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
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Sharing – The impact of non-recent child sexual abuse on the wider family
As I’ve mentioned before, I didn’t wait until my 40s or 50s to tell someone about my abuse, and my family found out about it in my 20s, primarily due to my roommate having to answer their questions about my mental health breakdown. I didn’t get to choose whether my parents found out, but I’m also thankful that he went ahead and had that difficult conversation with them. I needed them to know what happened so that they could be part of my life while I tried to heal my mental health.Â
On the other hand, I would be lying if I said everything in the family was great after that. It’s complicated and occasionally messy.
Sharing – Does childhood adversity dilute life’s meaning? New research reveals surprising findings.
It doesn’t have to be a grand purpose either, just something that makes you want to return each day. It can be wanting to learn something new, be there for the important days for a friend or family member, see what happens with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, or whatever makes you want to get up the next day to be part of it. That moves us to healing, showing up for our lives each day. That, to me, is purpose. What keeps you here? What keeps you connected to other people?
Do more of that.
Sharing – Place Matters
The question isn’t just about making therapy available to more people, though that is important. It’s also about eliminating the environmental factors that cause harm to our mental health. Those will vary depending on where we live. What works in Louisiana is not what works in New York. What is needed here is different because the environment is different.Â
Most of all, can we even see the issues as they apply to different places? If we can’t see that, how do we see the problems faced by any individual?Â
Sharing – Why resilience won’t solve the mental health crisis among young people
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep repeating it until everyone gets it. Exercise, meditation, resilience, and emotional intelligence are great things to do for our mental health. Still, they will never raise someone out of poverty, eliminate oppression, sexism, racism, etc., or clean up pollution and eliminate climate disasters. We cannot teach kids to be more resilient and do nothing to minimize the amount of trauma they are dealing with every day.Â
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