Whilst there has been anecdotal belief about the effects of childhood abuse on brain development, this study provides some solid research in an attempt to back up the theory. You can read about it at the Guardian website here.
– CBG
Penn State scandal: How what happened in State College forced me to confront my own abuse tags: CA Protecting Our Children: Clues to Sexual Predation tags: CA Child abuse: We’re making the problem worse tags: CA Boy thought abuse was “normal” tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
I want abuse survivors to know that healing is possible. I want people dealing with mental health issues to have hope that they can get better. I work hard to get that message out, but those 700,000 people who died by suicide in 2019 won’t ever get to read what you just read. They aren’t here.
I’m tired of that. These numbers are so much more than numbers.
Under the heading of “reviews elsewhere” comes this review of a short film called “Rope”, a raw, honest depiction of online bullying.
““If you’re in your 40s or 50s and someone sends you a cruel message, you can probably brush it off, but if you’re 15 it is much more likely to affect you because you haven’t had the chance to build up that mental resilience.”
This letter is a difficult read, but one that I likewise think is important to understand both the reality of what sexual abuse can look like, and what to do if you find out it’s happening. I’m only going to quote the editor’s note, as it contains some warnings that are very, very important. “Eds….
I have written about this myself, the article headlines are always going to put this in a way that makes you want to click and read it, even when the effect is super small, and even more so when it’s a hot-button issues like social media. “Whenever we learn that something has an effect, it’s…
