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Living with untreated mental illness doesn't make us strong. Ignoring mental illness doesn't make us more faithful. Jesus tells us in John 8:32 that "the truth shall make you free." Author Amy Simpson writes, "People who live with mental illness, whether their own or someone else's, need to break the silence. They need to speak and be heard in the church and elsewhere."