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Sharing – Shouldn’t I Be Over My Painful Childhood by Now?
I love what Sharon has to say here and wanted to share it with all of you, because she’s 100% correct about healing from childhood trauma: It’s completely understandable that you want to be “over it” or healed from your traumatic childhood. You don’t want to still feel the pain. You don’t want to be…

Link – 14-year-old radio host reaches out to other sexual assault survivors
Good for her!!!! Speaking out was a major turning point for Lilly. But not everyone around her thought she was doing the right thing. “Some [adults] told me that it wasn’t okay to talk about this because they think it’s very confronting.” But the results speak for themselves. Lilly has empowered countless survivors…
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys
This article has a ton of insight into why when we hear about commercial exploitation of minors, we almost never hear about male victims, despite the fact that studies show the percentage of children involved in commercial sexual exploitation is probably pretty close to 50% male. Some of the nuggets from some in depth studies:…

Link – How to Find Accurate, Evidence-Based Information on Mood Disorders
This may be worth checking out if you are also struggling with seeing so much misinformation on the interwebz about mood disorders. There’s plenty of it out there, and even those of us who try to vet much of what we share can sometimes make mistakes. Personally I try to avoid a lot of the…

Sharing – Is it really OK to not be OK?
The article below is about the UK, where NHS funding determines how much mental health treatment is available, and when too many people need it, someone has to decide who does, and doesn’t. Usually that means people who aren’t “sick enough”, get nothing, and continue to get worse.
Can we say the same isn’t true in other countries? In the US, we have a severe shortage of mental health resources and funding too. Maybe there’s not a government agency determining who is “sick enough”, but there are plenty of obstacles to getting care that leave you with similar results. You’re not sick enough to be a priority, you’re not insured enough to get treatment, you’re not wealthy enough to get private care, and on and on.
Reading – Athletes accuse coach of years of abuse
Another youth sport infected by sexual abuse. It’s sad that something that can do so much for teaching kids self-esteem, teamwork and confidence is, in fact, stripping that all away by victimizing them instead. We need to get this eradicated from all youth sports, whether it be hockey, swimming, tae kwon do, gymnastics or any…