Relationship Experts Weigh in on the Right Time to Discuss Your Mental Health With Your Partner
A Call to Action: We Must Strengthen America’s Mental Health Workforce
On Being a Friend: Seeing Someone with Depression — and Seeing Myself
Parents Feel Forced To Relinquish Custody To Get Their Child Mental Health Treatment
Channeling The Pain Of Depression Into Photography, And Finding You Are Not Alone
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When the subject of child sexual abuse comes up, we get uncomfortable. In this inspirational talk by Jill Tolles, we are challenged to find the courage to have this conversation and be a hero for the 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys who are effected by this silent epidemic. Jill Tolles has…
I love what Sharon has to say here and wanted to share it with all of you, because she’s 100% correct about healing from childhood trauma: It’s completely understandable that you want to be “over it” or healed from your traumatic childhood. You don’t want to still feel the pain. You don’t want to be…
News wires in general have reported on the tracking and break-up of a worldwide paedophile ring that peaked at 70,000 members sharing child sexual abuse images involving a minimum of 230 boys. You can read the story at the BBC here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12762333 and the link in the centre of the story reports on the first…
I’ve seen many mentions recently about anxiety being a normal response to our current world. This is also a contradiction to what much of the self-help and positivity industry would tell us. Spend any time on social media and you’ll see plenty of messages about gratitude, finding joy and purpose, and the silver lining in any situation.
What you won’t hear is that there are situations that SHOULD make you angry, anxious, and sad. But there are.
To anyone who’s had depression, you know this too well. For those of you who’ve never dealt with depression yourself and can’t figure out why the people in your life who are dealing with it can’t just see the truth, this: “No one likes you. There’s something wrong with you. You never do anything right….
