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We’re All Doing This During the Pandemic
“We are all riding on our own personal emotional roller coasters.”
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School Counselors Have A Message For Kids: It’s OK To Not Be OK
We’re All Doing This During the Pandemic
“We are all riding on our own personal emotional roller coasters.”
School Counselors Have A Message For Kids: It’s OK To Not Be OK
The key is to have some compassion for yourself, similar to the compassion you might have for someone else in a vulnerable situation. When you can do that, suddenly what the other person does isn’t as important, you’ve given yourself grace, and acceptance.
As childhood abuse survivors, of course, this is tricky. Self-compassion is not generally one of our strengths. How could it be? All our lives we’ve been told that bad things happen either to bad people, or for a reason, and we’ve had something horrible happen to us, so we must be broken in some way to have had that experience. Didn’t we all think that way at one point or another? How could we not?
My Friend Abuses His Wife! How Can I Help? (pt 2) tags: CA Why Children Don’t Tell About Sexual Abuse (Part 5: They’re Ashamed) tags: CA 12 Depression Busters for Men tags: CA Is it Sadness or Depression? 10 Questions to Ask Yourself tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are…
I hope those who work in the field are thinking the way Aaron is: “Rather than seeing this as a stop-gap until psychotherapy can return to the status quo, therapists should instead see it as an opportunity to rethink the delivery of psychological services all together.” Most of what we consider “therapy” has been around…
“Depression also often comes with a sense of hopelessness, or a belief that things won’t change no matter what you do, which doesn’t help when it comes to deciding to get treatment, Clark says. But unfortunately, not getting care can make things even worse. “This hopelessness, if left unchecked, can feed a vicious cycle of…
Sexual Abuse – Is Justice Ever Served, Really? tags: CA Breaking Through the Fear of Speaking About Child Abuse by Kylie Devi tags: CA World Mental Health Day Blog Party, October 10, 2012 tags: CA Going public with depression tags: CA The Lingering Trauma of Child Abuse tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of…
“The line differentiating a close, personal relationship between an adult and a child and one that is paving the way for potential abuse can be razor thin. At first, they can look the same; a special bond between the two. The child will confide with the adult, share secrets and talk about their feelings. The…
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