This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Sex-trafficking sting highlights vulnerability of foster children
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Physical and Emotional Abuse Usually Travel Together – HealthyPlace
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Sharing – Current mental health support systems often fail to meet men’s needs.
In the mental health field, I would agree with the experts quoted in the article. We treat mental health and trauma recovery based on the symptoms shown most often by women, because it is most often women who are seeking help. We define the symptoms based on what we see in those women, which are not the symptoms that every woman would have, let alone others. Someone who is abusing a substance, dealing with anger, taking risks, etc., isn’t typically what we consider “depressed,” but that might be the reality.
Link – To Stop Workplace Harassment, Start By Educating Our Children
I want to tie this post with the one I posted yesterday, because we see here the logic of something happening in childhood, and continuing into adulthood, and the workplace. “Today’s schoolyard bullies will become tomorrow’s workplace bullies. Thus, if you want to stop workplace harassment, then start educating our children about these issues.” Likewise,…
Link – Why sometimes it’s OK not to talk openly about mental illness
This is something I agree with But just because I talk publicly about my mental health, it doesn’t mean that you have to. In fact, I think it’s very important that you keep your illness within a circle of trust until you feel comfortable talking about it on the internet, or anywhere else, for that…
Sharing – Why The Age You Experienced Trauma Matters
When we talk about the effects of child abuse and other childhood traumas that last well into adulthood, this is what we are talking about. The normal development cycle was simply disrupted and we now must play catch-up.
It’s not impossible to learn and develop even as an adult, but first we need to stop blaming ourselves for both the trauma, and the effects of the trauma. We need to be open to learning new tools without judging ourselves for not already knowing how to fix ourselves.
If it were that easy, everyone would do it. Clearly that isn’t happening.
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Don’t excuse female predators of children … …
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Don’t excuse female predators of children … …
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