Those closest to you can be a great source of support, but I think many of us know people who were close to us that were not a source of support at all. Still, you should take the time to talk to them about what is going on, and if nothing else, the response will tell you who your true friends are.
Regardless of how anyone else deals with it though, you can overcome and find a community that is a source of support!
This is so important as we continue to understand how social media affects us as we look at the “perfect” things people choose to share with the world: If this is you, if you had to spend a majority of your life surviving an abusive childhood, and then later coping with the lingering impacts of…
The article lists out a lot of the reasons, and I encourage you to read it, but this part I found to be very interesting because it reminded me of things I’ve done in some adult learning situations: “Way and her colleagues created “The Listening Project,” which aims to build connections among seventh-graders in New…
Jail is a terrible place for someone having a mental health crisis: “Across the country, and especially in rural areas, people in the middle of a mental health crisis are locked in a cell when a hospital bed or transportation to a hospital isn’t immediately available. The patients are transported from the ER like inmates,…
A former athlete has alleged, in details issued through her lawyers, that Darrell Bunn groomed her when she was 16, and then sexually abused her. The athlete, now in her 30s and unable to be named for legal reasons, said she complained to UKA in 2003. After an investigation, Bunn was allowed to continue working…
“One day, a Canadian friend, whose husband and daughter I had met in Honduras during a mission trip in 2011, sent me a Bible verse after learning of my anxiety. Jeremiah 29:11, which is a verse that I had read often, says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord,…
Surviving childhood abuse takes strength, there’s no question that you are strong, but how that strength plays out, and what limits there are to that strength are anyone’s guess. Survivors are all individuals, some will struggle with certain things, others with completely different things. None of that makes you stronger or weaker.We are all just…
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Many times family and friends don’t know what to say or do. Dealing with this issue is out of their comfort zone.
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