Not What I Prayed For – A Blog by Barry Poppleton

Tag: Emotional Well-being

  • Infertility in a Family-Centered Church

    Barry

    Unless you have infertility, I don’t think it would be very easy to understand it. For the first few years of our marriage, we were just waiting to have kids. Then we decided to start trying, and then we tried and tried and tried and tried, and we’re still trying. We haven’t given up. But… Read more

  • What Depression Looked Like for Me

    Barry

    Depression looks different for everybody. I know that nobody knew what I was going through, and it would only surface every so often with my wife. I think she thought something might be wrong be she didn’t really know. I knew something was wrong, and I tried to hide it. And I tried to pray… Read more

  • My Struggle with Mental Health

    Barry

    I really hate to admit this, but I have struggled with mental health. I have always considered myself an optimist, and I’m pretty sure that’s what got me into trouble. I never once thought about mental health or depression or anxiety at all. I had heard about people who were struggling, and I always felt… Read more