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Resources For An Incest Survivor And Adult Children Of Dysfunctional Families
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The Right Way to Listen To Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Despite childhood trauma’s disadvantages, kids can recover after childhood trauma and live perfectly healthy, successful lives. They need help. They need a support system and people there to help them navigate it, but childhood trauma is not, as we often hear a life sentence.
I wish we would talk about this more. Survivors could use the reminder.
The Pollard report looking into the the Jimmy Savile Scandal was written by the independent and ex-Sky journalist Nick Pollard and criticises the general incompetence and lack of joined-up communication at the BBC which allowed Savile to continue abusing children. The BBC has a link to the report here and the general reporting is here…
This study, and this quick breakdown of the results on the AFSP site, shows us that we think we know about adolescent suicide attempts, is way off. It’s not an attempt to “get attention” It’s for the same reasons that adults do it: “-The strongest motivations for suicide attempts in both adults and adolescents using…
Speaking, again, for myself, when I get frustrated with world events, work, or whatever might be irritating me beyond belief at the moment, a good bit of loud music can help me express that and just get it out of my system so that I can then continue on with my life. I find myself getting more and more irritable if I haven’t found a way to express the frustration that I may be feeling at any particular time until it eventually shows up in maybe ways I would rather it doesn’t. So, when I find myself getting more and more frustrated, out come the headphones, and a little punk rock, until I feel better.
And, really, there is a lot to be frustrated about in the world right now, let alone our individual lives. If some loud music helps me deal with that, so be it. So, let’s at least fill our lives with some music. It certainly can’t hurt.
What impact does music have on your own emotional well-being? Have you thought about the role it could play in self-care?