This Week’s Links (weekly)
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After Childhood Abuse, ‘Times’ Columnist Says He Chose Life Over Vengeance
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Join us for the 4th Annual Blog Party: World Mental Health Day, Oct. 10
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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These are all possible, they don’t require one person to fix things, which is where I suspect many of us get stuck. We want to support a loved one, or friend, who is struggling and in need of support, but that looks like a lot, probably more than we can handle. Frankly, it is more than you can handle, that’s why we all need the larger network. It only makes sense!
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Sharing – Youth mental health: Mindfulness training isn’t the answer, UK study finds
What we see here is what we see for a lot of mental health solutions, it works for some, and doesn’t work for others. Mental health is complicated. As the article points out, if the school environment is hurting student mental health or they are living in an environment at home that does the same, mindfulness isn’t going to change that and isn’t likely to have much of an overall impact even if they engage.
It’s complicated. The solutions are going to be complicated as well. I’d like some simple mindfulness training to be “the answer” for everyone too, but it just isn’t.
On the other hand, if it helps you, keep doing it.
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Choosing Life: Thoughts From A Survivor tags: CA Depression After Childhood Abuse, ‘T… …