Shared Links (weekly) June 27, 2021
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Why Some People Doubt Their Own Experience of Childhood Trauma
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Trauma is not Just what Happened to You—it’s also what Didn’t.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Why Some People Doubt Their Own Experience of Childhood Trauma
Trauma is not Just what Happened to You—it’s also what Didn’t.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
This is a sad situation, but one that goes on all over the US as we have to decide what to spend money on. Mental health care, especially evaluations and treatment for addicts or others involved in the criminal justice system, is something that too many people would rather just ignore, and throw those human…
Sarah and Daniel’s article is spot on for these two points. We are talking more about mental health right now, but… Talking about mental health won’t help, unless it extends to the talking about the reasons why so many experience mental ill health, and what collective action we can take to address those drivers. Secondly,…
“Survivors of abuse often live a life plagued with scarcity. We were taught at a young age that we weren’t enough, there wasn’t enough and life would not provide enough for us in the future. When we suffer financial abuse or trafficking, things are often worse. We can believe we have a finite worth, we…
The Influencer World Is Still Insisting Happiness Is A Choice
This oversimplification is dangerous for all our mental health.
To All the Abused Kids Who Are Dealing with the Consequences as Adults…
Ask a Black therapist: 4 ways to support Black people’s mental health
The Man Who Scares Me Most Is Me. Will I Become A Monster, Too?
4 Experts Share Ideas For Restoring Mental Health In The Black Community
‘Break the silence’: Two Columbus men share their stories of sexual assault
Mark it down Canada. Based on what I’ve seen on social media in past years, this has been a huge success not only in terms of raising awareness, but also hard cash! Also note, for some of these, you don’t even have to be Canadian to take part. “Bell donates 5 cents to Canadian mental…