It isn’t always easy to say we’re not okay—especially as Christians.
Perhaps it’s a fear of being judged or discriminated against that’s holding us back. Or maybe we just don’t know how to respond when someone tells us that.
Here, young Australians share their lived experiences with mental health, and how their faith and the support they found in their trusted communities played an integral part in their ongoing recovery and healing.
View our art projects, illustrating truths and lessons about mental health and faith.
With repeated lockdowns, social distancing measures and travel restrictions never seeming to come to an end, mental health has come under the spotlight like never before. As believers, we are not immune to the mental and psychological woes that confront us in this challenging climate. So how do we make sense of mental ill-health (mental illnesses)?
Have you experienced any form of anxiety before? If yes, you’ll know how crippling it can get. Come and watch this video to know more, and we hope that you will find comfort to know that our Heavenly Father cares about you.
It isn’t always easy to say we’re not okay—especially as Christians.
Perhaps it’s a fear of being judged or discriminated against that’s holding us back. Or maybe we just don’t know how to respond when someone tells us that.
Do you know someone in church who is currently struggling with mental health issues? And you want to extend your support, but you just don’t know how?
Do you know someone in church who is currently struggling with mental health issues? And you want to extend your support, but you just don’t know how?
Struggling and not sure if anyone understands what you’re going through? Listen to Anxious Faith, a new podcast, to journey with six Aussies as they navigate life, faith, and anxiety. New episodes each Friday, so subscribe wherever you get podcasts or listen below!
