[Depression And Faith]

I am bipolar type II and also have mild schizophrenia. All of my friends and family know because they are my safety line. Your friends are going to be your safety line, and as such, it is beneficial if they know.

There is nothing to be ashamed of. Tell them the same way you would tell them about any other health problem.

You could even give them a copy of this to help "break the ice."

Now that artical was wonderful, it made me feel a bit better, and for you to share that with me has helped. I guess the stigma of having well a mental illness does make me feel ashamed and that artical made it clear I am not to blame, as it stated would I be blamed for having cancer or heart problems? To put it in a catigory of illness and not weakness helps. Thank you for your suport in that.

[Depression And Faith]

So I have a question, I have have been diagnosed with depression for many, many years and now know why I feel so bad most days (now on some sort of new anti-depression drug and it helps so much) but how does one go about telling friends in church about something like this? I really need to find other members who suffer this, as my member friends seem not to, any ideas?