A God-Centered Approach to Anxious Teens
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After many months of battling anxiety, Pam had taken an overdose of pain medication and was rushed to hospital. Thankfully it wasn’t a fatal dose, and the next day she was transferred to a mental health unit for teens.
A week or so later, Pam returned home to her still-shocked parents. Pam’s attempted suicide had rocked them to the core and left them in the rubble of confusion, anger, fear, helplessness, and despair. They had attended some seminars for parents at the mental health unit while Pam was there and returned home with lots of leaflets and booklets, but they didn’t really know where to start. They called me and asked if I would meet with them. As they looked at me and then at Pam, their faces said, “We don’t know what to think, we don’t know what to say, and we don’t know what to do.” More Here
We are one of the most sick, depressed, anxious and stressed-out cultures in the world — and yet we are obsessed with longevity. It seems odd that we are obsessed with lifespan, but the quality of our life is usually, well, sucky? (Yes, that’s a medical term.) So what’s keeping us obsessed with trying to stay alive longer when we have yet to determine what would comprise our best life? More Here From Dr. David Weill
