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Link – How to Find the Right Therapist
“Searching for the right therapist is sort of like dating.” This is somewhat true. I’ve talked to a lot of survivors who gave up on the idea of therapy after one date. I hope they will go read this article, though I do have one small disagreement. I don’t believe there is necessarily “the one”…
Have You Been Labeled?
The thing I suspect many people worry about, and something that makes me crazy to be honest, is when people see “abuse victim”, or especially “sexual abuse victim”, and their brain immediately takes the shortcut to everything society says about that label. Being a survivor of childhood abuse is not “one” thing, but having your identity boiled down to that “one” thing, is dehumanizing. This is especially true when the stereotypes that we believe about survivors, don’t match who we really are!
Link – 5 Ways You May Be Perpetuating Mental Health Stigma Without Knowing It
Some of these things are so common that I think many of us probably say and hear them without even thinking about how they would sound to someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, going to therapy, or taking medication. We should think about that more often, because remember, statistically speaking, there are…
Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 17, 2021
On The Mind: How Trauma Changes You
What It Really Feels Like to Dissociate — And How To Feel Better
Why Change Is Hard Even When We Know It’s Needed
Action on childhood trauma ‘could help solve drug death crisis’
That feeling you can’t name? It’s called emotional exhaustion
The Eraser: Confronting childhood trauma through art and photography
Sharing – Every Mind Matters
This is a resource put together specifically by the NHS for people to help deal with the COVID-19 lockdown, but I think quite a few of the articles and informational guides would be helpful for anyone this year. It’s all about looking after your mental health under trying circumstances, so even if you live in…
Sharing – This One Thing Heals Childhood Trauma
This is what matters. Having people around you with the knowledge and willingness to support you. Far too many survivors, youth and adults, have never had that. We’ve failed them as a society that values our own discomfort with the topic over supporting people we claim to care about.
Until we stop doing that and start connecting with anyone who has experienced childhood trauma, we’ll continue to see all of the negative effects writ large.
