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Review: Criminal Minds – The Uncanny Valley (2010, US)
This Criminal Minds episode is best known for having a guest appearance from a former Star Trek veteran and film director Jonathan Frakes. Whilst the scale of the big name guest doesn’t quite tip you off about the whole plot, it does lessen the impact of the episode’s ending. However, this episode stands out in…
Link – The Conflicting Emotions of an Abused Child
This is something we have to understand if we are to ever grasp why it is so difficult for children to tell, and why it is so difficult when we react with verbal violence about people who abuse children. In order to get to a position to abuse a child, one has to convince them…
Link – I speak out about my sexual abuse because others still suffer in silence
“So now I speak. Bravely, bluntly, honestly. However you want to look at it, I speak. I’m a sexual abuse survivor and I did exactly that – I survived. Even now as I write this, I’m aware that future employers and my father’s family can see my words but I refuse to bow down to…
Link – PODCAST: Mental Illness: To Disclose or Not to Disclose?
I’ve linked to a number of recent articles about whether it’s appropriate to disclose a mental health struggle or not, and to whom. This podcast episode is a frank discussion about the plusses and real-life consequences of those decisions. If you’re thinking about “going public”, you owe it to yourself to consider the things these…
