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Link – How Mental Health Support Groups Help You Build Self-Esteem
I’m curious to see what others think about this. I’ve never been part of a local mental health support group, for various reasons it hasn’t ever really worked out for me to be involved, but I can see where this could be true: They help because, sometimes, what we really need to build self-esteem is…
What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly)
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Reading – 7 Mental Illness Myths People Still Believe
It’s amazing to me that these are still popular beliefs, but they are. This is why we talk about mental illness being stigmatized, because there are way too many people in this world who think it’s contagious, or cannot be overcome. Educate yourself, and others, please! 7 Mental Illness Myths People Still Believe
Link – It’s Never Too Late
After spending 18 days with some amazing staff and doctors, I could feel happiness and hope again. I wrote this about four months after I left crisis unit. At that point I was just happy to be able to go the grocery store, socialize and enjoy the little things again. I was not only functioning though. I thought…
Link – Local child sex trafficking survivor urges the community to spot the warning signs
This is true in Vegas, and everywhere else. Kids with uninvolved parents make for easy prey for pedophiles, pimps, etc. Kids we write off as “trouble” may just be user the influence of traffickers. But how do you spot a child sex trafficking victim? Carter says you just have to look around you. “Thirteen or…
This Week’s Links (weekly)
Child Sexual Abuse: It’s Not Just a Catholic Issue tags: CA Lauren Book Tells Tale Of Tragedy To Help Other Sexual Abuse Survivors | WLRN tags: CA 64 WARNING Signs of Depression You Need to Be Aware of – Lifehack tags: CA Is Your Teenage Child Being Abused? Here’s How to Help tags: CA No…
