my favorites and perhaps one of the more relevant ones to my life.
Send us a Text Message.For many members and individuals blessings such as marriage, children and a loving spouse have not yet materialized. It can be a deeply painful experience to have righteous desires left unfulfilled without answers. Trials of righteous desires can be perhaps the most painful in one's life. Finding peace and joy can be a difficult process fraught with doubt, unworthiness, and sleepless nights. I hope that this podcast can bring a small measure of p...
Send us a Text Message.When we can see Lucifer’s attacks for what they really are and how he works, when we are suffering from emotional and mental health issues. We will find defenses, avoidance techniques and spiritual awareness important to our mental health.
Send us a Text Message.In preparation for Easter, I would like to return to one of my favorite episodes. When we better understand the nature of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we will possess greater power to access the powers of healing, understanding, grace and mercy.
Send us a Text Message.So often in this world of pressures, priorities and pledges to succeed, we find the wreckage of the emotionally exhausted individual. One who has pushed beyond their emotional and physical capacity and found a crevasse so dark and deep, it is difficult to see anything much less a way out.
Send us a Text Message.Heartbreak or the loss of a close emotional connection is one of the most common ways in which mental and emotional health issues arise in our lives. Our close friends, spouse and family can literally become a part of our identity. When we lose these people it can be as though we have lost ourselves.
Send us a Text Message.There is a social crisis through out the world and within the church. We are becoming a society of perfectionists. And anxiety and perfectionism are consistent companions.
Send us a Text Message.Sexual abuse and assault are perhaps the most heinous type of sin perpetrated upon the innocent victim. The wounds can run deep and cause great distress leading to mental and emotional health concerns. The Lord weeps for those who suffer and desires that they find his healing balm with the embrace of the Atonement of Christ.
Send us a Text Message."I Don't Know. And It's Ok" I one of the most difficult lessons we learn in this life.
Send us a Text Message.Doubt in the gospel, doubt in ourselves, doubt in our emotional day to day experience is terribly unnerving. Doubt is an emotion and when we come to understand how doubt works in our lives, especially in our mental health lives we can better adjust to its consistent companionship in our lives.
Send us a Text Message.Healing is such a personal topic. Each of us desires healing and restoration but healing does not generally come from a dramatic miracle. More often it comes through a process of healing rather than the miracle. And often the Lord's healing and our healing will differ in time, effort and proceess.
Send us a Text Message.When you suffer with mental illness, it can be very difficult to see mortality as a perfect plan of exaltation? And yet what else could it be?
Send us a Text Message.When we suffer from mental health problems, it can be very difficult to feel forgiven. That is the nature of the illness. Depression and Anxiety are going to feel similar to sin. Yet there are ways we can work through this problem with the help of the Lord.
Send us a Text Message.Keeping yearly resolutions can be tough for anyone but when you suffer from an illness that effects your desires, motivations and intent, it can be nearly impossible. However, even with a mental health challenge there are ways to set goals that can keep us on track.
Send us a Text Message.You will meet him one day.
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