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Sharing – Strong social support decreases mental health problems in young adults
Granted, they were quick to point out that the data was collected pre-COVID, so we don’t know if this has held true during the pandemic, and that’s fair. This year has been a whole different ball game for all of us. That being said, however, this is not the first bit of research to point out how we can ease the likelihood, and the severity, of some mental health struggles by simply supporting one another. That feeling that we are not alone in this, that we belong and are connected to other human beings, is a powerful force in our lives, and a powerfully negative force when it’s not there.
We have all the tools we will ever need to stay connected and supportive of each other, all we lack is the willingness to commit to it.
Link – Reddit for Mental Health: Why Guys Are Using the Site for Support.
I can’t say that I’ve spent much time on Reddit, mostly because it’s just so overwhelming to me. But, I didn’t realize there were sub-reddits where people are supporting one another. “Reddit doesn’t have the reputation of being a place where such positive, supportive things happen. But for guys who aren’t used to looking for…
Sharing – Depression: The Kindness Cure
Let’s agree that politics, social media, racism, poverty, environmental disasters, and even a pandemic have caused some level of mental health harm to society, but let’s also consider that the underlying reason is that we have simply stopped being as kind as we used to be.
Sharing – Psychological Abuse Explained
This logic that emotional and psychological abuse isn’t “as bad” gives short shrift to the people who’ve been psychologically abused. We also don’t recognize the emotional and psychological abuse that went on alongside the other forms of abuse in our situations. That can limit us when it comes to healing. We can’t heal what we don’t know. If we ignore the impacts of these other forms of abuse, we run the risk of dealing with the effects for the rest of our lives instead of taking them on in our healing work.
