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Shared Links (weekly) July 10, 2022
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I Felt Alone Because My Depression Didn’t Look Like the Commercials
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What’s Wrong With Students? No—What’s Wrong With Us?– “Rather than blame students for a lack of well-being, colleges should consider institutional factors that contribute to the student mental health crisis.
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James Bay: ‘To be a man talking about mental health still doesn’t feel accepted’
Link – Having Sex With A 13-Year-Old Student Is NOT Hot, It’s RAPE
News flash: It is never ok to rape a child. Unfortunately this is an ongoing epidemic that happens all the time. Whenever you see headlines about teacher/student relationships, they all tend to focus on the teacher’s level of attractiveness, not on what’s really important; the fact that a child’s life has been severely changed by these teacher’s…
Link – Why Rob Whalen walked away from baseball
Can we definitively say what happened to Rob Whalen shows a lack of caring in major league baseball about mental health, or a failure of the Mariners? No. I’m not ready to say that.There’s too much we don’t know from this story. What I will say, however, is that his description of what happened in…
Reviews Elsewhere – Simply Human: Reflections on the Life We Share
Claire Nana has a review of a book by Alan Bodnar, PhD that sounds pretty interesting. Bodnar writes, “The people I write about are our friends, neighbors, relatives, the wealthy and the poor, some who have achieved and lost much, and others who have never had a chance.” He goes on to say, “Everything we…
Sharing – Understanding The Rise In Suicide Rates Since The Nineties: Factors And Prevention
Unspoken in her article but implied by the risk associated with loneliness, we’d also do well to create more community. What I think takes many of these risk factors from challenging to overwhelming is when we are left to deal with them alone. We might see these trends reverse when we have the proper support and mental health resources, but we’re not there yet. Too many people are alone.
