Sheree Braswell

     Hey Loves,      In the month of July, I shared on my Social Media my experiences with Bipolar and Dating, Mental Health and Education, and Mental Health and Ministry. I did Instastory posts on Instagram @sheree.p.braswell sharing my journey because I am not ready to blog or do a Youtube video fully about it but prayerfully one day I will. But I did want to write a blogpost about how it's been 7 years since my last hospitalization in psychiatric care! I've had four hospitalizations and ever since my last one in 2014, I realized that something was truly wrong with me that I had no control over. That I did have a mental illness and I needed to take care of my mental health. I've learned taking care of your mental health should be a priority just like your physical health should be and that it is just as important. I had to learn there is no shame in having a mental illness and I had to unlearn the myths and let go of the stigma around it. I had my id...

  My Reason & Excerpt from my book: "Introduction" WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK? I felt this book was so needed at such a time as this. Even though world is slowly opening back up again, people are left traumatized from the aftermath of being in quarantine. People's mental health have declined and I can relate so dearly. I wanted to be able to encourage at least ONE person that they are not alone in their journey and that they too can overcome! I wanted the person that is facing isolation, depression, anxiety etc to get the professional mental health services that they need and not feel alone or ashamed about it. I wanted a person to see that even in the midst of a pandemic that God can still favor them in rough seasons and that He is with them! I wanted them to know God loves and cares about them so dearly. Not only did I write this book, but I decided to write a Dear Pandemic series in which two more versions will be released soon so be on the lookout on how to survive thr...