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Link – 10 Ways To Prevent Child Abuse
“1. Talk to Children Make sure that the children in your life always know that they have the right to be safe, and that it is not their fault if they find themselves in abusive situations. When children know that they have rights, they are more apt to report abuse.” I love that this is…
Link – Why You Need a Wide Mental Health Support Network
There’s a lot in the article, and there are more reasons than this one, but really, isn’t this enough to show that you need a wide network: “Don’t Overburden a Single Person” It’s not fair to make any one person responsible for our mental health support. We are the only one’s who can take responsibility…
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Body safety books for kids tags: CA ChildAbuse ‘Now I know it’s not just me. I know there are others with that same ‘companion’ in life: depression’ tags: Sports other CA Depression Get Involved In Sexual Assault Awareness And Child Abuse Prevention Month – April 2014 tags: CA ChildAbuse Posted from Diigo. The rest of my…
Link – UK teenagers turn to mobile apps to help with mental ill health
Given what I’ve heard about how long it can take to get help through the NHS, I guess we should be glad so many young people are trying to do something. Soaring numbers of under-18s are turning to apps, online counselling and “mood diaries” to help them manage and recover from conditions that have left…
Link – How Childhood Trauma and Dissociation Result in Horrible Adulthood Problems
Continuing on a theme I’ve been discussing a lot around here. Darius wrote a really interesting article on how dissociation, something many of us did as children to protect our minds during the abuse, can be quite damaging when we remain disconnected from ourselves and our emotions as adults. “This lack of self-connection creates a…
