Cynthia Cox was kind enough to let me know that her new novel about surviving childhood sexual abuse, The I in Me, will be available for free starting Aug. 1. You can go check out her website for more information.
Since I’ll be traveling at the time, if you get a copy and want to let us know what you think, feel free to leave a comment!
This makes sense. We know that child abuse increases the likelihood of not only mental health issues in adulthood, but also a lack of social skills and development. Those are exactly the kinds of things that leave people desperate enough to commit crime. Treating those things would assist in providing other options. In 2016, Chicago…
There’s no real difference. I should know. I was sexually abused by an older minor. There was no creepy old man, only an older and bigger kid who threatened me. Someone in my own family. Mall parking lots, school, and our neighborhood park weren’t the places where I was not safe, my family was.
And I had no way to tell anyone, because I wasn’t taught about that being child abuse. Only strange men in white vans giving out candy abused children. Whatever was happening in my family wasn’t to be discussed with anyone. It wasn’t, and it went on for years.
Maybe we should do better with understanding the ways kids abuse other kids, and talking openly about it. The link below can help.
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Terri over on the Bookly Matters website has a review of this book, and describes it as:
Part memoir and part heart-to-heart expose on the tragic and invisible lives of the underprivileged, mentally ill, disabled and homeless, you may not like all the people you will meet in this book, but you will definitely find yourself touched by them, and the circumstances they find themselves in.
‘When it comes to mental health, all countries are developing countries’
Supporting a Family Member with Serious Mental Illness Is Harder Than It Should Be
Books Under Review: Summer 2022 – “Reviews of five recent books reflecting various perspectives on the mental health system.”
You’re Not Alone: What College Doesn’t Teach You About Depression tags: CA Depression Matt Haig: ‘People handle you differently when they know you’re depressive’ There’s no question this is true. It was my experience as well. tags: CA Depression Six Ways We Enable Abusers tags: CA ChildAbuse How We’re Affected by the Lies Our Abuse…
