This post is about Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. It might be the most helpful book I’ve ever read, for helping me manage my mental illness. I believe there’s overlap between different mental health diagnoses and so what helps a person with one diagnosis might help people with other diagnoses too. That’s why …
I realize the Bible says of God, in some circumstances, “I am a jealous God”. Nevertheless, this is what I believe – God is pleased and not jealous when we love the people he put in our lives for us to love and for them to love us. God is delighted and not jealous when …
I’ve been an advocate of CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy) for years now. It taught me to ask myself, when I’m feeling negative emotions, “What thought is behind these emotions?” And having got there, I could address that thought in ways that helped me feel better/get unstuck.