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Link – Childhood Trauma Exposure Is All Too Common
This is important. This is also something I’ve been spending a lot of time talking to people about, and thinking about. “A long-term study of 1,420 people finds that childhood trauma is more commonplace than is often assumed, and that its effects upon the transition to adulthood and adult functioning are not only confined to…
Reading – 6 Reasons To Reveal Childhood Sexual Abuse
The choice to share your story or not, and who to share it with, is an intensely personal one. This article points out some of the benefits of doing it, but doesn’t really address the reasons why a survivor might not share. What do you think? What made you decide to share, or not share?…
Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 7 2021
Denver sent mental health help, not police, to hundreds of calls
44 Black Mental Health Support Resources for Anyone Who Needs Them
When Black Mental Health Suffers, We Aren’t Taken Seriously
I’m a survivor of child sexual grooming. It took me 20 years to know it wasn’t my fault
Make Space, Listen, Offer Hope: How To Help A Child At Risk Of Suicide
4 Ways to Talk to Boys About Suicide
We must overcome gender stereotypes to support survivors
Recognizing Suicidal Behavior
When a Mental-Health Crisis Lands You in Jail
Link – 7 Must Reads for Anyone Touched by Mental Illness
An interesting list. I can’t say that I’ve read all of these, or even heard of a couple of them. Have you read them, or any other books that deal with mental health issues? What did you think? Care to submit a review for us? 7 Must Reads for Anyone Touched by Mental Illness
Sharing – Black mental health matters: How to cope during a time of social injustice, according to experts
I truly believe this is: The deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and most recently George Floyd, among countless lives lost at the hands of police brutality — in addition to simultaneously experiencing a disproportionate rate of deaths from COVID-19 — has left many people of color fighting through psychological warfare. During this mental health…
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
More than eight in 10 men in prison suffered childhood adversity 10 Real Ways to Support a Friend After Suicide Loss Common Signs of Someone Who May Be Suicidal Matt Haig: ‘I wanted to end it all, but surviving and thriving is the lesson I pass on’ The Desert of Redemption? “Lastly, in the most…
