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In the Fellowship of His Suffering: A Theological Interpretation of Mental Illness – A Focus on ”Schizophrenia”

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These are my reflections on those Scriptures that God has used to comfort me as I have travelled through the "valleys of Shadow of death." I am hoping that they will comfort those fellow-travelers who are going through the wilderness of life. At times, I will also write blogs relevant to mental illness, particularly as it relates to issues of faith, theology and community. All Scriptures used here will be from New American Standard Bible, unless otherwise specified.
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The New Medicated Generation

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Elahe Hessamfar

We are a nation lost in our own self-worship, reaching for straws to pull ourselves out of pain and despair, hoping that somehow we can find the route to self-enforced transcendence, even if it means medicating ourselves toward that goal. Most of us refuse to accept that the void can only be ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Personal Reflection, Research Tagged: anxiety, childhood, Depression, Despair, Medication

Depression and Desperate Treatments

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Elahe Hessamfar

Depression is a soul-wrenching, dark, and dreadful illness.  Those suffering from depression, encounter such despair and hopelessness that makes them desperate for solutions in search of healing. The cause of depression is not yet known. Most people have bought into the medical narrative of a broken ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Personal Reflection, Research Tagged: Depression, Ketamine, soul-care

The Passing Vanities of Life

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Elahe Hessamfar

And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish. I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it. Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing. ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Devotional Tagged: Christianity, Darkness, Depression, Faith, God, King David, Psalm 39, Vanity, wisdom

Goth Teens, Depression, and Self-harm

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Elahe Hessamfar

A recently published scientific research in The Lancet Psychiatry claims that, The dark look associated with Goths may not be all show: Teens in this subculture appear more prone to depression and self-harm than their peers, researchers report. Fifteen-year-olds who strongly identified as Goth -- ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Research Tagged: Depression, Goth subculture, Gothic, Mental Illness, self-harm, Spiritual warfare, Teens

Despairing Even of Life

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Elahe Hessamfar

For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves in order that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Devotional Tagged: 2 Corinthians, Depression, Despair, Foresakeness, Helplessness, Sovereignty of God, Suffering, Suicide

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