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​​Kristy McMorlan​​
Author/Nature Photographer

Fear can conquer you,
or you can conquer fear.

​​"A problem cannot be solved without understanding it."
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​​​-McMorlan, K. (2018) "TREASURES In The Trash"
Can Mental Illness and Organized Religion coexist?

Kristy believes it can, with education and a willingness.

Although, religious societies appear to have a harder time realizing that Mental Illness is a valid medical diagnosis.
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People oftentimes fear what they don’t understand.

​ Let's end the unconscious judgement that encourages the stigma. 

Mental Illness has three possible activators:  

  • Organic:   
    Predisposition
      
  • Trauma:   
    Shock
       
  • Spiritual:   
    Mindset

All can leave a person with counterfeit thinking.

Which uneducated people oftentimes lump into one category and label it with an Unwanted Stigma. ​​ ​​

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Photography 
Kristy’s overwhelming grief, after being shattered through her Church Community, needed to find a healthy outlet and photography became a source of healing. 
“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”

-Jean De La Fontaine
Fables Book VIII (1678–1679), Fable 16 (1621-1695)

Kristy courageously shares her mother's journey into Schizophrenia  and writes a tribute to her mother, as an aid in removing the stigma surrounding Mental Health struggles.
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Kristy links her own story of overcoming psychological trauma; a childhood damaged by lies, secrets, and scandal.

These were the predecessor to Kristy's ​ Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder : C-PTSD. 

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies Inside of you.”
 
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
​(1803 - 1882) 
Let's Get Acquainted ​
Social media has its blessings and curses.

A quick text, FB post, Tweet , or Email keeps us connected to others, but gone is eye contact, reading of body language, and personal interaction; such as a hug.

People can send an emoji along with their correspondence, to convey a feeling or even soften their words. 

But, gone is the relational connective aspect many of us desire in our own life. ​

Our life is made easier to find new people and keep connected with the old; nevertheless, in many ways disconnected. 

There's a whole lot more to Kristy McMorlan than what she conveys through Social Media.
Trauma Can Happen
Within Religious Organizations

Kristy found herself in a "Church Hurt", which left her broken by the very place that should have shown  Grace; instead, she was victimized once again. ​

​Kristy was content living her life quietly, full of acquiescent behavior.

Yet, she didn't think the traumatic recessed memories , from her childhood, should have reemerged through the unkindness displayed within her former Religious Community.
It's time to eradicate the shame frequently associated with Mental Health struggles!