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.
In English law, sentencing guidelines were changed last week by the Crown Prosecution Service to increase minimum sentences for rape and sexual assaults, raising the tariff to start at 15 years and with other factors taken into account. Despite this change, Ian Watkins was subject to the law in Wales. What connects both countries is…
I don’t know anyone that isn’t more irritable now than they were a year ago, but do we know why? And what do we do about it? This seems like a fairly accurate picture of our current situation: “In fact, neuroscience tells us is that irritability and anger aren’t in our conscious control. Think of…
Came across this post the other day, and it reminded me of something that I probably don’t think about enough. Yes, the Internet is a great place to “meet” other survivors, and to be reminded that we are not alone in being abuse survivors, but with that, there can also be communities that are not…
“Education can’t get rid of mental illness but it can give you the tools you need to do what you can to stack the odds in your favour that you won’t get it,” said Kutcher, a former member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s youth advisory committee. Without this education, misinformation and isolation run…
This is a really great idea – “Indianapolis wanted a better way to combat drug addiction and mental illness. So the city created its first Mobile Crisis Assistance Teams, consisting of a police officer, paramedic and clinician, to connect offenders to services.” But, as the article points out, the challenge is making sure those services…
Granted, they were quick to point out that the data was collected pre-COVID, so we don’t know if this has held true during the pandemic, and that’s fair. This year has been a whole different ball game for all of us. That being said, however, this is not the first bit of research to point out how we can ease the likelihood, and the severity, of some mental health struggles by simply supporting one another. That feeling that we are not alone in this, that we belong and are connected to other human beings, is a powerful force in our lives, and a powerfully negative force when it’s not there.
We have all the tools we will ever need to stay connected and supportive of each other, all we lack is the willingness to commit to it.
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