Mental Health - The Praying Woman https://theprayingwoman.com/health-wellness/mental-health/ A Lifestyle Blog For Christian Women Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:00:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://theprayingwoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Webp.net-resizeimage-110x110.png Mental Health - The Praying Woman https://theprayingwoman.com/health-wellness/mental-health/ 32 32 The Pandemic, Friendship, and The Longing For Community https://theprayingwoman.com/the-pandemic-friendship-and-the-longing-for-community/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 02:02:55 +0000 https://theprayingwoman.com/?p=48570

Many of us are longing for community like never before. My prayer for me, is a prayer for all of us: I pray that God will bring comfort to all of us.

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grieving spouse

The past six months has been the most devastating six months of my life. I lost my well paid job due to health reasons and 2 ½ months later I lost my oldest brother in a tragic accident. My life was broken beyond comprehension and my spirit was crushed. It wasn’t because I was not [...]

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]]> 4 Ways to Avoid The Spirit of Depression https://theprayingwoman.com/4-ways-to-avoid-the-spirit-of-depression/ https://theprayingwoman.com/4-ways-to-avoid-the-spirit-of-depression/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:35:12 +0000 http://theprayingwoman.com/?p=21788
spirit of depression

Whatever you're going through right now, please know that you don't have to go through it alone.

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Things You Shouldn't Say to Someone Who is Depressed

Here are 5 Things You Shouldn't Say to Someone Who is Depressed. Words can either lift someone up or tear someone down. Let your words heal, not wound!

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emotions

Here are 3 Ways To Take Control of Your Emotions During Difficult Times... Whenever you feel like giving up, remind yourself ...

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Black Woman grieving

I know it’s going to take a miracle, but if anybody can do it, I know God can!

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how to To Heal Emotional Pain

Here are ten Things You Should Do To Heal Emotional Pain... Ignoring it, doesn't fix it and sometimes "going with the flow" only gets you so far.

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For most of my life growing up I struggled with depression and mental health related issues. At the age of sixteen I became frustrated with my life and my depression began to overpower my faith. I began to engage in self-mutilating behaviors and I became more enticed by the idea of death by suicide. I [...]

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Stages of Grief

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven… A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. –Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 4  Most often, the emotion of grief is associated with losing a loved one to death. I’ve learned in this [...]

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]]> Too Blessed To Be Stressed: 7 Ways To Shake Stress https://theprayingwoman.com/too-blessed-to-be-stressed-7-ways-to-shake-stress/ https://theprayingwoman.com/too-blessed-to-be-stressed-7-ways-to-shake-stress/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 05:44:43 +0000 http://theprayingwoman.com/?p=10798
too blessed to be stressed

Here are 7 Ways To Shake Stress... The moment you begin to stress, close your eyes, open your heart, pray, and let it go.

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