I still have my bad days but the good days far outnumber the bad. I still struggle but my struggles are much less than they once were. Now, my struggles become my teacher, rather than my tormentor.
It’s always good to be reminded that there are so many survivors, just like you and I, who have proven that there is healing after abuse.
The article breaks the steps into two large buckets, and I’m going to ask you to consider these when you stop to consider whether your state, local, or federal representatives are actually doing something to improve the state of mental health care.
Are they doing something to make it easier to pay for mental health care services?
Are they doing something to make it easier to find mental health services?
If they’re not doing either of these things, or worse, cutting funding and services, they are not actually interested in improving the mental health situation in the US.
I do believe the findings also support what we see with abuse survivors, trying to see current situations through the lens of what we learned earlier. “A key question in neurology is about how the brain perceives, for instance, that a tiger is nearby based on a glimpse of orange amid the jungle leaves. If…
This is a really interesting comparison: “Jennifer Alvaro has never met anyone who’s had to escape a burning school building. But as a parent, she’s grateful students are taught about fire safety and how to react in the event of a fire. She does, however, know thousands of people who have either been sexually abused…
I can’t help but get frustrated when this is still the most popular myth we have to start articles like this with – “Myth: Mental health treatment is a sign of weakness. My kids will get over it.” There’s more where that came from. Please, if you don’t understand mental health issues among kids, go…
Three very different, famous, stories, and only one bottom line: Bottom line: Open communication and shared love in a family make a difference when bad things happen to a child. If children feel safe and loved in their family before bad things happen, they are more likely to share these experiences with their parents and…
This is a good question in the UK, as this story lays out. It’s also a good question for everywhere else as well. I know in the US we are lacking when it comes to providing much in the way of mental health resources for kids, as well as adults. But it’s particularly problematic because…
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