This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Let’s get this straight: Child victims are never at fault | MailTribune.com
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Sandusky’s ‘Victim No. 1’ talks about preventing child sex abuse
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Let’s get this straight: Child victims are never at fault | MailTribune.com
tags: CA
Sandusky’s ‘Victim No. 1’ talks about preventing child sex abuse
tags: CA
Virtual and Offline Sexual Predators Not So Different
tags: CA
Casting Off the Shame of Sexual Abuse
tags: CA
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Economic stress isn’t the only factor when it comes to mental health issues. We all know people with plenty of financial resources who struggle, just like we know professional athletes who exercise all the time and still struggle. That being said, we would be stupid not to acknowledge the increased risk.
There are, quite frankly, a lot of books that many of you might find interesting listed at this link. There are even sections for faith resources, and books for partners, etc. I’d definitely take a look around this page if I wanted to learn more about PTSD and Dissociative Disorders. Anything you would add? http://traumadissociation.com/books
This is true for adults too, but for children this is especially damaging. “For instance, at one presentation, a girl told Harris that some images she’d shared online had spread beyond her control. “She basically said, ‘You know, every time somebody recognizes me, every time someone smiles at me or whispers in my presence, I’m…
“Now consider our abuse occurring during this childhood developmental stage, before our little brains have opportunity to grow, develop and experience different perspectives. We are stuck and frozen in a time continuum with one-or-the-other or black and white thinking. Our world partly becomes defined by the perceptions we held during the abusive experience. These perceptions,…
I’m not going to quote anything from this article, because it’s a complicated issue that doesn’t break down into sound bites very well. We all want the justice system to come down hard on anyone who is guilty of abusing a child, but proving that guilt is tricky when it requires, potentially, doing more harm…
Over the years, I’ve learned a lot about mental health from online sources. I’ve also seen a lot of false information being shared as well. Some of it is from misunderstanding evidence, but most comes from someone with something to sell. There have been far too many people sharing quick “cures” and lifehacks that will treat depression and anxiety and heal us from trauma that have gone viral, and far fewer honest voices telling the truth about the solutions that are available to support mental health across society, and how complicated it can be when what the media says will work doesn’t work for an individual, because they are, in fact, an individual.Â
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