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Sharing – Persuading a Loved One to Seek Mental Health Support
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. “
Link – Men’s mental health shame
“Not only do men feel bad, they feel bad about feeling bad. This leads to men suffering alone and in isolation leading to depression, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family breakdown and more. Some guys make no room for normal feelings that naturally emerge in our lives from time to time. Feelings like sadness, grief, loss,…
Guardian Experience Article, 14th May 2011
Last Saturday The Guardian published one of its regular Experience columns, this time describing the husband’s reaction to his wife being raped. That piece is here. Normally we just link and let you read the article. This one is different. The Guardian has had a long history of op-ed columns from non-staff contributors such as…
This Week’s Links (weekly)
Protecting Teens from the Spread of Suicide tags: CA Depression No One Knew Depression Was Killing Me Inside tags: CA Depression Depression in Men and Women tags: CA Depression 5 ways to Deter a pedophile tags: CA ChildAbuse “Dear Survivor”: A Letter About The Hard Truths of Healing From Child Abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Parenting…
Sharing – Here’s why you should make a habit of having more fun
In Louisiana, we are headed into the heart of Mardi Gras season. This is the time to do things just for fun. It might be tradition or about being connected to your krewe, but it’s mostly about fun. Life is too short not to make some time for having fun. With all the negative things out there, it might be imperative that we find that time in our current world. Without it, we are all fairly miserable. We can take a break from “all of this” and have fun. It’s what makes putting up with the rest of it worthwhile.
Oprah Male CSA Survivor Shows nearing air date
We knew that the recordings were happening around the end of last month but recently Malesurvivor.org advised us that not only has the show grown into a two parter, with dates of 5th and 12th November mentioned, but that 200 members of the audience will also be male CSA survivors as well. Hopefully this will…
