A sex offender who wanted to conceal his history and then-current child sexual abuse accusation from his wife at the end of last year, murdered her last January. Today, he was sentenced at Preston Court to life, serving just under 20 years separately to the abuse charges which he admitted. Read the story at The Guardian Website here.
What it’s like to secretly live with mental health issues tags: CA Depression How everyone can prevent child abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse ‘A silent issue’: Researchers say 1 in 3 teen boys attempt suicide after being sexually assaulted tags: CA ChildAbuse How to Control Emotional Triggers tags: CA ChildAbuse Is sexual abuse in youth sports…
Of course, he’s right. What he sees in the UK is the same thing I see from my “much less qualified but simply paying attention” seat in the US, and I’m sure many of you see where you live as well. Our current mental health resources are designed to help “fix” something wrong with us. I can’t say they even do that well, but at least that is the plan, and that plan makes sense for many mental health struggles.
It is only part of the picture, though. In all seriousness, how would the 6-8 therapist sessions a good insurance plan covers help someone escaping domestic abuse or trying to feed a family on a minimum wage job? How is the teenager being abused at home, bullied at school, and overwhelmed by the bleakness of what the world might look like when they are an adult supposed to find hope in one crisis text line conversation?
How will we provide hope and connection to people without first understanding their world and how they navigate it every day?
I was going to write about the constant debate and general frustration about what should be done with paedophiles (if Mike doesn’t adjust for American spellings, sorry –then again “pervert†is spelled the same in both countries). When I started drafting my piece for Mike’s blog about how to either deal with or reduce CSA…
“Dating as an adult can be quite difficult and frustrating, but when you add in being a survivor of abuse, it adds an entire new dimension to the process.” It really is different and though it’s been a number of years since I was dating, the childhood sexual abuse was something that hung over any…
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