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ByMikeM November 1, 2015December 20, 2020 Reading Time: 1 minute

“About one in 10 Americans experience depression at any given time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (link is external). But many people with depression don’t even know they have it.

Depressive symptoms may range from mild to severe and they can vary greatly. The signs of depression are often attributed to fatigue, stress, or the aging process.

Here are seven subtle signs of depression you shouldn’t ignore.”

7 Subtle Signs of Depression You Shouldn’t Ignore | Psychology Today

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Sharing – Simple social rituals like eye contact and small talk are psychologically powerful
ByMikeM July 4, 2025July 2, 2026 Reading Time: 1 minute

If you’re like me and don’t want to be open to lengthy conversations with strangers, this article is good news. Even small connections, a smile, a nod, or a pleasant “hello,” have mental health benefits.

It might also remind us of the humanity of the people around us. There are worse things.

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Sharing – The Legit Mental Health Benefits of Doing Nothing, According to Science
ByMikeM August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

This study shows us something really interesting. I don’t know that I can remember the last time I just spent a short period thinking and not doing something to distract me from thinking.

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Sharing – I was a child abuse detective – here are 5 things I want you to know
ByMikeM June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

Because if they don’t learn it from you, they will hear about it from these sources. Is that where you want your kids to learn about sex? If you wait too long, you’re not protecting their innocence as much as you are creating an opening for someone else to teach them a worse version.

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Sharing – Leaders: Protecting Abusers – Not Victims – Is a Costly Mistake
ByMikeM July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

As the article explains, we feel empathy for people who are most like us. Children and other victims may not look like us as much as the abuser does. We might even know the abuser and not know the victim. The mentally lazy thing is to let our familiarity with the accused abuser blind us to the reality of what is happening. The way to get out of that is to focus on the humanity of the victim just as much. When you have empathy for everyone, regardless of whether they are like you or not, you can react to the situation in front of you instead of your bias about the people involved.

Everyone deserves that. No matter how different they may be from us.

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Link – Childhood trauma: Why I worry about the ACE-aware movement’s impact
ByMikeM October 20, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Whitney makes some valuable points about the new movement to recognize ACE scores, and the impact these events have on children, and adults. I am not suggesting that the ACE-aware movement is wrong per se. It has increased public awareness of the potentially traumatic situations that sadly many of our children and families face today…

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Link – Advice for Children Who Have Lost Parents to Suicide
ByMikeM September 22, 2016September 20, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

I’ve never forgotten the lesson my math teacher taught me: that we need to learn how to talk about suicide. Here are a few numbers he probably didn’t know, but should: suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and claims more than 41,000 lives every year. I was not the only…

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