What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly)
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You’re Not Alone: What College Doesn’t Teach You About Depression
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Matt Haig: ‘People handle you differently when they know you’re depressive’
There’s no question this is true. It was my experience as well.
You’re Not Alone: What College Doesn’t Teach You About Depression
tags: CA Depression
Matt Haig: ‘People handle you differently when they know you’re depressive’
There’s no question this is true. It was my experience as well.
tags: CA Depression
tags: CA ChildAbuse
How We’re Affected by the Lies Our Abuse Tells Us
tags: CA ChildAbuse
Can Family Secrets Make You Sick?
tags: CA ChildAbuse
How Childhood Trauma Could Be Mistaken for ADHD
tags: CA ChildAbuse
Boys get molested. I was one of them. Lots of other men you know were likely molested, too. Some of them may not even know because we weren’t taught that boys could be victims of sexual abuse. After all, if our bodies reacted, we must have wanted it somehow.
This reasoning is so outdated and harmful. Men who were sexually abused as children deserve to have their stories told. All survivors deserve access to support and resources. It’s the very least we can do.
To anyone who’s had depression, you know this too well. For those of you who’ve never dealt with depression yourself and can’t figure out why the people in your life who are dealing with it can’t just see the truth, this: “No one likes you. There’s something wrong with you. You never do anything right….
Serious Consequences of Untreated Depression tags: CA Signs/Symptoms of the Sexually Abused Child tags: CA Protecting Kids from Sexual Abuse: Educate Yourself tags: CA Soft-Pedaling Child-Rape tags: CA World Suicide Prevention Day 2012 tags: CA Child abuse too serious to use for political gain tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links…
This is important. A child may never disclose to you, or someone may not disclose to you until they are an adult. Regardless, learn how to respond. A child who discloses needs you to respond correctly, and adult may not need it as much, but it helps us out a lot if you can. Evidence…
Learning to hold sorrow– “What I know for sure, after the work and conversations these past three weeks, is that we need to get better at holding, hearing, and healing sorrow.”
Teens Know Why Mental Health Is Worsening, Now It’s Time to Listen
5 Benefits of Solitude and Why You Need It for Your Mental Health– in a world that values productivity over everything, we lose the ability to simply be alone
Edie shares this experience with a new client. Now, there are legal reasons a therapist cannot acknowledge a patient in public, but I’ve seen some cases where the extent of this privacy can also be a bit off-putting. The very first therapist I went to actually had two separate doors to the office. You would…