What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly)
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It’s never too early to teach children about consent and boundaries
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One of Your Employees Is Probably Hiding a Mental Health Problem
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Link – Research Again Finds That Talk Therapy Can Change The Brain
In short, treatment can help, there is hope for you. You are not broken beyond repair. “People who had received CBT showed structural changes in their brains, from the beginning to the end of the initial six months, whereas people in the medication-only group didn’t have the same changes. In particular, there was more neural…
Link – The Power of Talking
I love the fact that this article not only lists this great reasons why talking can be helpful, but also reminds us that we need to think about who we talk to. Reasons to Talk It gives us a sense of “doing” something. By talking, we are doing something active not passive and we are…
Sharing – How I Take Care: Therapist and Mental Wellness Advocate Jor-El Caraballo
It’s easy to think of self-care as something fun or relaxing that we take the time to do, just for ourselves. But, living a healthy life is so much more than that. Yes, we need the activities that fill our cups so that we have the energy to give in other areas of our lives. But, true self-care is also about doing the things that are hard, because they are better for us.
Link – I don’t have a ‘pre-trauma’ identity. So I’m developing my identity.
A lot of trauma survivors, talk about how they miss who they used to be. They miss their ‘pre-trauma’ self/identity. For many of us, however, who were severely abused from a very young age, we don’t have a ‘pre-trauma’ identity. This is something people will not fully comprehend, unless they have personally endured this. Part…
Sharing – Things People Said to Me About Suicide That Caused More Harm Than Good
What Gaby has to say about things you’d be better off not saying is good, but this last statement is 100% true –
“Most of the time, the only thing you have to do is be there. Most of the time, your only job is to be you, a fellow human being who is not afraid of engaging in a meaningful connection.”
Link – Facts and falsities of male sexual abuse
This article out of Lincoln, Nebraska throws out this statistic, in an interview with the Child Advocacy Center. It does not provide an explanation of where it came from, but I am very curious to know if anyone has seen it before: “Only about 16 percent of men with documented histories of sexual abuse consider…
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