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Sharing – How Discrimination Affects Your Mental And Physical Health
Each of us has a choice to make. We can acknowledge that millions of people are oppressed and discriminated against. We can recognize that each additional act of oppression adds to the stress and mental health issues, or we can ignore that and do nothing. We can support celebrities, politicians, and religious figures who have no issue oppressing other people, who favor discriminating against people who are not like us, or we can contribute to lessening the discrimination people face and the harm caused.
Read the article below. Read it slowly and thoughtfully. Then choose wisely.
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Top 10 Free Mental Health Apps | World of Psychology tags: CA Child sex abuse: It’s very much there tags: CA Be the Victor: Rising Above Victimization | World of Psychology tags: CA Documentary about child abuse in Catholic church wins three Emmy awards tags: CA Pastor Admits “Rape The Gay Away” of Four Teen…
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We have done a good job of removing the stigma of getting help for things like anxiety, depression, ADHD, and multiple other symptoms of mental health issues. We haven’t done enough to make it acceptable for people to talk about the trauma they’ve suffered. Until we do that, and until we recognize that we all have experienced various levels of trauma, we’re going to continue to have a growing mental health crisis on our hands.
Sharing – Why Is It So Hard to Say “I Love You”?
I suspect there’s a lot to the answer to this question right here but I’ll explain more: What Does “Love” Mean? Of course, it depends on how we define “love.” Unfortunately, our concept of love is often limited by the idea of being “in love” with another person, with butterflies in our stomachs and a…
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