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Mental Health Is A Gift From God

 Saw the following image on Facebook posted by the Mormon Church:

My first thought was, really. My screwed up mental health is a gift from God. How did this happen. God gave me the depression and anxiety to go along with it. God made me hallucinate things, see and hear things that aren't there. That's just great. Should I thank Him? How would that even look?

I can see it now, thank you God for giving me a screwed-up brain. I love going through these trials every day of my life. There's no other thing I would rather deal with than these trials, so thank you.

Then there are all the things you can do to help your mental health:

  1. Take a moment each day to calm your mind.
  2. Spend time with family, friends, or community.
  3. Pray, meditate, or give thanks.
  4. Sleep well, eat nutritiously, and exercise.
No mention of taking your medications. Heaven knows I need my medications every day or else I would really go nuts. No mention of seeing a therapist. This church believes you can just pray it away, whatever it is. Or meditate even. In reality this is not the case. No amount of praying will fix my mental illness. No matter how hard I exercise or meditate, or hang out with family and friends, it will not correct that which is wrong with my brain.

I don't care who you are. If you believe a church can cure you of your mental illness better than a doctor can treat you, you've got something else coming to you. If God did indeed give me my mental health challenges, it must have been done for a reason. I am not going to get better from them. I can only hope to sooth some of the breakdowns I feel, or the relapses I have.

Don't go to a religion when a doctor is needed. You wouldn't visit a dentist to fix your car now would you. No, I didn't think so.
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