This Week’s Links (weekly)
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Protecting Teens from the Spread of Suicide
tags: CA Depression
No One Knew Depression Was Killing Me Inside
tags: CA Depression
tags: CA Depression
tags: CA ChildAbuse
“Dear Survivor”: A Letter About The Hard Truths of Healing From Child Abuse
tags: CA ChildAbuse
Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Abuse or Neglect
tags: CA ChildAbuse
tags: CA Depression
Mental Illness: Why Is There Still Such A Stigma?
tags: CA Depression
Reluctant advocate stands up to child sexual abuse
tags: CA ChildAbuse
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
I hope we can start to understand this better and provide a wider variety of tools to help with the wide variety of ways that mental health issues can manifest in different people.
I also hope we can start to understand that there is no one “right” way to treat our mental health issues, no magic solution that everyone can just go and get.
Lastly, I also hope that we can understand that my symptoms are not your symptoms, and the way something like depression can appear for one person versus another doesn’t make one more or less severe.
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