Category Archives: mental health note

I Want to Help People Purchase Mental Wealth

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Steve Simms

There are many thieves that constantly strive to steal our mental wealth — the riches of inner peace, contentment, satisfaction, joy, appreciation, gratitude, harmonious relationships, and self-control. Most of us humans have never learned to successfully set up a security … Continue reading →

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No Apathy Is My Strategy

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Steve Simms

My strategy for mental health and well-being is to have no apathy. I strive to keep my heart filled with kindness, caring, and compassion so that I can help people by humbly speaking the truth in love. (Ephesians 4:14) It’s … Continue reading →

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Surgery to Remove Troubling Thoughts

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Steve Simms

I let someone RegularlyDo surgery On me. He removes The anguish From my heart. His name is Jesus.Focusing onA troubling thoughtCan make you distraughtAnd filled with anguish.Casting all your caresOn the risen Christ–Fully trusting HimTo give you His peace–Will make … Continue reading →

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My Brain is My Favorite Thing (I Work Hard to Keep it Free from Trash)

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Steve Simms

As you read my blog posts you are receiving thoughts into your brain. That’s how media works. Whatever you read, hear, or see is received into your brain and piles up in your memory. All of that accumulates in the … Continue reading →

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It’s Dear to Know That I Belong

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Steve Simms

When you know you belong You truly get along. Let Jesus make you strong And forgive all your wrong So He can sing His song Within you and through you. To know about Jesus is to know some theology. To … Continue reading →

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Healing From Mental and Emotional Pain

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Steve Simms

Mental and emotional pain by any other name–heartache, sorrow, grief, depression, heartbreak, disappointment, sadness, distress, agony, misery, suffering, or torment–feels the same. As human beings we’ve all said or done things that have caused others pain and we’ve all been … Continue reading →

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Making My Mind Mind Me

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Steve Simms

I love challenges. If a game (or if life) is too easy I get bored with it. I love the daily challenge of making my mind mind me. My mind is stubborn and wants to do whatever it wants, even … Continue reading →

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Tormenting Thoughts, Feelings, and Desires Bother Me

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Steve Simms

Tormenting thoughts, feelings, and desires bother me. I have to battle them throughout each day. They try to control me from within. They try to make me obey them. They even try to force me to identify myself by their … Continue reading →

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The Concept That Life Is More Than Physical Continually Revitalizes My Mental Health

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Steve Simms

I find the idea that the physical world is all that there is to be quite disconcerting. Without spirituality I don’t see any hope for me or for humanity in general. Without a vision beyond the material a human life … Continue reading →

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Failure shows my need for mental boundaries.

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Steve Simms

Trying to resist and overcome the discouragement, depression, and defeat of failure has made me aware of my great need for mental boundaries. It has caused me to train myself to reign in my runaway mind when it panicky gallops … Continue reading →

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