My EEG is in two days, right in the middle of our church revival! So there's a praise right there--that this EEG is just a couple hours long, not a couple days long, because I do NOT want to come to church with wires sticking out of my head!
Today is also World Mental Health Day. It is a day to check in on your friends and make sure they are okay. As a Christian, I recognize that there is a fine line between "embracing mental health" and replacing Jesus/the Bible with self-love and care. In fact, when I was struggling the hardest with my mental health (in high school), it was the Bible that brought me back into equilibrium. Since my stroke, I've struggled with anxiety and depression on and off. Every bit of the depression has been spiritual (my focus gets off God and onto myself), but the anxiety is physical (based on an imbalance in my gut/brain). No amount of "casting my care onto Jesus" makes this anxiety go away, because I'm not wringing my hands, worried about stuff. It's more of a brain overwhelm brain shutdown. My gut/brain probiotic helps! And I recognize some triggers and can prepare/prevent some anxiety, but ever since my stroke, I've dealt with this. So on a scale of ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 where ❤️ is amazing and 💜 is terrible, today I am 💛.