“I am more than my grief. I am more than what has happened to me in my life. I am more than my losses. I am more than the pain.”
I’ve said it before as well. You are a Survivor, and More.
though this article is not about child abuse, it is about grief, pain and loss, something that survivors can easily identify with, and sometimes over identify with.
If you spend any time at all thinking about children and the criminal justice system, this is not a huge surprise. “A new report on the history of safeguarding children detained for criminal offences in the UK has concluded that it is impossible to remove the potential for abuse in secure institutions, and that the…
I had to learn resiliency later in life. I defined it as the knowledge that even if something didn’t go well, if I screwed up at work, did something embarrassing, or said something dumb, that I would still be OK. That is what gave me the confidence to socially engage, rather than the avoidance I had grown accustomed to. Had I felt safe enough as a child, I might have learned that I would be OK at a younger age. That would have made a world of difference in my early adult years, which were a mess when it came to mental health.
I didn’t feel safe as a child. I didn’t grow up knowing that I would be OK even if something bad happened. Bad things happened, and I wasn’t OK because I was alone with them. There was no safe place. I had to learn how to be my safe place. That’s what those kids who struggle with distress and social avoidance are trying to do. Having safety as a child would go a long way to help.
I hope those who work in the field are thinking the way Aaron is: “Rather than seeing this as a stop-gap until psychotherapy can return to the status quo, therapists should instead see it as an opportunity to rethink the delivery of psychological services all together.” Most of what we consider “therapy” has been around…
Hey you, with the mental health concerns – whatever you’re going through, wherever you’re at, this is a friendly reminder that there’s nothing wrong with you. While approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness in a given year, everyone has mental health that deserves to be taken care of. So for…
I got an email from someone afew days ago asking if I would link to a faith-based resource, and since I don’t really discriminate one way or the other on faith-based resources, I responded that I’d of course be glad to point to anything that might prove useful to folks reading here. So, here’s the…
Last week a student advisor sent me a message about a project her students are working on to use social media to share helpful resources for teens, especially troubled teens who might be in need of help. They call themselves the Happy Hearts Club and their mission is ” raise awareness of issues that teens…
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RT @SurvivorNetwork: Link – You Are More Than Your Pain: “I am more than my grief. I am more than what has happened to me in my life…. ht…
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