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Shared Links (weekly) May 21, 2023
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Teens say social media is stressing them out. Here’s how to help them
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How to Cope with being Touch Starved– “Whether we accept it or not, humans need physical touch or skin-to-skin contact to maintain good health and well-being.”
Link – New court pilot program helps child sex abuse victims to give evidence
This seems like an interesting thing that Australian courts are doing: “The program involves pre-recording children’s evidence and appointing trained “witness intermediaries” who help children to understand questions and get their answers across effectively. Since March last year more than 700 children have been through the NSW pilot program, which has 44 trained witness intermediaries….
I Started Healing When I Convinced Myself I was Safe Now, What About People Who Aren’t Safe?
Casey calls out those of us who would say “love is love” and support our LGBTQ friends and family members without standing up and doing what we can to actually make this world safer for them. I’ll go one further. If we want to call ourselves mental health advocates and advocates for trauma survivors we need to do what we can to push for a world that is safe for everyone. We can’t heal when we don’t feel safe, and for too many people in this world, they have no reason to feel safe.
We need to advocate for a world that is safe for them too.
Sharing – The Dangers of Toxic Positivity
And on and on. No matter the struggle, there will always be someone there to tell you what you’re doing wrong to explain why you aren’t getting better.
What if we simply understand that life is hard? Anxiety and depression are hard. Living in poverty is hard. Living with bipolar or chronic illnesses is hard. Going outside isn’t always going to fix that. Being positive isn’t going to fix it; some days will just be hard and miserable.
Link – The emotional toll of pursuing child pornographers
While children are the real victims, those who have to view child sexual abuse images and videos in order to catch and prosecute the predators become incidental victims of the growing crime threat. I have the utmost respect for the people who do this for a living, and I also have complete understanding for whatever…
Great commentary on Ten Things I’ve Learned About Trauma – will share the link in the February Surviving Spirit newsletter. http://www.survivingspirit.com
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