Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
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Overcoming Your Childhood Trauma #67 – Find Your Voice -Podcast interview with your’s truly!
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“How’s your mind?” The quest for new ways to talk about mental illness
Overcoming Your Childhood Trauma #67 – Find Your Voice -Podcast interview with your’s truly!
“How’s your mind?” The quest for new ways to talk about mental illness
Mental Health Stigma Says There’s Pride in Silent Struggle How to Manage Anxiety During Periods of Transition What Mental Health Statistics Can Tell Us How Mental Health Conversations Are Reinforcing the Stigma How to Feel Your Feelings When You Were Never Really Taught Suicide Rates Are Rising, But Nobody Really Knows Why Latest Suicide Data…
How Social Media Can Add to Your Well-Being (Not Detract From It)
Veterans Get Expanded Suicide Crisis Care Coverage Starting Tuesday
New Study Shows Why Depression in Black Women Is Often Overlooked by Their Doctors – “A December 2022 paper published in Nursing Research revealed that Black women are less likely to report classic symptoms of depression, such as sadness or hopelessness. Instead, they note trouble sleeping, self-criticism, irritability, and an inability to experience pleasure.”
Found this review from Louise Bradley on the Mental Health Commission of Canada website and thought the book by Anna Mehler Paperny might be of interest to readers here as well. In her words: Paperny is a journalist. She also lives with treatment resistant depression. Her book could be summed up in three words: know…
This is a really interesting, but quite lengthy, read. Brandwatch put together a large survey of UK social media conversations. We analyzed over 12 million conversations to understand how mental health is discussed online. A couple of interesting takeaways I got, though I’m sure you may come away with different ones: Clearly events like Mental Heath…
Online groomers rarely pose as children and can succeed in persuading a child to meet in less than half an hour, according to researchers probing the way in which sexual predators target victims online. Clearly, we aren’t doing enough to teach kids about online safety if this is true. This information came from a UK…
The sentiment what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger seems to be commonplace among those who espouse the virtues of resilience, grit, and mental toughness. But what happens when adversity strikes during childhood? What are the adult responses to an early life filled with not just adversity and trauma, but toxic stress? And more importantly,…