How Letting Mary Kay LeTourneau Speak is a Good Thing
ABC 20/20 and Barbara Walters do not see the sexual abuse of a 13 year old boy as a serious issue.
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Depression and Work
A couple of weeks have gone by since I saw this article in response to the airline crash in Europe. Germanwings crash: Seven in ten bosses do not think mental illness merits time off work I’ve been struggling to figure out what, exactly, I wanted to say about this, but I knew I wanted to…
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Forgotten Children and Adults
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but I’ve seen four different articles in the last week that all point to something that has always bothered me about all the talk of sexual assault victims and people dealing with mental health issues. It seems as though there is one group of people who we are…
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Social Network Crowd Therapy?
What do you think, can the crowd be trusted to provide a safe, encouraging, social network to help with anxiety and depression? On the one hand, I know it takes a solid support system to overcome mental health struggles, and why couldn’t that support system be online? On the other, I’ve been on social networks…
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Shame and Guilt – For Telling the Truth
I discovered a relatively new site yesterday and while I don’t know much about the author, I thought this particular part of what it’s like to finally tell someone about your abuse was really insightful. However, I also felt extremely guilty. This was a “forever secret” and I broke it. A year later, and I…
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Seeking the Pattern of Our Abuse
I was conversing a few weeks ago about how our minds work. In a nutshell, it’s been shown, time and time again, that the human brain is hardwired to find patterns, even when they aren’t there. Basically, when new information is introduced to us, our brain tries to fit it in with what we already…
