Tag: filpino
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Husband’s reaction to mental illness
I joke a lot about how my husband wouldn’t survive if we got a divorce. In my defense, he also jokes about how he isn’t able to function without my help either. While playful banter comes easy to us on a daily basis, mustering up the courage to tell him about my depression felt next…
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Series: Asking for help – Part 4: Alternative therapy & medicine
This is part four of a four part series, on helping yourself (or someone you know) with a mental crisis. If you haven’t read my first post, you can catch up here. I was not an alternative medicine believer. To be quite honest, I scoffed at the thought of using anything besides Western medicine. I…
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Series: Asking for help – Part 2: Resources
Welcome back! This is part two of a four part series, on helping yourself (or someone you know) with a mental crisis. If you haven’t read my first post, you can catch up here. To be quite honest, I have not utilized medical health professionals enough in my own life. Most of the time, I…
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What is mental health
Prior to my diagnoses, I didn’t know anything about mental health. It wasn’t something I had ever had interest in or cared to learn about. If someone I knew talked about their mental illness, I chalked it up to them being weak and thought they should “snap out of it.” Awful, right? It comes as…
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Blog launch – It’s here!
Welcome to the official blog launch of The Filipino Mom! I cannot find the right words to express the amount of gratitude I feel to be able to share my experiences with you. God has put this blog on my heart for a while now. As per usual, my obedience is slow coming. I pray…