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Link – With an epidemic of mental illness on the streets, counties struggle to spend huge cash reserves
I only have an eye roll for this: When California voters passed a tax on high-income residents in 2004, backers said it would make good on the state’s “failed promise” to help counties pay for the treatment of the mentally ill. After nearly 15 years, Proposition 63 — the Mental Health Services Act — has…
Link – How Childhood Trauma and Dissociation Result in Horrible Adulthood Problems
Continuing on a theme I’ve been discussing a lot around here. Darius wrote a really interesting article on how dissociation, something many of us did as children to protect our minds during the abuse, can be quite damaging when we remain disconnected from ourselves and our emotions as adults. “This lack of self-connection creates a…
Sharing – Creating A Safe Space So People Can Open Up
What you should be asking yourself is whether you are a safe space. Are you someone others can feel comfortable talking to about their mental health?
Links I’m Sharing (weekly) Aug 16, 2020
#TraffickingTruths: Realities of child sex trafficking! Mental Health Apps: Beneficial or Harmful? Recognizing and easing the physical symptoms of anxiety Self-Care to Lower Anxiety When Things Aren’t OK With a Child’s Mental Health Former Jehovah’s Witness elders call for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse Bless the People Who Stuck Around After My Mental Illness…
Link – You Don’t Get a Childhood When You Grow Up in an Alcoholic Family
I think this pretty well describes it for me, but I also know the effects it had on me are different than they may be for other children of alcoholics. I see different effects within my own family even. I was the kid who felt the need to keep everything working. I didn’t like the…
