Links (weekly)
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My Friend Abuses His Wife! How Can I Help? (pt 2)
tags: CA
Why Children Don’t Tell About Sexual Abuse (Part 5: They’re Ashamed)
tags: CA
tags: CA
Is it Sadness or Depression? 10 Questions to Ask Yourself
tags: CA
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
The impact of what you weren’t given as a child can be just as real as the impacts of physical and sexual abuse. The struggle to navigate relationships and work, emotional immaturity, the lack of trust, the inability to be vulnerable, etc. Those are all things we should be learning throughout life, and they are all something we can learn throughout life. It sure would have been nice to have been able to start that process in childhood, though.
I was a little disappointed that there wasn’t much acknowledgment of situations we are powerless to change and thus have no reason to feel hope about. That aside, the advice in this article is pretty good. The first two bits of advice have helped me in times when everything has seemed overwhelming and hopeless.
Get specific and break down what seems like an overwhelming problem into tasks I can realistically do one at a time. Then, do the next task.
Ask for help because many things seem less overwhelming when we know someone else is there. They don’t have to improve everything; it just helps to have hope when we are not alone.
May, of course, is Mental Health Month, and apparently, to celebrate, more than one website published a list of “best” mental health books on the 1st day of the month. So, in the interest of sharing good resources, and books, I thought I would share the two lists I saw:
21 Best Mental Health Books of All Time
21 Important Books That Address Mental Health Topics
I’ve read a couple of the books on the lists, but I’m not familiar with others at all, so if you have any opinions on any of the lists, the book on the lists, or book that you think should be on the lists, leave a comment and let us know!