This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Do Your Fears Hold You Back? 3 Simple Strategies to Ease Fear
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Vivian Norris: Breaking the Silence: The Media and Male Sexual Abuse
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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However, there is one thing that I have found really helps whenever someone is talking about their own mental health issues, or feeling embarrassed about considering therapy for themselves and it’s quoted right there in this article:
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Is that the message you want to send someone who trusted you enough to admit they are struggling with you? That their struggles aren’t valid enough for you to do anything differently?
