This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Male rape survivors tackle military assault in tough-guy culture
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20 Blogs with Caring Ways to Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Link – Fighting Depression With Hobbies Like Photography
Many of you already know that I love photography, so clearly when I saw a link to this article, I was immediately intrigued. There’s much to agree with here. First I will be honest. There are periods of time when depression makes me feel like hobbies and interests are meaningless to engage in and anxiety…
Sharing – National Poll: Parents Say Mental Health and Belonging Are as Vital to School Safety as Building Security
It seems many parents want schools to do more in this space, which makes sense, because mental health issues only get worse when kids grow up without support.Â
Child Help Line Offers Online Course to Help Adults Recognize Signs of Child Abuse
If you have a few minutes to learn about this important topic, I highly recommend it. You should also consider sharing it with your own networks, and let them know you found it here.
Sharing – This One Thing Heals Childhood Trauma
This is what matters. Having people around you with the knowledge and willingness to support you. Far too many survivors, youth and adults, have never had that. We’ve failed them as a society that values our own discomfort with the topic over supporting people we claim to care about.
Until we stop doing that and start connecting with anyone who has experienced childhood trauma, we’ll continue to see all of the negative effects writ large.
Sharing – Validation Is Important in Supporting Trauma Survivors
It’s true, there are people all around you right now who have experienced horrific traumas in their lives, and the reason you don’t know is that they don’t feel safe talking about it. They’ve lived years, even decades, with this truth, only to be met with invalidating remarks like “Why can’t you just let it go?” or “you should be over that by now”, “it wasn’t that bad”, etc.
When your trauma, the thing you are struggling to overcome, is met with that kind of response you aren’t going to rush out to talk about it, which is a shame because talking about it to people who can be validating to us is one of the best ways to actually heal from it and have it no longer dominate our daily lives.
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