This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Depression Influencers: The Top 10 You Should Know Why we still need to hear survivor stories Mental Health Awareness Is On The Rise, But Access To Professionals Remains Dismal As Suicides Rise, Insurers Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Care – A lengthy read, but important to understand where we are, and how we got…
Self Love Is a Struggle Because We Know Our Own Faults
We never get to see other people’s thoughts if they choose not to share them. We see ALL of our thoughts, however. That puts us at a disadvantage when deciding what we “deserve” compared to others. We might do well to assume that everyone has the same kind of thoughts that we do at times because we all do. We just don’t talk about them and share them with the world. (Most of us, anyway)
And we all deserve self-care.
Reviews Elsewhere – “A Brother’s Journey” by Richard B. Pelzer
Well, in truth it’s not so much a review, but some thoughts about reading the book from Nathan Box Richard B. Pelzer is the brother of Dave Pelzer. Dave is the author of three books, “A Child Called It,” “The Lost Boy,” and “A Man Named Dave.” The three books document one of the most…
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
More college students are seeking help for mental health, but what happens when there aren’t enough counselors? These LGBTQ Books Tackle Mental Health, Abuse, and Grief How can we leverage technology for better suicide prevention? This is Why “Boundaries” is My 2020 Power Word Youth sports create opportunities for sexual abuse. What can parents do?…
2022 State of Mental Health Report Shows Shocking Lack of Access to Care
The report is available to download in full, or you can skim some of the statistics. As you do though, pay special attention to the section on Access to Care, where you’ll learn things like the fact that over 27 million people in the US with some sort of mental health issue did not get any treatment. None. Not a bit. Even in the best state for matching treatment with patients, Vermont, almost 43% of people did not get care.
Sharing – If Healing After Abuse Was Easy, Everyone Would Do It
Suzanna’s article below is about domestic abuse as an adult, but I think a lot of it also applies to survivors of childhood abuse as well. Not all of it, but nuggets like this seem very familiar to me: “Looking at the past brings shame, judgment. No one wants to be a victim. It’s embarrassing….
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