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While the stigma surrounding mental health is slowly starting to break away as people discuss their problems more openly, it’s still a topic that can be tough to shed light on, particularly in Christian circles. The church has unfortunately been late to the game in understanding the physical and chemical components of mental health issues that can’t always be prayed away or healed with “enough faith.”
But that’s not to negate the fact that reliance on God can play a HUGE role in tackling the fear-rooted monster that is anxiety head-on.
In a vulnerable Q&A interview in Knoxville, Tennessee, singer Lauren Daigle bravely decided to reveal her own battles with anxiety in an effort to remove the “taboo” label surrounding these important types of conversations.
When a fan asked Daigle how to cope with anxiety, the Grammy-award-winning artist spoke freely about how she handles crippling episodes of anxiety in her own life.
And the chart-topping songstress is far from alone in her struggle. In fact, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in America, affecting 40 million adults (or 18 [percent] of the population each year), according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Sadly only about one-third of sufferers ever seek treatment.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m an anxious person, until anxiety comes,” Daigle explained. “It happens a lot…There are times when it’s like ‘this isn’t me!’ ”