... be rational and reasonable enough that help can be offered and expected. Still, even with these observations, I believe the category of mental illness is useful, even essential for Christians in western culture. With a ... service to Christian compassion? This same question is present for physical illness as well. The Bible is a prescientific book, and most of contemporary understanding of human ...

... My daughter's inner mind (nous) is affected by her illness, for sure just as my nous is affected by the fact that I have fibromyalgia, but it itself is perhaps more whole and sane ... . Personal cleanliness and grooming can be a struggle for a person with mental illness, simply because they have so much else on their plate. I sometimes wonder if there isn't something about the biochemical ...

... a sad state of affairs. There is no need for all that stigma out there in society towards those with a mental illness. I feel that one reason for all that stigma ... illness as deranged violent people. Movies, novels, TV shows all give false information ... present the facts to society but that will not change their attitude towards mental illness. We can bombard society with the proper information ...

... physical solitude definitely contributes to their vocations to wholeness and emotional/mental well-being. There should be no doubt about this, and it should be clear to all who meet them. It should assist them in loving ... not amenable to life as a hermit. On the other hand, some forms of mental illness would (or rather, could) do quite well in an eremitical setting so long as the anachoresis ( ...

... own repugnance for himself. Some days I wonder if I can ever forgive myself too. I hear over and over this question: Is mental illness a moral issue? Some days it is and some days it ... humbly recognize that I am just not that powerful. The only solution I have ever experienced that has arrested my mental despair is just so simple people don't believe me when I tell them unless they seek ...

... a motivation. In that case, his Muslim identity is relevant. But if he did it out of other motives - say, mental illness - then his Muslim ID means nothing. That's my take. Yours? ... dopamine receptors. No, those possibilities are open to Infidels. But for you, the Muslim suffering mental disarray (that kind which does not come from being a Muslim, living in a non-Muslim society and furious that ...