tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post7519887494346857698..comments2022-12-08T08:55:26.122-08:00Comments on sixinthesticks: What I Want You to Know About Mental Illness, Social Media and Community Nacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00895935638466741365noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-72317537532549184432014-04-01T11:00:16.336-07:002014-04-01T11:00:16.336-07:00Perhaps God has created us in an array of qualitie...Perhaps God has created us in an array of qualities even more varied than we care to accept as a society. Perhaps you are not "mentally ill" but incredibly gifted in a sensitivity that most of us don't have. And perhaps that sensitivity is given so that you hear things in people's hearts and from God's heart that most of us miss in our pom pom dancing around. We need your sensitivity. By developing a way to care for yourself and your incredibly sensitive heart, perhaps, my friend, you are ministering to those around you as you discover healthy ways to make available what the Lord is pouring through you. I have always loved the heart that comes through in your words. I consistently hear your heart and the Lord's as I read what you courageously post. Thank you!Karin Deavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-22974421904741754692014-03-23T12:49:40.544-07:002014-03-23T12:49:40.544-07:00I totally understand this, Nacole, I do. Perhaps n...I totally understand this, Nacole, I do. Perhaps not to the same extent as you, but I have felt that anxiety, that crushing paralysis, that breathlessness. And you are right, social media exacerbates social anxiety and overwhelmedness in me, too. I feel your pain and have been there. Thank you for expressing your heart and struggles so authentically.Michelle DeRushahttp://michellederusha.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-73569392607511964552014-03-21T12:41:35.967-07:002014-03-21T12:41:35.967-07:00I think Social Media often does more harm than goo...I think Social Media often does more harm than good. It allows us to be someone we aren't which leads to hiding and coverup. And then we are honest, it brings shame. I just think we should all take a breather from it and watch what we are doing.David Ruperthttp://www.redletterbelievers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-23586171292518348242014-03-21T10:13:44.540-07:002014-03-21T10:13:44.540-07:00Nacole, thank you for writing these words. They sp...Nacole, thank you for writing these words. They speak of rest and freedom to just be who God made YOU to be - unashamed! You shine, friend. I can really relate to you in so many ways of the fear and anxiety. Wanting to hide because everything just feels harder than for a 'normal' person because of a 'label.' We are more than a label, friend. God knows us inside and out and He is patient with us, not asking us to do more than we're able. He gets to define us. We are loved! I'm so with you, friend! You're not alone.Paula Gamblehttp://paulagamble.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-3837652548070460752014-03-21T06:50:07.527-07:002014-03-21T06:50:07.527-07:00Oh My... I feel like you just explained me :) came...Oh My... I feel like you just explained me :) came here from outside the city gates link on FB, happy to have found a kindred spirit.<br />I have started countless blogs and endeavors, only to fall apart when they start to take off. And yet I have a problem thinking I'm not doing enough if I stay on the small scale... It's a contestant struggle of staying true to who we are, and being ok with that. Thanks for pouring out your heart!crnnoelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-28702770909822611532014-03-19T23:13:01.986-07:002014-03-19T23:13:01.986-07:00I know this anxiety so well and it's why every...I know this anxiety so well and it's why every other day, I'm certain I'm going to quit writing/engaging in social media (and sometimes leaving the house too). Even this morning, I woke up panicked and thinking I can't do this anymore - other people's thoughts (or what I imagine their thoughts to be) are just too overwhelming. Thank you for writing this beautiful, encouraging piece. It was just what I needed to read this morning.Ruth Poveyhttp://ruthpovey.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-14825670261054644912014-03-19T18:23:03.624-07:002014-03-19T18:23:03.624-07:00Thank you for your words, Nacole. Love how you tal...Thank you for your words, Nacole. Love how you talk about light breaking forth in the darkness. Yes.mercynotesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-3524110082835739562014-03-19T18:03:41.780-07:002014-03-19T18:03:41.780-07:00Nacole, this is heart-wrenching and beautiful. I l...Nacole, this is heart-wrenching and beautiful. I love what you say about all the ways to be light and of the freedom that Christ desires for each one, knowing us individually intimately and in all our intricacies. We can far too easily believe there is one way to do this walking with Jesus and writing and living thing. You are so brave and eloquent, friend, and I love you.Ashley Tolins Larkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-56413261353359006302014-03-19T15:40:10.898-07:002014-03-19T15:40:10.898-07:00You wrote a hard thing beautifully Nacole. I'm...You wrote a hard thing beautifully Nacole. I'm so proud of you. And your words are life giving to so many, thank you.Shelly Millerhttp://redemptionsbeauty.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-49432116209873392362014-03-19T11:52:38.062-07:002014-03-19T11:52:38.062-07:00Nicole - you just spoke my language and shared God...Nicole - you just spoke my language and shared God's freedom with me in a very personal way. I appreciate you so much. As you know, I too have much difficulty with overstimulation, my follow-through is awful, do not say multi-task, I have to make tons of room for rest between activity, pacing is my new of living since brain surgery eleven years ago and the resulting brain injury that changed me forever. It has been a long road back to discovering where and how I can share my life with others, and I so long to charge out there and just shout about all the good things God has done for me! Being reminded again here that even if it is in the kitchen with my granddaughter or the garden with my husband, God made me this way and it is good. I am so glad you share about the hard things, because God is most evident in your life when I learn more about the hard times he has been there for you and brought you through. I can shake my head up and down and say, "there's hope for me too."Kelly Greernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-76906150864983126512014-03-19T10:30:11.661-07:002014-03-19T10:30:11.661-07:00"...for those of us, I believe God wants us t..."...for those of us, I believe God wants us to know-- it is so very okay to be a light in your own quiet way." Nacole, I honestly really needed to read this today. I'm co-leading a FB page with another and struggling with how I believe her words, her prayers, are so much more powerful than mine and think I must be letting everyone else down. But...yes...I needed this reminder that "it's okay to be a light in my own quiet way." He isn't wanting me to be her. Be me. Who He created me to be. I just love you, friend. Sending hugs your way. I hope one day we will meet in person. Much love.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108147564771067205.post-68060027626350981372014-03-19T10:15:20.438-07:002014-03-19T10:15:20.438-07:00Nacole...thanks for sharing that quote...I love......Nacole...thanks for sharing that quote...I love...love it. And more than this...I love hearing you here...I love the healing I see...the blooming of a delicate flower...opening wider and wider to the Son. bloom on sweet sister!!!ro elliotthttp://tuningmyhearttopraise.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com