Link – Tips for Survivors on Consuming Media

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

The media can be a great tool for increasing public awareness about sexual violence, but it can also pose challenges for some survivors. Portrayals of sexual violence in movies, television shows, the news, and social media can prompt negative reactions, from flashbacks and anxiety to feelings of sadness or irritability. Below are a few ways to help limit your exposure to media that could prompt these uncomfortable experiences.

This is a pretty good place to go for child abuse survivors to think about how we take in various media as well, especially as it possibly deals with issues of sexual and other types of child abuse.

https://nclud.rainn.org/articles/tips-survivors-consuming-media

Similar Posts

Sharing – Why Attachment Is a Key Factor in Your Mental Health

Sharing – Why Attachment Is a Key Factor in Your Mental Health

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

This article is mostly about early childhood development, but I think this is a beacon of hope for all survivors. “Although this sounds dire, reparative experiences of attachment can help us grow and resolve our trauma. These experiences can come through therapy, but they can also come through stable, intimate relationships where we can feel…

Link – Depression Is Not Just a Mental Illness, It Affects the Whole Organism

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“An international team of researchers lead by the University of Granada has scientifically proven, for the first time, that depression is associated with important alterations of the oxidative stress, so it should be considered a systemic disease.” This is important if it is verified with further study. No one goes around telling people with systemic…

Book Review of Sorts – Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

Book Review of Sorts – Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

For many survivors, their definition of healed automatically becomes a goal that cannot ever be reached. We should quit trying to “be the person I was before the abuse” because it’s impossible. By setting that as our pass/fail goal we sentence ourselves to a lifetime of falling short, instead of a lifetime of celebrating the gap between where were started and where we are today. We also never find a better goal that is more realistic.

Please, take a good look at how you are defining healed. More importantly, don’t lose sight of the amount of healing and growth that you’ve already done. Be proud of it. This is your life, it’s not a pass/fail exam. It’s so much bigger than that.

Link – Depression – I Can’t Enjoy the Good Things

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

I love good things theoretically, but with depression, I can’t enjoy the good things. Most people don’t get this. Most people can’t conceptualize of this. But even when good (recently great) life events occur, I just don’t feel pleasure (Depression Is Not Sadness). I can’t enjoy the good things when I’m depressed. This is truly…

Shared Links (weekly) June 27, 2021

Shared Links (weekly) June 27, 2021

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

7 Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.