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Link – What it feels like: An abuse survivor’s tale
This is one powerful victim statement to the court. I think many survivors can identify with it, even as it may be difficult to read. Australia’s most notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale will spend at least another three years behind bars after admitting to sexually abusing more children. The 83-year-old man now has 161 convictions…
Sharing – Mental Health Professionals Really Can Assume Some Police Duties
It’s been trialed in several areas, sending out a mental health team instead of the police to respond to certain kinds of calls. Typically calls that involve a mental health crisis, addiction, etc. What we didn’t have yet were real studies to show whether this was having the desired effect. It’s early, but this is promising:
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Depression in men: half as likely to be diagnosed but three times more likely to result in suicide. We need to talk about male mental health. tags: CA Depression A childhood lost to abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Male Survivor Book Project – 2014 – This Tangled Web tags: CA ChildAbuse People who suffer mental illness can…
Link – Move Forward in Resilience
Yes, absolutely! Thankfully, trauma doesn’t have to be the end. We know if individuals get help and have a support system, they can heal. They are resilient. The trouble is, many kids who are being abused wound up vulnerable to abusive situations because they didn’t have that support system in place to start with. Children…
Link – Emily Nagoski: The truth about unwanted arousal
This is a topic that is very often misunderstood by survivors of childhood sexual abuse as well, this the reason I am sharing it here, though do heed to warning about some very mature and explicit subject matter. Sex educator Emily Nagoski breaks down one of the most dangerous myths about sex and introduces us…
ESPN 30 for 30 Short Shows Effect of Childhood Trauma on MLB Player
It’s not necessarily about childhood abuse, but i found the story of Mackey Sasser, a catcher with the New York Mets who’s career ended after he simply couldn’t throw the ball any longer highly interesting. It wasn’t until much later in life that he saw a specialist in the physical effects of childhood trauma that…
