mental health
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Trauma has a way of flattering you. It whispers that what you endured set you apart. That your pain sharpened you. That suffering granted you some private access to depth, insight, or authority the untouched could never have. And when you grow up needing meaning more than comfort, that idea sticks. So you cling to…
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Jeremiah says God already knows the plan. That line lands differently when your childhood was a demolition site…when trust was not a given but a gamble. When the adults meant to be load-bearing walls turned out to be paper props & you grew up sharp-eyed, feral with insight, suspicious of every promise. Hope sounds like…
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The devil rarely tempts you with anything that looks like evil. That would make it too easy. He comes offering what seems manageable. Reasonable. A small permission you can live with. I know this because I took those permissions. My fall didn’t begin with addiction or self-harm. It began with the quiet decision to override…
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For the next 12 days, we are returning to posts from the past that have been the most popular with YOU! Here’s our second post as a nod to our readers. There are 60 million survivors of childhood sexual crimes. One in nine don’t report. The real number of victims is staggering but no one…
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Modern psychology loves the term self-actualization. It sounds noble: becoming the best version of yourself, realizing your potential, living authentically. Maslow built his pyramid around it. Therapists sell it. Influencers turn it into morning routines and affirmations. But strip away the language, and you’ll see an old hunger dressed in new words, the same longing…
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For so long, my very own body felt like a ruined place. Desecrated. Not a temple but a tomb. I lived inside skin that felt haunted — a house where sickness pooled in the corners, where blackness spread across every wall. I did not trust it, did not belong to it, did not believe it…
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Each week we will answer an anonymous message received at BitsnB1218@gmail.com or through DM. There are 60 million survivors of childhood sexual crimes. One in nine don’t report. The real number of victims is staggering but no one wants to talk about it. We will. If you need anonymous advice from Jesus’ girls coming through…
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Moments of reflection — what better way to start a week. Chronic physical pain has been with me since I was a child. I have also lived with severe PTSD. A childhood wrought with murder, confusion, and constant physical, emotional and sexual abuse left its course surging through my veins. Chronic physical pain and PTSD…
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Have you ever experienced moments where your spiritual journey seems to hit a plateau—even when you’re earnestly seeking a deeper connection with Jesus? It’s natural for our hearts to face both breakthroughs and slow stretches along the path of faith. Sometimes, you feel an overwhelming surge of grace that reshapes your inner world, and other…
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Healing takes a mindset of growth. As a seed becomes a plant, there is visible change. The same was true in my life. The more I healed, the more everything starting to look just a little bit different. Many of my relationships in life took drastic turns: from the men I dated, to the people…