An honest look at one survivor’s journey, struggles, victories, and all! I always find it interesting to see others documenting the things they have learned on their journey toward overcoming child abuse. Each of us has a unique journey to take, and yet we can learn so much from each other as well.
What we see here is what we see for a lot of mental health solutions, it works for some, and doesn’t work for others. Mental health is complicated. As the article points out, if the school environment is hurting student mental health or they are living in an environment at home that does the same, mindfulness isn’t going to change that and isn’t likely to have much of an overall impact even if they engage.
It’s complicated. The solutions are going to be complicated as well. I’d like some simple mindfulness training to be “the answer” for everyone too, but it just isn’t.
On the other hand, if it helps you, keep doing it.
Sound familiar? I know, for me, this is absolutely the truth, and even though I’ve done a ton of work to overcome this, and learn how to turn off this hyper vigilance, there are still times when it kicks in, like say during a pandemic.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll repeat it here. The last 16 months have forced everyone into being hyper vigilant. How do we suddenly turn that off? How exhausted are we from spending that much time constantly on the lookout for danger, and the worst case scenario?
Personally, that exhaustion goes beyond any words I have to describe it. It reminds me very much of what it was like in my 20s when I only had the life skills I learned as a kid, which were mostly just responses to abuse, not healthy ways to live as an adult.
Two people that posted images online which were claimed to be Robert Thompson and John Venables, the 1993 murderers of two year old James Bulger, as adults, received suspended sentences in the other big story from last week. Our views on revenge of any kind following child abuse are well known and it’s a bigger…
News wires in general have reported on the tracking and break-up of a worldwide paedophile ring that peaked at 70,000 members sharing child sexual abuse images involving a minimum of 230 boys. You can read the story at the BBC here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12762333 and the link in the centre of the story reports on the first…
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“The pressures of masculinity often keep men silent when it comes to their emotions — and that can have dangerous effects on their mental health. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death for adults in the U.S. — and men are most at risk. Of the…
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Yes it is journey One thing that is important if you don’t use skills for this tragedy) the Abuser wins Do not let them God Bless!!!
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