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Sharing – Give Yourself Credit: The Essential Habit Behind Self-Esteem
We aren’t really hard-wired to notice the stuff we do correctly everyday. The more often we do them, the more likely we pay absolutely no attention to them, and yet, we do all of them successfully and pay undo attention to the one or two things we don’t do correctly.
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5 Ways to Find Better Mental Health 10 Books to Help Children Understand Mental Illness Why Therapy Is Actually Cool Mental Health Recovery Is Never Linear Icons Talking About Mental Health Make a Positive Impact Mental Health & Stigma The Healing Power of Telling Your Trauma Story Study shows that up to 75% of children’s…
Sharing – How To Support Your Depressed Friend When You’re Depressed Too
As you know, I’ve been quick to share links and even write about what your depressed friends need, and how to help people struggling with their own mental health. What I’ve come to realize more and more is that I am also struggling, and failing at being a very good friend for many of these same reasons. I’m burned out, I’m tired, I have little mental energy beyond just getting through each workday, and taking care of myself, for reaching out, chatting, or virtually meeting up with people.
In short, I am experiencing exactly what Annie is talking about. I want to reach out and be supportive to my friends, but I haven’t recognized my own struggles. No, I don’t believe I am depressed in a major way, but I’m definitely suffering from anxiety, stress, and it’s exhausting me.
That makes it hard to be the supportive one in any relationship, even though I want to be.
To combat that, I’m going to be reviewing this article a few times, and thinking about how I might still be supportive, and how maybe people in my life be supportive of each other.
Sharing – Mental Health Leveled Up in 2024
Those are good things. Properly dealing with the mental health crisis will require more research, tools, and treatment resources. These don’t grow overnight; achieving them takes years of hard work, so any progress is good news.
However, I agree with Time that the incoming Presidential Administration has not indicated a preference for continuing this work with research funding, new drug and therapy approvals, or respect for the science. That puts our progress at risk.
Link – Human Trafficking Experts: Educate Kids About Dangers When They’re Really Young
I wish this wasn’t true, but I’m afraid my wishing it isn’t going to change the reality: “We’re not allowed in the elementary schools, and one of the reasons for that is the topic is related to sex,” McGrath continued. “However, the reality of the situation is average age of entry into the sex trade…
Link – Should I Tell Others About My Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis?
I recently wrote about sharing your mental health issues online, by liking pages, or sharing posts, etc. I also mentioned that there may be some real reasons not to do so. This post does a good job of giving you the questions you should ask yourself before you decide to “come out”, either online or…
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): How Do We Stop Child Abuse? tags: CA For Cleveland Victims, Trust and Comfort May Be … …
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): How Do We Stop Child Abuse? tags: CA For Cleveland Victims, Trust and Comfort May Be … …
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