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Episode 12: Mental Health and Spiritual Gifts

Episode 12: Mental Health and Spiritual Gifts

FromBetwixt and Between


Episode 12: Mental Health and Spiritual Gifts

FromBetwixt and Between

ratings:
Length:
89 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Betwixt and Between discuss mental illness, mental health, whether Witches and Pagans are "crazy," and, perhaps most vehemently of all, when and how we should reach out to people we think might need help. Drawing on their backgrounds of both personal and professional experience, they try to unpack the anxieties many may feel about seeking help for mental health problems, and offer suggestions for seeking resources. 
If you or someone you love is struggling with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, a more severe diagnosis like bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, or is in an abusive situation, PLEASE reach out for help, and keep reaching out to different resources until someone listens. You are not alone, and there is hope out there for you.
Purely for informational purposes: The Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnosis website
Guide to developing a resources list for your area
Items you'll definitely want to include:
-Any community mental health clinics
-the number for your local Department of Children's Services
-the number(s) for any organizations established to aid victims of sexual assault or abuse
-the number(s) for any organizations or shelters for people dealing with domestic abuse, starting with a local YWCA
-the number(s) for any local crisis hotlines or walk-in crisis centers (always take someone to the ER if you don't have one of these in your area)
-the local suicide hotline number
-information such as numbers and websites for resources to help those without insurance
        Here are some things you might find helpful in that regard: 

therapists.psychologytoday.comhttp://www.mentalhealth.gov/ (resource locator)
State medicare contact number
Local health department apt to have low cost healthcare resourceshttp://www.samhsa.gov/find-helphttps://ncadd.org/affiliate-network/find-an-affiliate
Released:
Aug 13, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (71)

Not fitting in is a pretty common state of being for most Pagans and Witches, but what do you do when you're not quite dark enough for the all-Underworld-all-the-time crowd, but you're definitely not Wiccan enough for the Merry Meet crowd? When you really love coming together in real life with like-minded practitioners, but your schedule is dictated by playdates, laundry loads, and the precious moments of adult conversation or pursuit of some kind of career beyond wiping noses and bums? And when your practice of the Craft itself is at its most fulfilling and powerful when you are in the in-between places--dawn, twilight, midnight, a foggy beach, the edge of a forest, a space in the hedge? It's hard to describe, but it's exhilerating: the creative tension when and where you are about to cross over, from one world to the next, one time to the next, one role to the next. Life is constant change and flux, and in this miasma we shape ourselves and our reality. Come explore it all as we have, two modern, down-to-earth, real-life-concerns, practicing Witches, in the conversations of Betwixt and Between.