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Sharing – How Safety and Success Intertwine in Childhood
Asking someone to help you, to put them out in any way, is not only bothersome, but it can often lead to violence. The eggshells Kara describes in the article are a visceral memory for me. I also vividly recall all the opportunities I didn’t take advantage of growing up, because they might have required me to ask for help from a parent.Â
Sharing – Dissociative disorders are nearly as common as depression. So why haven’t we heard about them?
I would not have suspected this either: “Dissociative disorders are often said to be rare. But our soon-to-be published analysis of international studies suggest they affect 10-11% of the population at some point in their lives. This makes them nearly as common as mood disorders (such as clinical depression). So what are dissociative disorders, why…
Link – Antidepressants work, so why do we shame people for taking them?
Sadly, this is all too real for the many, many people who have had to take anti-depressants, including myself. It’s been awhile since I was taking them, but I heard all of this stuff too, and more: “Newspaper reports, well-meaning advice, punditry of all sorts. At some deep level, we seem to want people to…
