{"id":57895,"date":"2017-06-07T08:34:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T13:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=57895"},"modified":"2017-06-12T05:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T10:32:04","slug":"time-confront-mental-health-orthodox-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/health\/mental-health\/time-confront-mental-health-orthodox-community\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time to Confront Mental Health in the Orthodox Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time to bring the conversation about mental health to the forefront in our community.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s time to meet all of the wonderful resources for people in our community whose pain is from something you can\u2019t see, but hurts no less.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for people to learn that they are not the only ones in the world who feel like they do, and there is hope, and help.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to end stigma and stereotypes of mental illness and begin a discussion in which we can talk about mental health.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s learn how a person\u2019s world, their surroundings, upbringing, perceptions, thoughts, feelings and biology all combine to create the person we know, and when there\u2019s a problem, the best thing we can do is work with it, not dismiss it. \u00a0Rav Kook said, \u201cKnow yourself, know your world, know your feelings\u2026 find yourself, your source of life\u2026 you have wings of the soul, mighty eagles wings, don\u2019t neglect them, lest they neglect you, seek them, and you\u2019ll find them immediately.\u201d (Orot Hakodesh 1:83) This holistic sense of a person must be the preamble to religious life and spiritual growth.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s remember that no one is ever perfect, we\u2019re all works in process. The Gemara (Gittin 43a) says that no one really understands life \u00a0torah, until they\u2019ve struggled with failure.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s learn the skills to help cope with the stresses of daily life, learn to accept our frailties, stop looking over our shoulders wondering what they neighbors or future mechutanim will think.<\/p>\n

Over the last 10 years we have spent working as the directors of \u00a0OU-JLIC at Brooklyn College. We have been mentors, friends and educators to hundreds of Jewish students from our community in Brooklyn. We have helped them as they developed into adults and started families of their own. This experience has allowed us a rare snapshot into the world of our community\u2019s emerging adulthood, and its trends.<\/p>\n

\"\"We have seen the how a holistic view of mental health will benefit all us all. We\u2019ll start creating, in the\u00a0Rambam\u2019s words, a healthy body, and a healthy soul.\u00a0\u00a0Join us for our panel \u201cAnxiety and Depression: Let\u2019s talk about it\u201d on Wednesday\u00a0June 7th\u00a0at the Brooklyn College Hillel 2901 Campus Rd, from 7:30-9:00.\u00a0We will hear from our robust panel which includes a variety of disciplines, including a Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social workers, as well as a Rabbi and the head of a unique crisis response organization.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll begin our discussion. \u00a0Where do mental health and religious life and growth intersect? When is a good friend and religious mentor optimal? When must I seek help professional help? What\u2019s the difference between feeling sad and being depressed? How can you tell the difference between religious devotion and psychological struggle?<\/p>\n

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Rabbi Reuven Boshnack
\n<\/i>OU-JLIC at Brooklyn College Hillel<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Visit JLIC’S Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Photographs are\u00a0of OU-JLIC students at Brooklyn College.<\/i><\/p>\n

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