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Shared Links (weekly) May 2, 2021

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Sharing – On TikTok, mental health creators are confused for therapists. That’s a serious problem.

Sharing – On TikTok, mental health creators are confused for therapists. That’s a serious problem.

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

But, if you had a broken arm, you wouldn’t hop online and talk to your life coach. You’d go see a professional to have it treated. There’s a reason for that, just as there should be a reason why, when someone needs mental health advice, they should get it from professionals, and not random people on the internet.

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Reading – Australia in the middle of “mental health crisis” with unnecessary deaths escalating

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 15 and 44, with almost seven people taking their life every day.” As a US resident, I don’t have any first-hand knowledge of what is going in in Australia. Do any of my Aussie readers have more insight into this statistic? It is alarming,…

Sharing – Why It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Tips for Telling Someone You’re Struggling

Sharing – Why It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Tips for Telling Someone You’re Struggling

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

I cannot emphasize enough how difficult it is to talk about our struggles. We should never take that lightly. We should also never take lightly how much trust and vulnerability it takes for someone to choose us as the person they want to talk to about their mental health.

Don’t take that for granted and please do not take that with anything less than the utmost seriousness. Dismissing someone who is talking about their mental health is a great way to make sure they don’t talk to anyone ever again.

Don’t be the person who causes that.

Sharing – The Brain Benefits of Social Connection

Sharing – The Brain Benefits of Social Connection

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

This is why I harp on this quite a bit. We lose people to depression and mental health struggles when they are disconnected from the people in their lives. Our best prevention is to remain connected, yet it’s become so easy today to be disconnected from each other. (I am perhaps more guilty of this than most, I admit. I should spend more time taking action on the tips in this article too.)

Previously Convicted CSA Offender gets Concurrent 22 years

ByCBG Reading Time: 1 minute

An offender already jailed for 19 years for a previous offence was named and received another term of 22 years in a different court for further child sexual abuse and grooming charges in Oldham, England. Sadly the sentences are concurrent, but the offender will be 81 when released, so that’s close enough to life to…

Link – Family Support Reduces College Students’ Loneliness, Risk of Suicide

Link – Family Support Reduces College Students’ Loneliness, Risk of Suicide

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

New research finds that family support matters, even for college kids. University of Michigan investigators discovered that when college students feel isolated and disconnected, support from family members can keep them from harming themselves during difficult times, “Parents can serve as a first-line of defense in efforts to prevent or reduce the risk of suicide…

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