Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
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Sharing – Rest is a Right, Not a Reward
Look, the empty cup analogy is a good one for people who feel the need to put aside their own care to take care of others, but the truth of the matter is that is only part of the equation. We need rest, we need food, and we need self-care because we need those things. There doesn’t need to be another reason, and we sure don’t need to “earn” them.
Link – Viral Twitter Thread Nails What Having Social Anxiety Is REALLY Like
What I love about this is not just the topic, but how it shows how much good we could be doing with social media, how much we could be using it to support each other, and educate. “Which is why this viral Twitter thread is so important — people everywhere who have social anxiety are…
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.
The ER is No Place To Get Youth Mental Health Treatment Either
We’ve talked before about jails being a bad place to treat mental health issues, yet we see so many people ending up there because their conditions spiral without any proper treatment. We’re seeing the same thing with children in emergency rooms as well: An increasing number of children are showing up in U.S. emergency rooms…
