Reading – They’re Invisible In China: Portraits Of The Mentally Ill
This is profoundly sad, and somewhat shocking, because there simply are no resources available to treat mental illness.
This is profoundly sad, and somewhat shocking, because there simply are no resources available to treat mental illness.
Catching up on the biggest stories of last week, BBC News reported on a vigilante group posing as children when online in order to build up evidence against, and then confront, suspected paedophiles. Debate was generally split on the issue. The public were mostly in favour of the move in that local town, the police were…
The Bishop of Limerick, Donal Murray, has resigned following the release of the Dublin Archdiocese report which we mentioned at the end of last month. That document spanned almost three decades of abuse and cover-up. As ever, read about it at the BBC here with all other information linked in the right hand box next…
Depression tells you that you are alone. Knowing that there are other people, lots of other people, also dealing with it helps. It also helps to have a constant reminder that someone is on your side in this and looking for ways to remind you that you are not alone. If someone close to you is dealing with depression, and feeling alone, the best thing you can do is just be in their corner, helping them find help and connecting them with other people who can be part of their support network.
That’s how we fight back against something telling us we are alone.
Thirty years later, I’ve done a lot of healing. I feel good about the life I’ve built and the people I’ve been building it with. I’ve found a way to want to continue living this life, and I’ve found ways to give back that fit into my life. What I don’t have is an exact timeline of childhood events that include all of the details of what happened to me.
It turns out I didn’t need that to get here. I have enough to know what happened. I have enough that I can share my “story” as I remember it.
That’s plenty.
The Daily Mail published and updated its view on the mistaken identification of the wrong politician in the North Wales child abuse scandal last Friday, updating it on Monday 12th November. That article is here. This first article from last week was not the hatchet job on Stephen Messham implied by one of the Independent on Sunday’s articles linked…
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