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.
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
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What to Do When You Suspect Child Abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse U.N. Report: Child Abuse Is Rampant Globally tags: CA ChildAbuse The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim tags: CA ChildAbuse Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
This is a pretty good list of things to do during these cold Winter months when parts of your depression fighting plan includes things like outdoor activities, and other things that you can’t do during the colder months. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/01/04/12-winter-depression-busters/ I’ve found a few of these to be good tools for myself, fighting off the lethargy…
It’s no wonder that I felt alone. I was alone. I was also lucky in finding someone else who was willing to tell their secret in my 20s. Most survivors remain alone with their trauma for decades. Even when they go about their lives, marry, have families, etc., they live alone in their trauma. Others tried to tell someone and weren’t believed, which is a level of being alone that I cannot imagine.
The headline is just one of many interesting finding in this poll. Personally, what I find interesting is that 73% of respondents know someone with a diagnosed mental health disorder, yet less than 50% are very comfortable talking to their friends about mental health, and the number of people who feel like they know a…
If we’re going to become a less lonely society, we need to take advantage of opportunities to gather together. It’s that simple. It’s also becoming more challenging to do as we hide behind social media and news media, more interested in keeping us afraid of “others” so that we will continue to give them our attention.
