This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Men’s Alternative Safe House forced to close due to lack of funding
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Helping your kids protect themselves from abuse – Marc Klaas
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
Linked: Barrier To Performance: Why We Need To Talk About Mental Health At Work Why It’s So Hard to Care for Ourselves 5 ways talking about mental health changed my life Homelessness stigma stops people accessing healthcare even when housed Misunderstandings of Mental Illness Cost Qualified People Their Jobs The Powerful Online Discussion on Reddit…
Sharing – CVS Trial Would Provide Access To Mental Health Services
There is a huge unmet need, and I hope this pilot works out, and gets expanded to places where it’s most needed. And then, I hope other innovative ideas become reality as well.
We need them all.
Sharing – People harm themselves to cope with big emotions. You can help them heal.
I appreciate that there is someone researching this, and I am also glad that the subject of the article, artist Donalen Rojas Bowers, is sharing her story as well. It’s not an easy thing to talk about, it’s not an easy thing to learn about, and it’s definitely not an easy thing to find out someone you love is self-harming.
None of that unease should matter when compared to understanding and helping kids and adults who feel the need to self-harm because there have no better options available. The only way we find those is to talk about this.
Sharing – Remote Work: 3 Tips to Handle Depression When Working Alone
I return to number 3 on this list often: 3. Take It One Day at a Time If you sit down and think that you have another month or more before life returns to normal, you will naturally gravitate towards depression. To prevent that, live life one day at a time. Concern yourself with…
Link – Why I Want People To Stop Mentioning My Suicide Attempt
This is important if someone you know has survived an attempt, or is even going through struggles with their mental health: I love that you love me. I love that you accept it has happened and haven’t buried it under the carpet. But please, don’t mention it. My suicide attempt is mine. There are so many emotions…
