Rising Rainbow is hosting this month’s edition of the Blog Carnival over at My Clouds, My Storms and My Personality Disorder. There’s been quite the turnout for this edition and there’s lots of good stuff to read through, much covering this month’s theme, “telling the secret”.
A report was published last week in Rotheram, Yorkshire regarding the abuse of 1400 children by organised gangs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28939089 Â and the highlighting of the race of the offenders and victims was given a proper focus alongside the problems with the child protection systems in that town. During the first few days the media focus was…
What to Watch Out for And How You Can Help College Kids With Depression Symptoms A male adult survivor of child sexual abuse speaks out: How silencing feeds the cycle of trauma – Firstpost When Was The Last Time You Had Fun? Because it’s good for our mental health to simply do something because it’s…
“I think if we were to have a really honest and open conversation with almost anyone in our own family or social circle — whatever class of society we belong to — we would soon realise that practically everyone we know has a personal account of being sexually abused as a child. Are some of…
Behavioral issues in school, getting in trouble, and wham! Instead of mental health care, you’re a criminal case. We do it to adults all the time, why would we not see it the same way with kids? Especially kids without the family means to get private care and assistance?
This is what we do, and we need to figure out something else. The criminal justice system is not mental health care.
How many times have we heard “why did you wait so long to speak out?” Have we considered what we’ve done to make survivors feel safe to do so? Have we considered what our friend or family group would need to look like in order for a survivor to feel safe opening up about their experiences?
This is a really good reminder, that when you have one person in a relationship dealing with a long term healing process, the other person needs support too. I especially like the reminder that the survivor benefits greatly from knowing that someone else is also looking after their partner as well. It is very important…
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Thanks, Mike for promoting and supporting the carnival as you have done for such a long time. It’s been a while since you hosted. Would you be interested in hosting April? Maybe with you as host, we can get some folks from the network to feel comfortable being carnival participants.