I was out of town until yesterday, with some rather sporadic internet access, so I’m a bit late to the party on this. On the other hand, if you haven’t been over to check out the October edition of the blog carnival, you can check it out along with me, now!
As always, looks like there’s plenty of good reading material.
A couple of years ago I shared some information about online courses to help raise awareness of child abuse. The same folks who designed those have released an iPhone app called Reduce the Risk: The free app Reduce the Risk shows how to recognise the signs of abuse either in your own relationship or in…
How often do I see survivors talking about being healed as if there’s some end where they are done and never have to think about the trauma again, and berating themselves for not having yet reached this state when it doesn’t really work that way. Self-care and learning never stop. We never reach a point where we know everything and live happily ever after. Real-life does not have a happily ever after, it has ups, downs, twists, and turns, and healing will not be any different.
Toxic Shame and How to Overcome It
How To Be A Mental Health Advocate
Nancy Hogshead-Makar on Sexual Abuse in Olympics and College Sports
When Your Mental Illness Comes in Waves
Suicide Prevention Month
Some interesting “lunch and learn” programs you may want to consider.
We Can All Prevent Suicide
Male suicides at highest rate in two decades, official data shows | UK News
What Most People Don’t Know About Psychological Trauma
Sexual minorities and suicide prevention
Using Humor as a Coping Tool
The Psych Approach – NYTimes.com ” Childhood stress can have long lasting neural effects, making it harder to exercise self-control, focus attention, delay gratification and do many of the other things that contribute to a happy life.” tags: CA Blog Against Child Abuse – September 2012 Edition tags: CA Sibling Abuse – Children Abusing Other…
Vanessa George and Angela Allen, two of the three paedophiles linked to child abuse images created at a Nursery in Plymouth, England, received indeterminate sentences two days ago. The stated tariff for the pair stands at seven and five years respectively but proof that the offenders are no longer a danger will need to be…
Kate1975 is the host this month and has all the details on submitting a blog post to this month’s edition over on her blog. Since the topic is Self-Care, I’m looking forward to reading all about it, and I hope you’ll consider submitting something on the topic, or on the standard topics from your own…
