ranting

Yes this is a rant and yes it may get controversial but I need to write this

I have noticed two things...there is a lack of christian resources for rape survivors and those dealing with mental illness. I also have noticed when surfing christian sites even ones like crosswalk rape is not mentioned and mental illness is talked about as a lack of faith.

People who have no issue with going to the doctor for a cold or taking insulin for diabetes consider going to therapy or taking anti-depressants a lack of faith. People who want murderers and robbers punished blame rape victims. Rape victims are often treated as criminals.

Antidepressants saved my life. I fully believe God worked through my doctor and those meds. In the year from my rape to starting seroquel....its amazing I survived. I saw the world in black and white....all the color was gone. I had nightmares. I used a nightlight. I was scared of my own shadow. Didn't want to leave the house. Slept in the hall with Ellie. Now I see in color...I am in a place where I can concentrate on healing. No those meds aren't a miracle but they greatly help. My years of therapy have also helped. God has worked through those medications, my therapist, my doctor.

Would you tell someone with cancer to not undergo chemo? or someone with diabetes to not take insulin? So why tell someone with depression, anxiety or PTSD to not take anti-depressants, anti-pyschotics or whatever

This time last year I was suicidal, flashbacks ruled my life and it seemed like residential treatment was the only option. This year I am still struggling but I am not a danger to myself and I have hope

Christians get raped, they get depression, they suffer PTSD. And they shouldn't have to hide or be afraid of the response of other Christians. THey should be accepted in their churches and prayed for and over just as those with cancer, heart disease etc are.

Those issues impact my life as much as my cystic fibrosis, heart issues etc except that I fight depression and PTSD on my own. I am overcoming rape on my own.

Learn from me. Dont hide. And don't treat people like me as heathens with no faith.