Mental Health

Life & Death

Living with my brother’s suicide: Remembering God’s goodness and mercy

I was finishing up my work day when my phone rang. The voice on the other end was distraught. “Your brother is gone.” For some reason, these words from my mum didn’t quite register. I would...

Mental Health

Truer Words for the troubled mind

We live in a terribly noisy world. Most days, we wake up only to face a bombardment of notifications – emails, social media posts, text messages… the works. It seems as if there is always...

Tech

At 22, I fear about the dangers that my generation faces

I first fell for porn at 11 years old. A few classmates started talking about it after we had sex education classes. Out of curiosity, I searched for it myself. Then I got hooked. I stole a look at...

Mental Health

Mended by love: A mental health professional offers hope and help

This was a response written to a story we ran earlier this month: “There are more like Jarrid: Why I’m breaking the silence at 30”. Last Friday night, I skipped cell group and headed...

Surveys & Reports

Can a stranger save someone from suicide? Conversations on strengthening communities

“I want to offer an insider’s view of what it is like to be suicidal. To try to help you understand what it is like and how does a person get to that place.” Speaking at the Samaritans of...

Mental Health

Learning to love myself when others called me fat

When I was studying in China, there were many occasions when sales assistants would just ignore me whenever I walked into shops or boutiques around my university. When they did take notice of me,...

Discipleship

What are you hiding from God?

It’s strange looking back and realising just how much my Christian life was driven by my struggle with pornography. I can’t remember the number of times I would masturbate on a Saturday night,...

Mental Health

How can the Church journey alongside people struggling with mental illness?

“I remember that evening when my depression actually emerged in a very conscious way,” said Dr Tan Soo Inn, chairman of Graceworks, at The Church and Mental Wholeness Conference last week. He...

Mental Health

What do I say to someone with suicidal thoughts?

When coming into contact with someone at risk, the last thing you’d want is for that person to feel like we’re pushing them away. But what if, unknowingly, our words or actions end up making a...