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Welcome — You’re Not Alone Here

Hi, I’m Mike McBride. I’m a survivor of childhood abuse, and I’ve also walked through the deep valleys of depression, dissociation, and even a suicide attempt. This space is deeply personal to me — it’s where I share my journey, not because I seek recognition, but because I believe in the power of connection and the healing that comes from knowing you’re not alone.

This site is a safe place for survivors, supporters, and anyone seeking to understand the long road of healing. This site, along with all the social media accounts linked above, is dedicated to spreading awareness, education, and support for all survivors.

I’m glad you found it.

Here, you’ll find:

  • Personal reflections on trauma, recovery, and resilience
  • Educational resources about mental health and abuse
  • Curated articles and commentary on current issues affecting survivors
  • Community support through shared stories and experiences

I also share my interests in technology and photography on other sites because healing is also about rediscovering joy and creativity.

Whether you’re here to find hope, learn more, or support someone you care about, I’m happy you found your way here. Please feel free to explore, subscribe, and share — and remember, healing is possible, and you are never alone.

Latest Posts from the Blogs

  • Sharing – Despite toxic reputation, our research shows podcasts can help men’s mental health
    Despite the very well-known podcasts that are out there telling men to suck it up and quit whining about mental health, there are podcasts helping men with their mental health.  The post Sharing – Despite toxic reputation, our research shows podcasts can help men’s mental health appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – When Your Body Won’t Let You Act
    This is why that quote above rang true for me. You can't act rationally if acting doesn't feel safe, and many of us grew up never feeling safe. To our mind, staying silent and still was the rational choice. Doing something different could have been more dangerous. It was also the natural reaction because we were simply overwhelmed.  The post Sharing – When Your Body Won’t Let You Act appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – The Youth Mental Health Crisis Has a Deeper Cause Than Social Media
    The kids and phones thing was always an easy excuse, but the real mental health issue is much more complicated: The post Sharing – The Youth Mental Health Crisis Has a Deeper Cause Than Social Media appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – Listening to Survivors: What Our Survey Is Telling Us
    As a survivor of childhood abuse, I don't know if these being in place would have changed whether I reported it. For many of us, where abuse happens within the family, that's a very complex question. What I do know is that those three things did not appear to exist, and that guaranteed I would not tell anyone about it until I was an adult, let alone report it.  The post Sharing – Listening to Survivors: What Our Survey Is Telling […]
  • Sharing – The Mental Health Conversation We Keep Having Is Missing the Most Important Part — and It Is Costing Lives
    And this is the core. Mental Health awareness is great, but the political will to solve some of the core issues that lead to increased mental health difficulty doesn't exist. There is ample evidence that poverty, domestic abuse, bigotry, harassment, etc., lead to higher numbers of people struggling with their mental health, and we do nothing to prevent that.  The post Sharing – The Mental Health Conversation We Keep Having Is Missing the Most Important Part — and It Is Costing […]
  • Sharing – What does it actually mean to be safe?
    The logical part of my brain knows that I'm safe. The part that learned how to be hyperalert is busy making sure I stay that way. It never stopped looking for danger. I doubt it ever will. I don't consider that something wrong with me, but it is something I have had to learn to live with.  The post Sharing – What does it actually mean to be safe? appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – Not Just Social Isolation: Loneliness Comes in Many Forms
    It is true that there are people with plenty of social skills and social contacts who are still lonely. As a survivor, I recognize this in things like the small number of people we can talk to comfortably about our abuse, our healing, etc. At various times in my life, I've had a lot of friends and was very social. I was still lonely. Because no one saw all of me. No one sat with me in my pain. I kept […]
  • Sharing – Starting the conversation
    How often do we wait until we have the answers, or jump into problem-solving mode when someone admits to struggling, when all they need is to know you care? In my opinion, we'd do each other a huge favor if instead of trying to learn how to solve someone's struggles, we spent more time learning how to care for one another.  The post Sharing – Starting the conversation appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Create Certainty Where You Can
    Like it or not, your team is dealing with a ridiculous amount of uncertainty in and out of the office. Most of it is beyond our control. When we have the opportunity to create less of it, we should do so. We have the opportunity to make a difference for our team, as human beings, just by communicating and setting clear expectations. Why wouldn't we?  The post Create Certainty Where You Can appeared first on Mike McBride Online. If you want to see more like this, consider subscribing to the RSS Feed.
  • Worth Reading – Most workers told Monster their job harms their mental health
    If you look at the contributors to the mental health damage, though, you see things that are avoidable if organizations wanted to avoid them. Fix poor management, address understaffing, pay people what they're worth, and don't lay off workers just to tweak the stock price. Unfortunately, in the current political and economic climate, I don't see enough organizations that want to do any of that. The post Worth Reading – Most workers told Monster their job harms their mental health appeared first on Mike McBride Online. If you want to see more like this, consider subscribing […]
  • Worth Reading – Workplace Abuse, PTSD and Employer Duty of Care
    Employees dealing with trauma outside of work often carry that trauma with them into work, and we need resources to help them navigate that. What do we offer people experiencing trauma at work who carry that trauma into the rest of their lives?  Maybe the better question is, what do we owe them?  The post Worth Reading – Workplace Abuse, PTSD and Employer Duty of Care appeared first on Mike McBride Online. If you want to see more like this, consider subscribing to the RSS Feed.
  • Worth Reading – When Asking for Help Feels Unsafe
    Obviously, this is true in the world of sports, where any perceived weakness can be the difference between a first-round pick contract and no contract, but it's also true in many of the industries all of us work in. In tech, do you want to be perceived as someone who might not be able to produce at the same level as everyone else? In law, do you want to be seen as maybe not able to hack the billable-hour requirements?  Whether either of those perceptions is true is not relevant; the risk of being seen that […]
  • How is the mental health of workers in 2026?
    I often ask that question, but I don’t often see the results of studies in my feed in the same week. This week, however, was different. It’s not all bad news, but if you’re looking for good news, you’ll be hard-pressed to find it. First: New Global Study: One in Three Workers is “Merely Surviving”… The post How is the mental health of workers in 2026? appeared first on Mike McBride Online. If you want to see more like this, consider subscribing to the RSS Feed.
  • Reaction to Death of Rondale Moore and Workplace Mental Health
    This is not just an issue for the NFL or other sports leagues. This is the reality in EVERY workplace. People ask all the time why no one talks about mental health at work, even when you have programs designed to support your employees. This is why. It's the way everyone else in the workplace looks at them, talks to them, avoids them, and treats them differently than they did before they said anything.  The post Reaction to Death of Rondale Moore and Workplace Mental Health appeared first on Mike McBride Online. If you want to […]

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