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Link – The truth about self-harm

ByMikeM March 2, 2018March 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

This is a really nice guide that they’ve put together:

“This booklet aims to help you understand more about self-harm and what to do if you are worried about yourself or someone else. It explains what self-harm is, what to do if you or someone you know is self-harming, and how to get help.”

The help resources are UK based, but even for those of us not in the UK, this book is absolutely chock-full of educational material around the issue of self-harm. You could do worse than check it out if you, or someone you know, is dealing with it.

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/truth-about-self-harm

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Sharing – Teens feel less emotional support than their parents think they do, new report shows
ByMikeM July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 Reading Time: 1 minute

I can’t help but wonder how many of those teens who feel like they have no one to talk to about their emotions have parents who don’t think their teen has emotional struggles because, surely, they would talk to their “supportive” parents.

Don’t assume your kids are fine because they haven’t talked to you about struggling. They may be in that gap.

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Sharing – The idea that many people grow following trauma may be a myth
ByMikeM October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Over the years of having this website, I’ve had many people suggest that my abusive childhood made me more compassionate and a kinder human being. Or, maybe it gave me a better sense of humor or made me more spiritual.

Or maybe it didn’t. No version of me wasn’t abused. If there had been a version of me that wasn’t abused, he could be more compassionate. He could be a complete narcissist. He could be funnier or kinder. He could be a selfish ass.

No one knows. That version of me is Schrodinger’s cat. It’s all the possibilities because the box can never be opened to see what’s inside.

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Sharing – Sexual violence against boys is far more common than we think
ByMikeM February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

These are the stories we don’t hear about often enough, and that leaves a whole lot of victims out on their own when it comes to finding support.

“What do you think you know about boys and sexual violence? I thought I knew that boys are victims only rarely, and I automatically equated “child sexual abuse” with adults preying on kids. But I was wrong on both counts.

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Link – Psychotherapy Myths: Therapy Can’t Treat Serious Mental Illness
ByMikeM May 24, 2018December 20, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I do agree with this take away: “The takeaway from this small sample of research is to bust the myth that psychotherapy only treats “mild” mental illness. Or that it can’t be used until a person is “stabilized” on medications. The research data just don’t provide evidence to support these beliefs. None of this is…

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Link – Dispelling The Myth of Child Abuse.
ByMikeM June 28, 2018July 3, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

This is sadly, true. Unfortunately, collectively, we as a society seem to believe that the “only” kind of abuse that “counts” is physical. And that if something else happened to you as a child beyond being physically harmed, this “couldn’t have been abuse.” Part of the problem is finding a clear definition. When someone molests…

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Sharing – Persuading a Loved One to Seek Mental Health Support
ByMikeM March 23, 2022March 22, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

There are quite a few ideas to consider before you talk to someone you love that I highly encourage you to read. The last thing you want to do is create a situation where they feel judged or stigmatized but it happens more often than it should. (It should never happen, we aren’t even close to that.)

However, there is one thing that I have found really helps whenever someone is talking about their own mental health issues, or feeling embarrassed about considering therapy for themselves and it’s quoted right there in this article:

“If you’ve gone to therapy, you can share your experiences with them, too. It can help to let them know they aren’t alone in seeking help. “

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