Preventing Child Abuse: Warning Signs of Sexual Predators
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The “girl next door” in hell; or, you can’t tell by looking
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4 Quick Tips for Helping Someone with Depression
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How To Explain Trauma To People Who Don’t Get It
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Surviving Child Abuse: Why It Can Cause a Pattern of Avoiding Feelings
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Now Accepting Submissions for the January 2014 Edition of The Blog Against Child Abuse
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In my own experience, at my worst, I was alone. I made people uncomfortable because they didn’t know what to say or how to fix me. The truth was I didn’t need them to fix me. I needed them to treat me like they did before. They needed to talk to me about the ball game or the latest music they were listening to and stay connected to me somehow. I couldn’t speak to them about what I was going through, and I didn’t have the words to convey the pain I was in, but it would have done so much good to have someone remind me that I was still me, in the midst of all that.
Hey look, here’s a another male victim of childhood sexual abuse, someone many of us are familiar with, who is in the public eye, and who’s father was also sexually abused. Tell me again how sexual abuse doesn’t happen in your circle, only to other people. If you think that, you’re wrong. It happens everywhere,…
Media overload is hurting our mental health. Here are ways to manage headline stress
Childhood traumas strongly impact both mental and physical health
Do You Always Need Background Noise? There’s A Psychological Reason Why.– Guilty of doing this for healthy reasons and unhealthy ones.
Common mental health inequalities across racialised groups: the gaps are getting bigger
Go Gently – “Whatever you’re going through, remember this: The best way to face uncertain times is with gentleness. With yourself, with your loved ones, and with others.”
Being Sad All the Time Is Too Much of a Burden – “Know that you will get through this.”
Well, while we’ve all got some extra time on our hands, and could probably use a bit of help with anxiety, you may be thinking about finding a good book, so here are some recommendations from calmsage.com. Have you read any of these? Have your own recommendation? https://www.calmsage.com/best-self-help-books-for-depression-and-anxiety/ Also on: Facebook X
I honestly think one of the reasons we see so many articles about exercise, eating right, or yes, puppies, as the cure for depression and anxiety, is because we really just want it to be that easy, so it can be “fixed” and we can go back to ignoring the problem. But, umm yeah. There’s…
How To Cope When We Feel Overwhelmed
Stigma and experiences of abuse stopped me from speaking out about my mental health
From Childhood Pain to Empowerment
Celebrating differences: World Mental Health Day 2020 toolkit : Mentally Healthy Schools
Facebook Introduces Mental Health Resource Hub
How to Set Limits When People Demand Too Much of You
What is psychological first aid and how do i practice it?
October Mental Health Awareness Events
