Author: David E. Oliver
Source: ezinearticles.com

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness and mental disorders in general are controversial in many Christian circles. Although physical disabilities are readily accepted in Christianity, bipolar disorder is a "hidden handicap", and not easily accepted.For example, if the psychotic symptoms of bipolar disorder – such as hallucinations and delusions (and paranoia) – exhibited during a manic episode , the person "have demons," and in some churches, tried to vote can be as demons.In other churches can be charged with bipolar disorder is denied as a disease of all valid, while in others the person with the disease, the defendant be "invented", causing confusion for the person who was a medical diagnosis or psychiatrist.Should Word in the Church that the bipolar individual, that person can feel the ugliness of the scar, he was known around all the people do not understand or fear . The stigma surrounding mental illness overcome the stigma of old fears – such as race, religion or skin color – such as education and time, have replaced old fears. In some churches, the person must be avoided, and other churches, the person, bipolar, may be expelled from there, because people fear and ignorance of mental illness in bipolar disorder in general and specific.Even friends and other interested members of the Church as a person can ask the questions "Are, bipolar, you sure have bipolar disorder? "At that point, the individual with bipolar disorder, including its diagnosis same question," Maybe you should pray about it, "and can continue to offer the individual could do this;. But if they are not "cured" of their illness (because there is no cure for bipolar disorder, divine or not), they can start their own faith issue. "I am a good Christian," you may ask, "Why did not God cure my bipolar disorder? "You can also ask:" If I have so much confidence, because I still have this disease? "Then the question of their faith (a fundamental principle of the Christian Church), further confusion by the individual because of bipolar disorder. It has caused some to stop praying, and others are moving away from Christianity entirely.The worst problem with Christianity, however, if a religious leader of the Christian dutifully take their medicine, assuring them he says: ". God will heal you "This may be a matter of life or death for the individual with bipolar disorder. If you turn off their medication, have a good chance of going to a bipolar episode, and a greater likelihood of suicidal thoughts (and the possible transmission of these ideas.) demons after having driven out of them that do not exist, not be accused of something for which she was diagnosed, stigmatized into question their faith, and (at worst) can remove the drug from the ' inheritance of their religious leaders – these are some of the problems that a person with bipolar disorder when they are confronted with a Christian.

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