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Sharing – How my Facebook post about suicide uncovered so much hidden male pain and suffering
I have managed to be somewhat successful by society’s standard. I am also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. To assume that must mean I wasn’t that hurt by it, is to tell me that you know nothing of my life, or the lives of thousands of other men like me. Is it any wonder so many don’t come forward and talk about it?
But, as the article below points out, there are too many men in pain, with nowhere to go, for us to not talk about it. They deserve better.
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Facing Mental Health Stigma What Is It Really Like to Stay at a Psychiatric Hospital?t American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Invests $6.2M in Scientific Research to Prevent Tenth Leading Cause of Death How to Manage Your Mental Illness at Work Why Healthy Friendships are Important for Mental Health What Everyone Gets Wrong About Suicide Why…
Link – Why Do Adolescents Attempt Suicide?
This study, and this quick breakdown of the results on the AFSP site, shows us that we think we know about adolescent suicide attempts, is way off. It’s not an attempt to “get attention” It’s for the same reasons that adults do it: “-The strongest motivations for suicide attempts in both adults and adolescents using…
Sharing – The Dangers of Toxic Positivity
And on and on. No matter the struggle, there will always be someone there to tell you what you’re doing wrong to explain why you aren’t getting better.
What if we simply understand that life is hard? Anxiety and depression are hard. Living in poverty is hard. Living with bipolar or chronic illnesses is hard. Going outside isn’t always going to fix that. Being positive isn’t going to fix it; some days will just be hard and miserable.
Sharing – What is… the just world fallacy
This is such an important concept for survivors to understand, because we deal with so much shame around this idea: Do you think we live in a fair world where good things happen to good people and bad things only happen to bad people? Whether you believe this on a conscious level or not, chances…