Yes it’s been a full year since Marj started the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse, and from the look of this month’s carnival, hosting over on her blog, this may be the best one yet! She’s got 30 posts linked in this edition, so there’s plenty to read, and talk about. Please, take a look, and visit all the contributors.
While you’re there, be sure to thank Marj for starting the carnival, and for all the work she puts in as well!
I was going to leave a comment on Tamara’s post, Who Am I without the Abuse?, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to turn it into a post and not take over her comments with my thoughts. This is a subject that was weird for me. I’m pretty sure I’ve…
Pin We often talk about the mental health care system being broken when it comes to treatment and patients, but I think this article opens our eyes a bit to the fact that it’s broken for providers too. Is it any wonder we have such a shortage of providers? Who would volunteer for this? We should be thankful for the people who do!
Pin I read this ESPN piece about the suicide of Penn Track athlete Madison Holleran and I thought there were a few pieces of the article that resonated with how I look at social media, and how we should, but also about how difficult it can be to cut through the fog of depression. Here’s the…
Pin Of course, one of the tell-tale signs of depression, and unhealthy responses to trauma, like abuse, is overly black and white thinking. Going to extremes, if you will. So, it’s easy for many of us to fall into these toxic traps. It’s easy to think that we should feel shame about what happened to us, or that we can somehow rid ourselves of that shame, and anger, by simply refusing to do anything but be positive. But neither one of these is real healing. Real healing, like real emotions, and real people, are messier than that.
It’s still worth it though, as are a lot of those messy emotions and people too. If you let yourself get out of the black and white thinking, you just might see that too.
Over at the revamped No Longer Silence Movement website, they’ve put together a list titled “Treat Yourself”. I am not pointing to it because I think there’s any new amazing revelation in this list of ways to take care of yourself. In fact, if you look at it, it’s mostly full of very common sense…
I’ve been talking with someone about the topic of being touched in public, or by various people. I’m somewhat fascinated by what other people’s feelings are on the subject. I’m very uncomfortable being touched by all but a few people in the world, and I’ve slways assumed that’s because of the abuse. That short list…
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Hi —
I wrote to you almost a year ago to tell you and your readers about my debut novel that raises funds to prevent child abuse. I’m a therapist in a children’s mental health program in West Virginia and work with both male and female surviors. Here’s the latest review of my novel:
“Give yourself a treat with something different next time you’re ready to read. Try Rarity from the Hollow. It is one of the most unusual novels I’ve read in a great while. Look in on a dysfunctional family, poverty, child abuse, and the thought processes of a young girl turning the corner from childhood to adolescence, then put them all together in a surreal setting that looks at our society from a distinctly different viewpoint. You’ll enjoy the ride with Lacy Dawn and friends and family, but don’t expect the ride to be without bumps and enough food for thought to last you a long time.â€
Darrell Bain — 2005 Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year
Double Eppie Award winner 2007
May 8, 2007
Fatcat Press — http://www.fatcatpress.com
Two other book reviews —
http://www.baryon-online.com/baryon103/rarho.html
http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/?p=310
Author website under construction —
http://pages.suddenlink.net/roberteggleton/
Awarded one of the best 15 releases in 2006 in Howard-Johnson’s “Back to Literature” column:
http://www.myshelf.com/backtoliterature/07/bookstonoblefame07.htm
Expression of interest and upcoming review:
http://www.okalrel.org/lynda_reads/2006/11/rarity-from-hollow-by-robert-eggleton.html
Thank you for your consideration.
Robert Eggleton