We know the scale of the problem.
“56 percent of Americans don’t get the help they need. Here are eight ways to find mental health services at little to no cost.”
Because while this article may not help everyone in every situation, we need to know what is available and be prepared to help connect people with resources. This is, at the very least, a place to start with that.
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.
This seems like the should be obvious, but it’s not: When someone is upset about something, validating and understanding their feelings isn’t going to necessarily make them suddenly forget why they’re angry. That person will still be upset, but validation helps them maintain some self-worth and optimism. So often, when we talk about our mental…
Spotted another book review over on PsychCentral that I thought you might be interested in: What comes to mind when you think of the term mental illness? Do you think of individuals who are thriving, successful, independent, and happy? Or do you picture individuals who are locked away from society because of dangerous hallucinations and…
I would imagine that part of the reason that no one agrees on the why and how has a lot to do with the fact that it might actually be different for different types of people.
For example, I know some folks who benefit from writing out their emotions, as the article talks about. But there are also those of us who benefit not necessarily from directly writing our emotions to release them, but gain self-awareness through focusing our thoughts to communicate them in written form.
Maybe, there are just a lot of ways writing is good for you, mentally?
I’d agree with this quote – “They are people who were on the edge of death and then go on and continue living,” she said. “I find that very hopeful.” Stories are powerful, stories of people who’ve been in the worst places that you and I know of, and lived through it, are incredible. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/life-attempting-suicide-survivors/story?id=55841545
“I have learned,” she writes, “that when you teach kindness and compassion to students and they really understand the concept, everything else falls into place. This should be the first lesson of every teacher.” Looking at other people with kindness prevents the kind of dehumanization that I’ve written about before. It’s when we see other…
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