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New Research Shows Screen Time Is Not Directly Increasing Depression or Anxiety in Teenagers Caring for a Loved One with a Mental Disorder ‘Behind every man is a childhood’ – male survivor of sexual abuse speaks out The Importance of Community and Mental Health With kids coming home for Thanksgiving, parents need to know the…
Sharing – Having your pain invalidated is associated with increased shame and, in turn, an increased risk of depression
There’s more at the link, but again I’m going to ask, given the positive impacts of validating someone’s pain and emotions, and the negative impacts of invalidating those same things, why would we do anything else?
Link – Breaking the Silence on Child Sexual Abuse
I don’t know about the African-American community, and whether there are aspects of it that make talking about sexual abuse more difficult but I will always hold that no community is immune to it. “Without question, sexual abuse is a taboo topic of the masses. It causes deep-rooted mental and emotional anguish across all sectors…