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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 – Why Young People are Using AI for Emotional Support
    It turns out that young people aren't just being silly when they use AI to help with their mental health. They get real benefits from it, despite all the risks that come along with those benefits: The post Sharing – Why Young People are Using AI for Emotional Support appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – Trauma survivors process angry expressions differently on a subconscious level
    This doesn't surprise me. Growing up in an abusive situation taught me to be on the lookout for danger, and nothing was more dangerous than people on the verge of being angry. It's only natural that I've spent the rest of my life highly attuned to anger and trying to find ways to diffuse it before they hurt me or someone else.  Now we can show that it's not just a learned behavior, but it's hard-coded into our brains.  The post […]
  • Sharing – New research challenges the idea that memories of childhood maltreatment can’t be trusted
    The takeaway, of course, is that we should believe survivors when they talk about their trauma; they do know what they are talking about. Secondly, maybe we should stop trying to convince ourselves that young children will move past it and likely not even remember it when they're an adult. That's not how trauma works. The post Sharing – New research challenges the idea that memories of childhood maltreatment can’t be trusted appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • When we fail to protect people from predators
    At the end of the day, if we can't keep the separated spouse of a person under investigation for sexually assaulting and grooming an underage girl safe, what chance do most victims have? The post When we fail to protect people from predators appeared first on Child Abuse Survivor.
  • Sharing – Study Links Childhood Unpredictability to Mental Health
    When you're a child, everything is about routines and certainty. Waking up every day and having food to eat, adults who love you and care for you, education, friends, etc. Growing up in an environment where none of that is certain is similar to growing up with traumatic events.  The post Sharing – Study Links Childhood Unpredictability to Mental Health appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Reviews Elsewhere – Capable: How to Teach Your Kids the Strengths, Skills, and Strategies to Build Resilience
    Resilience comes from the confidence that, even if things go horribly wrong, you'll still be here, moving on. What I think young people are missing today is examples of that. One, because we don't like to talk about the 100 times we struggled with something before figuring it out, but also because we live in a society that mocks people who try and fail at anything. When we go online, how often do we see the perfect finished product rather than […]
  • Sharing – Why We Remain Silent
    That's sometimes the price we pay for speaking out. It's not an easy price to pay, but let's not kid ourselves that it doesn't exist. It exists, and as long as it does, there will remain thousands upon thousands of people out there who never talk about their abuse, but still need some of us out here talking so they know they are not alone. The post Sharing – Why We Remain Silent appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – Finding Beauty in the Pieces: A Journey Through Healing
    I love the idea that healing can be messy. Most truly human things worth doing are messy and chaotic. We weren't made to only do easy things, but we are made to grow and heal.  The post Sharing – Finding Beauty in the Pieces: A Journey Through Healing appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Worth Reading – Corporate America spends billions on mental health services. 97% never use it.
    The combination of the stigma of calling in the first place, along with a program that doesn't meet the needs, means 97% of people won't bother with it. We should be looking at alternatives, for sure.  The post Worth Reading – Corporate America spends billions on mental health services. 97% never use it. appeared first on Mike McBride Online. If you want to see more like this, consider subscribing to the RSS Feed.
  • Have We Considered that it’s not Remote Work that Causes Mental Health Issues, but a Culture That Makes it Harder?
    We could create a workplace where people could work from the coffee shop and interact with other humans in person. Where they didn't spend so much time working that they could use that saved commute time to attend community events. We just don't. Instead, we expect remote workers to be available all the time; we tie them up in meetings for 5-6 hours a day because that's how we "keep an eye" on them, and still expect them to hit all their deliverables. The post Have We Considered that it’s not Remote Work that Causes Mental […]
  • 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 […]

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