Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
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Latest Suicide Data Show the Depth of U.S. Mental Health Crisis
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How to Grow When You Don’t Like Change (Especially for Trauma Survivors)
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Latest Suicide Data Show the Depth of U.S. Mental Health Crisis
How to Grow When You Don’t Like Change (Especially for Trauma Survivors)
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
As children in an abusive situation, we may have learned a lot of things that helped us survive that situation. Outside of that situation, as adults, however, it may be time to unlearn some of those things.
For example, we can’t learn to trust a person as an adult until we first unlearn that “fact” we took from childhood that no one was to be trusted. We can’t learn to love ourselves until we unlearn the blame and shame we took upon ourselves due to the abuse.
England’s mental health care lacks money, yes – but it also lacks compassion
Study Reveals Barriers to Mental Health Support for Black, Latina Women
Reach Out And Listen: How To Help Someone At Risk Of Suicide
Researchers explore the relationship between childhood trauma, gray matter, and social anhedonia
Both the infographic and the linked article have some good information, and I love the thought about what it would look like if we could see the psychological wounds. “What would we do if we could see every psychological wound ever inflicted as a physical bruise? We would see a lot of black and…
Talking Isn’t Enough to Break Mental Health Stigma
We Are All Fighting Invisible Battles
We need to be more careful when talking about suicide and the pandemic
The Radical Punk-Rock Empathy of Lily Cornell Silver
The Surprising Mental Toll of COVID
When Holidays are Hard
The Impact Therapy Has on Dealing with Childhood Trauma
Quick Ways to Make Your Day a Little Better
This is a nice thought, but it’s not even close to the reality of the workplace in the UK or US. Managers are rarely given any training, and many would do the exact opposite of what this article suggests, by getting rid of someone they think might become a “problem” due to their mental health…
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