Message To Youth: It's All Okay

“It’s exactly the same no matter what a person’s religious background may be, the same God for all of us, acting the same incredibly generous way to everyone who calls out for help. Everyone who calls, ‘Help, God!’ Gets help. (The Message Bible) Sunday night I went back to the church I grew up in and talked to the youth group about mental health. It was a surreal experience to know that X-Files is still popular and cosplay makes me cool - it was not so cool to be a nerd in the mid 90s. I am trying to not think about my own youth group years with regret. I did feel victorious eating dinner with the teens like a normal person; I was so stuck in the eating disorder back then, memories of teenage meals are not pleasant. I thought I would share some of my notes. I tend to write a lot to prepare for a presentation but never get to cover nearly all of it. I focused on giving encouragement to decrease the sting of stigma even more so than usual. ~~~~~~~~~~ No matter how