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Reasons to Share Your Story
As a survivor, there are a couple of things I honestly believe to be true of all survivors, and how we all decide to deal with our stories. One, is that every single survivor has the right to tell, or not tell, their story in any way they want. Some do it anonymously, some don’t…
Link – Humility and Mental Health
This could apply to many things in our society right now, but I’m interested in its mental health aspects, especially as a survivor. “Arrogant persons not only believes they are always right, but also believe their religious, political or ethnic groups are right, while often harboring a deeply held conviction that those outside their group…
Links I’m Sharing (weekly) – July 12, 2020
Lessons in Self-Talk
When Your “Person” Has Depression
In India, the deepening of the mental health crisis
How Childhood Trauma Causes Imbalanced Growth
People in mental health crises need help, not handcuffs
What Recovering from Depression has Taught Me
Online Mental Health Treatment Shouldn’t End With the Pandemic
Surviving Your Family by Setting Boundaries
Link – If your organisation is looking for offenders, you’re leaving children at risk
This is an interesting opinion piece out of Australia, one that I think we should think about more. The Commissioners found, “There is no typical profile of an adult perpetrator”. They found that the strategies used to sexually abuse children would differ greatly depending on the context in which the abuse occurred. As a result,…
Sharing – New children’s book uses sea creatures to teach kids ages 4 to 8 how recognize and talk about abuse
No, it isn’t fair that we have to have books to teach children how to protect themselves, but it’s reality. I don’t want small children to have to learn about the possibility of being abused, but leaving them uneducated and more vulnerable is not an option.
Oh, the other thing I appreciate about this book? It is focused on the danger from people the child already knows. Our “stranger danger” approach to child abuse has been terribly lacking for decades. I’m glad to see someone taking that on.
