Shared Links (weekly) – Dec. 6, 2020
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A Digital Resource Toolkit for Prioritizing Your Mental Health
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Trauma unmakes the world of the self. Can stories repair it?
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
A Digital Resource Toolkit for Prioritizing Your Mental Health
Trauma unmakes the world of the self. Can stories repair it?
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
I’ve been saying it for years. Any article that claims to identify the “one thing” you need for your mental health is a lie. There is no one thing that works for everyone, but trying everything will help you identify what works for you. The things that are good for you anyway, like eating right, exercising, learning, social connections, etc., will only help. Why not do them?
If you think kids are resilient and they’ll be fine, or that by teaching kids mental health and emotional skills, you’re causing them to have mental health issues, you are depriving them of a much-needed source of development that could make the difference between spending years as an adult struggling versus having the skills to navigate the difficulty of adulthood. We recognize that early intervention in mental health is crucial. Why would we not do that?
A new study is telling us that things aren’t nearly as dangerous for children online, and that there’s no magic bit of technology that keeps them safe. In fact, it takes good parenting just as much as anything! The new report suggests that online threats that we fear most are not as prevalent as TV…
This is a pretty cool idea, because as I’ve said many times, someone with depression needs to know that they are not the only one who has ever been in this struggle, and that there is hope. “Their letters and the others in the book, are so powerful because they’re all from people who have…
Depression in men: half as likely to be diagnosed but three times more likely to result in suicide. We need to talk about male mental health. tags: CA Depression A childhood lost to abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Male Survivor Book Project – 2014 – This Tangled Web tags: CA ChildAbuse People who suffer mental illness can…