Tracie has an interesting story about how she wouldn’t ask for help as a new mom, even when it was clear that she needed it.
More importantly, she also lists some great resources where you can reach out and get help, whether you are depressed, a victim of sexual assault, or suspect a child is being abused.
As Tracie, and many of us, learned, we all need help every now and then.
Well, while we’ve all got some extra time on our hands, and could probably use a bit of help with anxiety, you may be thinking about finding a good book, so here are some recommendations from calmsage.com. Have you read any of these? Have your own recommendation? https://www.calmsage.com/best-self-help-books-for-depression-and-anxiety/ Also on: Facebook X
Simply put, there is a lot of stuff available at the site, from articles, radio shows, mindfulness tools, etc. to BBC TV programs dedicated to mental health topics.
If nothing else, make a note of it and spend some time wandering around and see if any of the tools that are available would be helpful to you, and if they are, come back and let us know!
Like Natasha, I rarely ever use “trigger warnings” on this site. That’s because, frankly, it’s a site about surviving child abuse and mental illness. Just the title should be considered a trigger warning. But also, because while I try to balance things out with positive messages for anyone who comes to the site, sometimes there…
I posted this to my tech blog the other day and wanted to make sure that survivors were aware of it as well. If you are trying to escape from an abusive situation, be it domestic violence and otherwise, don’t trust any technology that the person you are trying to escape from had access to….
Congrats to John Grohol and the rest of the folks over at Psych Central on 13 years of providing good mental health information online. I’ve been a fan of that site for many years, and now is an opportune time to thank them for their work! There is a whole lot of great stuff over…
