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Sharing – Something small you can do when you are depressed to make a difference
Your depression is wrong, you’re not useless, you have many, many small things you can do, that make a big difference.
Link – Why we’re psychologically hardwired to blame the victim
I’ve been saying this for a while now, too. “We want to think that if we do the right thing, it’s all going to be OK,” says Hamby. “It’s threatening to see other people not be OK, so we want to come up with an explanation of why that experience won’t happen to us.” It’s…
Sharing – One in 100 deaths is by suicide
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.
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”…
Sharing – I Was Afraid Asking for Help Would Make Me Look Weak
I’m glad that Tammy was willing to share this story. I think it really helps to know that those of us who might feel like it’s weak to ask for help are not alone in that thought, but we are also wrong about that.
