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Link – Self-Stigma and Mental Health
This is something I think many of us go through in our own ways – I want to dispel the existing stigma applied to mental health. Through communication and using my voice I can raise awareness. While I can research how people’s attitudes and beliefs perpetuate the stigma, and write about them — speaking publicly…
What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly)
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Sharing – Nearly 1 in 10 American adults, 1 in 5 teens report having depression
The mental health of Americans has been in decline for years. Don’t let the political talking points fool you into thinking this is pandemic related. Shutdowns, masks, social distancing, and all the other things that happened due to the pandemic did not cause a spike in mental health issues like depression out of nowhere. The spike was already happening.

Link – BBC to hold season of films on mental health
If you’re in the UK, you might be interested in checking out some of the programing planned on television and radio dealing with mental health. And, for those of us not in the UK, if you want to come back and let us know how the shows are and what you learn, you can always…

Sharing – “You need to be kinder to yourself Jonny”
This is something so many of us deal with. In fact I was in conversation during our weekly #SexAbuseChat on Twitter talking about something similar: ““You need to be kinder to yourself, Jonny.” Those were the words of virtually every single mental health professional I saw in my 20s. I knew they were right. I…