WHEN will you understand the PAIN

About the Book

This book is dedicated to born-again believers who believe in God, yet, due to mental health challenges contemplate or complete suicide. The hope is to help erase the stigma associated with church goers who have or do entertain suicidal thoughts. This author dedicated this book to family members who have mental illness and to the family who has been silent about it for decades. Family, whoever you are, you do not have to be silent anymore. To others who let society complicate your life, know you’re not alone in this struggle and there is a solution, pray to God and talk to a therapist or a counselor, there’s nothing wrong with getting help.

About the Author

Pittsburgh born native Preacher, teacher, prophetic voice to the local church she serves. Rev. Dr. Tammy is committed to serving God, and is affectionately known by her Christ Temple of Pittsburgh Church family, has a heart for equipping others to understand mental health and the challenges individuals face in various arenas, including faith-based organizations. Rev. Dr. Tammy, a former Mental HealthFirst Aid (MHFA) trainer while employed at Pittsburgh Mercy has with her co-workers trained many adults in mental health first aid, training included Adult, Child and Adolescent, Military/Veterans, Enforcement/Public Safety/Corrections, Clergy MHFA. These pieces of training involved staff from Pittsburgh public schools, Faith-Based organizations, Foster Care agencies, Technical Institutes, etc. Having come to the very edge of developing an anxiety disorder and having experienced an anxiety attack two decades before. Rev. Dr. Tammy has been inspired to share the “pain” in hopes others will become more cognizant of what that pain looks like and become educated on how to assist an individual in coping with that “pain”. Having worked in the field of mental health for decades, Rev. Dr. Tammy has seen first hand the devastation mental illness can cause in an individual’s life and the impact it has on their loved ones. Journey through the pages of this book to be enlightened as to how you can help during this pandemic and the weight it has placed on families globally...If you or those you love have been affected by this pandemic, You are NOT alone...Mental health DOES Matter.