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Sharing – Media literacy and mental health go hand in hand
The impacts of this lack of media literacy can be found in some of the mental health struggles we have across society, with anxiety, stress, burnout, etc. We’re overwhelmed by information with no tools to manage it effectively. We don’t know what’s true, so we keep scrolling for answers that aren’t coming.
Link – Managers feel ill-equipped to support staff mental health
To be honest, I’m surprised it’s this high, and wonder how many of these managers are deluding themselves? “Only 31% of line managers polled by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and publication Management Today considered they had been sufficiently trained to recognise the signs of mental ill health in their staff, indicating…
Link – Lakeland good Samaritan: ‘My life is tarnished’ after social media shaming
Hey remember how we were all supposed to be ashamed of ourselves after that group in England ran an experiment to see who would stop to help a lost child at a rail station? Maybe this is why so few people stopped. This is the society we have become, where a man tries to help…
Sharing – The Pandemic Finally Killed the Self-Care Myth
If we take anything away from this pandemic in terms of our self-care regiment, I hope that it is a recognition that many of our “suggestions” for how to practice self-care are completely unreachable to many folks without things like available childcare, stable incomes, some semblance of work-life balance, and the support of others. We can’t just toss another thing on the list of their responsibilities without making it possible for them to do.
Link – Lessons We Missed as Kids: Practicing Mental Health
I’ve written many times about how abused children spend so much of our childhood simply trying to survive, that we miss out learning things that we should have as a kid. NAMI writer Laura Greenstein feels that when it comes to taking care of our mental health, all children are missing out: During childhood, we…
Sharing – Psychological and Physiological Power of Validation
Note what it says, words like listening and acceptance. Note also what it doesn’t say, like anything about fixing things or changing their feelings, etc.
I talk often on here about simply being there. Sitting with someone who is struggling. Validation is all about that, and as you can read further, validating someone is maybe one of the best things you can do to keep open lines of communication, help them feel valued, and not dismiss their emotions.
