Reading – 26 Truths People Living With Depression Wish Others Understood
Would you add anything to this list?
26 Truths People Living With Depression Wish Others Understood
Would you add anything to this list?
26 Truths People Living With Depression Wish Others Understood
This article not only identifies the problem, but also has a bunch of really good, practical advice, for employers on how to support employee’s mental health. “One of the best ways to create a culture that supports mental health is to ensure people experience their jobs in a meaningful and purposeful way. This can be…
Christopher Anderson is the executive director of a national organization called MaleSurvior – an organization dedicated to assisting and advocating for men who have suffered some form of sexual abuse. This is an interview for WOUB with Christopher. If you want to know more about the organization or about male abuse victims, take a listen!…
I am somewhat surprised by Amy’s findings too, that she much preferred not having video calls with a therapist. But when I read this paragraph, it started to make a little more sense. “To my surprise, my favorite method of communicating with an online therapist was via messaging. I found myself being more open and honest…
This logic that emotional and psychological abuse isn’t “as bad” gives short shrift to the people who’ve been psychologically abused. We also don’t recognize the emotional and psychological abuse that went on alongside the other forms of abuse in our situations. That can limit us when it comes to healing. We can’t heal what we don’t know. If we ignore the impacts of these other forms of abuse, we run the risk of dealing with the effects for the rest of our lives instead of taking them on in our healing work.
Good for them for trying to make a positive difference in place of the mess that many social networks become for teens. Personally, I find Tumblr to be a scary place when you consider the idea of suicide contagion, and how having that much discussion about suicide on a day to day basis might be…
Maybe, most importantly, these parents seem to think they know better, that the mental health of their kids is something they can handle on their own. We know that isn’t true. We know the number of teens who have considered suicide is much higher than the number of parents who think their teen has. That doesn’t suggest that what we’ve been doing is working, it suggests that having mental health resources available at school is a net positive for everyone.
But that fact appears to be no match compared to stigma and conspiracy theories.
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