Similar Posts
Sharing – You Can’t Breathe Through a Broken System
Like her, I am all for doing what you need to for self-care, whatever that looks like for you. But we cannot simply prescribe better self-care practices to people who need our society to stop harming them.
Until we recognize that and fight for those changes, we are falling short in advocating for better mental health for everyone.
Link – Tokyo Zoo Offers Itself up as Refuge for Anyone Suffering From Depression or Anxiety – Geek.com
This is actually a pretty decent message. I mean, sure it’s also a marketing ploy, but it is important to have somewhere you can go to recharge and be safe from time to time. Zoos are a fairly good choice for that. “To everyone who’s feeling distressed about going back to school, When running away…
Sharing – Persuading a Loved One to Seek Mental Health Support
There are quite a few ideas to consider before you talk to someone you love that I highly encourage you to read. The last thing you want to do is create a situation where they feel judged or stigmatized but it happens more often than it should. (It should never happen, we aren’t even close to that.)
However, there is one thing that I have found really helps whenever someone is talking about their own mental health issues, or feeling embarrassed about considering therapy for themselves and it’s quoted right there in this article:
“If you’ve gone to therapy, you can share your experiences with them, too. It can help to let them know they aren’t alone in seeking help. “
Link – Move Forward in Resilience
Yes, absolutely! Thankfully, trauma doesn’t have to be the end. We know if individuals get help and have a support system, they can heal. They are resilient. The trouble is, many kids who are being abused wound up vulnerable to abusive situations because they didn’t have that support system in place to start with. Children…
