A Season of Mustard Seeds
It's mental health awareness month and seeing as I most recently left my job to take care of my mental health, I feel like I have somewhat of a responsibility to speak on my suffering and my healing during this time. I've had chronic depression for 12 years, with the combination depression/anxiety for 9 of those 12 years. While I've had seasons of health, my idea of a healthy season can look a lot like someone else's mildly sad season. Over the last 2 years, I've been learning to accept that I will always have underlying depression because that's how my brain works. Even in my happy, thriving, no depressive symptoms, inward or outward, seasons it's always with me - so I've been working on making it a welcome friend instead of the guest who told you they were coming for the weekend but actually came to move in. I've been steadily working on this change with the help and support of my community. Unfortunately, my time as a chaplain resident ...