This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Sharing – Your Guide to Reentering Society Post-Vaccine
If I’m being honest with myself, I need this. I’m probably dealing right now with a level of social anxiety that is far and above anything I’ve ever dealt with before.
Sharing – Stigma Keeps Us From Talking – Even To Each Other
I agree with what George says here about speaking out – Sometimes, when the others we’re concerned about include employers, spouses and children, it’s OK to exercise your right to just be quiet. At the end of the day, while we wish dealing with a mental health issue would be met with only love and…
Sharing – 4 Tips for Sharing Your Mental Health Journey on Social Media
We all have our experiences. We are experts in our experiences with mental health. That’s great, but our experience might not be everyone’s experience. It’s vital to remember that what works for us will not work for everyone we contact on social media, and what works for them might not work for us.
We’re not alone, but we are individuals.
Have you been sharing your journey on social media? How has that been working out for you? Where can others follow you?
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
4 Lessons In Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Breaking the Stigma Together with Best-in-Class Resources Oregon Allowing Students to Take ‘Mental Health Days’ Could Benefit Them in College, Experts Say Give Your Child the Tools to Recognize Sexual Abuse Campaigner for child sexual abuse victims to be honoured The Ticking Time Bomb of Unprocessed Trauma Employers…
Is There a Hole in the ACE study?
I’ve written before about the ACE studies and surveys, and if you’ve read those you know that I think everything about ACE scores needs to be taken with a grain of salt. However, until my wife shared this news article from her alma mater I had not noticed that the question about childhood sexual abuse is somewhat more specific than it should be. Apparently, Robyn Dolson noticed it too, and decided to use her thesis work investigating why, and how it impacts the results. In short, the question about sexual abuse refers to being abused by an adult or someone 5 years or older than you.
As many of us can attest, that leaves out quite a few survivors who were abused by someone in their peer, or a slightly older, group, which happens quite frequently.
