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Sharing – A Look at Mental Health Treatment Stigma
As a blogger, and social media user, yes I want to try and be as careful as I can to post supportive messages, and not make anyone feel stigmatized through my words. That’s important, but I also have to remember that everyone is different. When you’re talking with someone through whatever medium, it’s important to not assume ill-intent. If the term “getting help” feels stigmatizing to you, simply ask people not to use it, suggest some other terms, etc. Have a conversation about how you want to talk about your mental health. Keep the lines of communication open, on both sides.
That’s how you end stigma. By communicating, instead of shutting anyone down.
Link – Your Individual Depression
This is such an important thing to remember when you are reading social media, blog posts, articles, etc. “But depression, despite the fact that it is known by that single label, represents a broad constellation of symptoms. Some people might be anxious and angry while others find themselves withdrawing from society or unable to make…
Sharing – How I Talked to My Teen About Suicide-And How You Can Do It Better
When we talk about sitting with someone in their pain, we have to do the hard thing, we have to acknowledge that their pain is real, and might very well be life-threatening. We don’t want to think that way, but I guarantee you, someone suffering enough to consider suicide, knows for sure that they are absolutely dealing with a life-threatening disease.
Have You Been Labeled?
The thing I suspect many people worry about, and something that makes me crazy to be honest, is when people see “abuse victim”, or especially “sexual abuse victim”, and their brain immediately takes the shortcut to everything society says about that label. Being a survivor of childhood abuse is not “one” thing, but having your identity boiled down to that “one” thing, is dehumanizing. This is especially true when the stereotypes that we believe about survivors, don’t match who we really are!
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RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Now Accepting Submissions for the April 2014 Edition of the Blog Against Child Abuse … …
Thank you for sharing the link to my book review of Rainbows In The Dark.
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“Marginalizing the abused: Six ways survivors are treated as insignificant” This blog post was so spot on! I blogged about it too! http://miathriver.com/marginalizing-abused/ And… Rainbows In The Dark – Book Review by Patricia Singleton is great too, she is a great advocate and blogger!