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Sharing – Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?
So, someone like me, a middle-aged, professional, white male, can talk about struggling and get encouragement, pointed to good resources that are affordable for me, and there’s hope that I’ll get better. Someone living near poverty will say the same thing, and we start looking at whether they should have their kids removed from the home or how we can keep them away from a “safe” society.
It gets worse if they are not white and/or have a more serious mental health issue.
That’s not right. Everyone deserves quality mental health care. We shouldn’t divide who gets the care and who doesn’t based on what kind of mental health issue they have or who they are. That’s no way to solve this issue.
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
Why people are turning to Instagram for therapy and mental health needs – It’s not treatment, but it can be supportive. How You Can Help A Friend in Crisis – “the teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) Action Plan will help you understand how to manage a crisis situation and help a friend when they…
Don’t Get Distracted – Big Problems Require Big Solutions, not Simple Ones
To believe we can solve the teen mental health crisis by forcing kids off social media and doing nothing about all these other things is foolish.
Link – Who Am I, and What Do I Want?
Vicki wrote this post in July, but for whatever reason, it just came into my world this week. It reminded me of something that I remember being a huge turning point in therapy for me: “My right to think for myself and make my own decisions was hard-earned, and I am determined to put it…
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RT @SurvivorNetwork: What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly): Facing the Reality of Sibling Sexual Abuse – tags: CA ChildAbuse US Swim… …