All Behind A Smile

Life Beyond A Diagnosis

Mental Illness

Those two words are so loaded, aren’t they? Some people think mental illnesses aren’t real. Those people probably don’t have one. I wish mental illnesses weren’t real, some days. God made me this way though – so He must have had a reason. I don’t know why. Maybe if I did know it would be easier, but somehow I doubt it. In this section are various posts related to mental illness – behind the scenes tours of things that happen due to my illness, information, and things like that.

The Highlight Reel

Articles that have made a special impact on the audience of All Behind A Smile through the years, or are MUST READ material.

*Note* These articles are also found below, they are just “highlighted” in this section.

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Balancing Mental Health and Family Responsibilities

A look at the 3 stages and how to approach them

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Demonic Activity Versus Mental Illness

Time to open up your Bibles because these Biblically supported differences between demonic activity and mental illness are really eye opening

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Is Therapy a Good Fit for You?

5 benefits of therapy WITH a decision tree to help you decide whether or not to give therapy a try

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The Juggler

An analogy about living with mental illness that might surprise you in its simplicity

The Main Event

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Family/Friend Related

Every family has its struggles, and these are the mental health articles that are primarily relating to family/friend or family and/or friend issues.

A broken blue plate on the groundIndividual Focused
Primarily relating to mental health issues and struggles that affect oneself, these articles are focused on the individual person affected by mental illness – so even if reading for someone else, if only one person is the main topic then it would be here.
 

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Seasonal

If there is primarily a seasonal theme to a particular mental health article, it would be in this category.