Comments on: The problem with “mental illness” https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Sundown https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-50340 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:40:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-50340 I don’t have a problem with someone suffering from mental illness until they use it to get away with control, abuse, manipulation, crime, and even murder. There HAS to be a line drawn somewhere.

]]> By: Jakob McGraw https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-50093 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:29:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-50093 Paul had it correct every day should be a renewing of your mind in Gods word! If you focus solely on Jesus and the word of God you’d mind will be new and the devil will flee from you!

]]> By: Jakob McGraw https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-50092 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:23:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-50092 So you lost me at your step to which is based on science which clearly is the arts of Babylon which Daniel would not act in he stuck to prayer! And his know that God can heal all things! Are system of education reflects the Babylonian systems! Which was in no part anything to do with God his word or his commands! God YHWH in Hebrew is almighty and can heal any man of anything! All mental illness I believe roots from deying God his holiness amoungst ourselves! It is a product of sin and in some way I believe that it goes back to being possess by demons! Our society denies most of the time demons exist! But news flash Jesus walked around half of his ministry casting demons out of sick people! They were must I say everywhere! The devils tacked has not changed! He still has legends of demons that do prey on sinful people! That do take over peoples minds! This isn’t a new concept either it’s ancient in fact! But for some reason we as a society want to believe science which is what less then a 1000 years old! Get your heads straight! We are in the end times as we talk over the internet miles from each other! We need to desperately take steps back and realize all science has done is give those controlling demons a new name and then feed you drugs to make you feel like they are not there! All while they are dragging your happy not sober minded buts to hell!

]]> By: Angelina https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-49690 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:26:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-49690 Yet God even uses what Satan does for our good and His glory!

]]> By: David Murray > Mental health experts on faith and mental illness | Innovate For Jesus | Grow the Church https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-48184 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:13:12 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-48184 […] discussion about limitations of the term “mental illness” you can read The Problem with “Mental Illness” and Double Dangers: Maximizing and Minimizing Mental […]

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-46558 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:01:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-46558 Thanks for these kind words Heath. I’m glad we are getting closer to understanding one another.

]]> By: Heath Lambert https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-46541 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:41:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-46541 David,

I just stumbled on this little article, and found it to be very helpful and clarifying. I am grateful for your careful work here. I think this lays out most of the reasons why Christians find it so challenging to speak about these issues. I also think it explains why well-intended Believers find it easy to speak past one another (even you, and I on occasion!). Thanks very much for writing this.

I’m grateful for you,

Heath.

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-30467 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:30:38 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-30467 The first thing I’d note is that it’s dated. A lot has happened on that front since 2006. Also, note that the question is frequently framed as “What conclusive/incontrovertible proof…?” No credible doctor will say that there’s no evidence of a biological or physical component. Lastly, remember that there were many areas of medicine without conclusive proofs for years (e.g. diabetes, MS). However, doctors have to work from symptoms and what works with experimental meds until conclusive tests are developed.

]]> By: Kathleen A. Peck (@purisomniapura) https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-30409 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:20:07 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-30409 What do you think of this Dr. Murray ..psychiatrists saying not only is there no tests to diagnose but also that no one can be cured?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bguQkX1M1Pg&list=WL3A6802A0DA57CC93

]]> By: Cate R. https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/15/the-problem-with-mental-illness/#comment-27211 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:33:29 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12712#comment-27211 I just wanted to say thank you for this. I found this blog post and started reading the series. I go back and forth all the time about whether or not it’s acceptable for me, as a Christian, to at least partially submit to the idea that there are forces beyond my control involved in why I have pretty much always been depressed, as well as anxious and panicky. This is a very biblically balanced look at it. I take medication but have at times been in near torment about whether or not it’s ok. But anyway, it’s not like everything is peachy when I’m on it, the medication just takes me from incessant despair to occasional despair that I can bounce back from and lead what is closer to a normal life. I don’t think I’ll ever know, this side of earth, why I am the way I am. I went through abuse and neglect as a child, along with serious drug addiction before becoming a Christian, but it’s very possible there’s pre-existing factors too. No medication or understanding of mental illness could ever take away my state of neediness for God, so it helps to hear the way it’s articulated here.

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