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On #WorldMentalHealthDay – Sharing Upcoming Mental Health Awareness Project #MHAP
The project is set to go live in 2019, and sounds like something you might want to take part in: The official launch date of The Mental Health Awareness Project is January 1, 2019. All mental health advocates are encouraged and welcome to participate! If you want to get involved, all you have to…
BBC Football Story
Following the publication of the report into historical child sexual abuse and exploitation in English football, the BBC has a three part documentary.
Sharing – Toxic Childhood? 10 Lessons You Must Unlearn in Adulthood
I found this entire article to be really interesting, because what child abuse survivor doesn’t struggle with this exact thing in one form or another? “The hardest part of recovering from a toxic childhood isn’t just coping with the fact that your emotional needs weren’t met or that you were actively neglected or even marginalized,…
Sharing – Patrice Evra: Ex-Manchester United star wants to end violence against children and details his own experience of sexual abuse
How many times have we heard “why did you wait so long to speak out?” Have we considered what we’ve done to make survivors feel safe to do so? Have we considered what our friend or family group would need to look like in order for a survivor to feel safe opening up about their experiences?
Sharing – America’s ‘Extremely Punitive’ Prisons Make Mental Illness Worse
This opinion piece from Katherine Kornberg covers ground that might seem familiar to long-time readers, but if you’re new around here, this is the reality of where our mental health system is. Completely under-funded, under-resourced, and as a result? This: “Without the proper community-based mental health solutions, prisons and jails have become a “dumping ground”…
Link – Talking about mental illness is no substitute for offering real help
Rachel is correct, talking about it should lessen the stigma around mental health issues, but we have not reached the next level yet, where people can talk about it without suffering social and professional consequences. For all the great work of celebrities, there’s also a sense in the room that the life of a famous…
