A Quiet Mind to Suffer With: Mental Illness, Trauma, and the Death of Christ

This is a profound and often poetic meditation on mental illness that exudes a hopeful trust in Christ; raw and moving, but not in a self-indulgent, sentimental way. Bryant vividly describes what it’s like to experience intense OCD and trauma. Reflecting on his mental breakdown, his brief time in the psych ward, and his slow recovery, Bryant writes of “the excruciating freedom to trust Christ and not fix it”—Christ, who has offered him Mercy; Christ, who sanctifies suffering by his proximity to it.