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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 – Two to three cups of coffee a day may protect your mental health
    For an individual, it may help, and it may not. It's important to note that a lower incidence of mental health issues does not mean no mental health incidents. You can exercise, drink two cups of coffee, and get a good night's sleep every day, and while that is good for you and has benefits, there's no guarantee that you will not be impacted by mental health issues.  The post Sharing – Two to three cups of coffee a day may […]
  • Sharing – Carrying heavy secrets alone: sexual trauma disclosure in boys and men
    We shouldn't act surprised when claims of abuse are revealed many years after the act. That's not evidence that the claim is false; it's just the norm.  The post Sharing – Carrying heavy secrets alone: sexual trauma disclosure in boys and men appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – The Loneliness Epidemic
    It requires so much more effort to even have basic interactions anymore. We've spent decades designing society this way. It's not just a personal failing; it's the entire system. Changing the system can't be done by one person. But Mandy has some small steps we can take, and if enough people start taking them, maybe we can make some progress and shift the design toward something less lonely.  The post Sharing – The Loneliness Epidemic appeared first on Survivors News and […]
  • Sharing – How Stories Help Children Build Emotional Intelligence
    It's not just a lack of children's stories that could help them develop these skills; it's a lack of adults who can provide the example of those skills in action. It's almost as if we don't see the issues with emotional intelligence and mental health among young people as something older generations contributed to, by not being able to pass on our own stories as examples, because we didn't have the skills either. We just grew up in a time when […]
  • Sharing – Media literacy and mental health go hand in hand
    The impacts of this lack of media literacy can be found in some of the mental health struggles we have across society, with anxiety, stress, burnout, etc. We're overwhelmed by information with no tools to manage it effectively. We don't know what's true, so we keep scrolling for answers that aren't coming.  The post Sharing – Media literacy and mental health go hand in hand appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – The AI child exploitation crisis is here
    It's not like we didn't know this would happen. We knew. The industry just didn't care: The post Sharing – The AI child exploitation crisis is here appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • Sharing – Childhood trauma is linked to different aging patterns in the midlife brain
    This is another reminder that there's no excuse to dismiss the damage done to human beings when they are abused. Kids do not get over it, or barely remember it. They are impacted in myriad ways well into adulthood. Not doing everything we can to limit trauma, let alone arguing for policies that create more trauma for certain groups of children, cannot be tolerated.  The post Sharing – Childhood trauma is linked to different aging patterns in the midlife brain appeared […]
  • Sharing – Killing disclosure: The unspoken effect of the death penalty for child rapists in Louisiana
    I've gotten some grief online for suggesting that murdering people who abuse children isn't what the victim needs. Maybe, if you hear it from an expert, you'll understand what I feel as a survivor who wouldn't have told anyone if I knew it could lead to the death of another person, even my abuser.  The post Sharing – Killing disclosure: The unspoken effect of the death penalty for child rapists in Louisiana appeared first on Survivors News and Reviews.
  • 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 […]
  • Worth Reading – The main reason your company’s healthcare costs are skyrocketing
    Here's the interesting thing. When workplaces have made people ill, we've done little to hold them accountable. We have done some things, though. (Asbestos lawsuits, for example.) It hasn't amounted to much in the broader context, but we do acknowledge that working in an environment that causes health issues is generally frowned upon. We have not reached that point with mental health. We've not started thinking about the poor health outcomes for people pushed to the brink and beyond by their managers. We should, and businesses should be leading the charge, because this is costing them […]
  • Is there room for calm in your meetings?
    Mora's advice is to slow down, pause after someone finishes speaking, take a breath before coming off mute, and slow your speech.  I think those are great ideas that I plan to spend a little more time on and bring to the meetings I host in order to bring calm to the whole team. But then I started thinking about the many meetings I take part in each week, and how few of them feel anything like that. They ooze anxiety, tension, and focus on "getting through" the agenda at lightning speed before the next meeting […]
  • Worth Reading – “Pizza Parties Don’t Fix Burnout”: The State of Librarian Mental Health
    It's exhausting to go to work every day for people who refuse to stand behind you as a human being and treat you like an expense they would do anything to be rid of.  Sadly, that is the state of the workplace for many people. It's not just at the library, and it won't be fixed by pizza, yoga, or any other lunchtime activity.  The post Worth Reading – “Pizza Parties Don’t Fix Burnout”: The State of Librarian Mental Health appeared first on Mike McBride Online. If you want to see more like this, consider subscribing […]
  • Worth Reading – We Asked 9 Burnout Experts Their Secrets to Protecting Mental Health at Work—and They All Said the Same Thing
    This article gathers input from multiple experts and continues for 28 paragraphs without once mentioning the employers' expectation that we do all the things they tell us not to do.  It's all well and good to point out that setting boundaries, saying no, ending our work day on time, etc., are good ways to avoid burnout. It's another thing entirely for many of us to have that option in the first place.  The post Worth Reading – We Asked 9 Burnout Experts Their Secrets to Protecting Mental Health at Work—and They All Said the Same Thing […]

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