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The media can be a great tool for increasing public awareness about sexual violence, but it can also pose challenges for some survivors. Portrayals of sexual violence in movies, television shows, the news, and social media can prompt negative reactions, from flashbacks and anxiety to feelings of sadness or irritability. Below are a few ways…
Link – Making Room for Gray
“Now consider our abuse occurring during this childhood developmental stage, before our little brains have opportunity to grow, develop and experience different perspectives. We are stuck and frozen in a time continuum with one-or-the-other or black and white thinking. Our world partly becomes defined by the perceptions we held during the abusive experience. These perceptions,…

Beware Misleading Headlines About Social Networks and Depression
I’m sure by now you’ve all seen the headlines about a recent study that seemed to show a tie between the amount of time spent on social media and depression. Unfortunately, almost all of those stories came with blaring headlines proclaiming that the study had shown that using social networks led to depression, and then…

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Loneliness in adulthood tied to accelerated brain aging, new research reveals
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Hardest Parts of Bipolar Disorder– I don’t talk about Bipolar often, because I don’t have Bipolar, and I’d rather link to people with lived experience, like this.
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The Role Of Therapy In Overcoming Childhood Neglect And Trauma
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Talking about mental health at home: What do you wish your parents knew?

Sharing – ‘Conversation-based’ activities reduce mental illness stigma among college students
I don’t know that this a surprise to many of us who advocate for mental health issues, but it’s always nice to have a study show that talking about mental health in a normal way, during everyday life, does have a positive effect. “College students who participate in fun, peer-directed activities that openly and honestly…
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