Should you feel compassion for prisoners?– what if I told you that maybe 72% of people in jail have diagnosable and long untreated, mental health disorders?
Live, laugh, lava: Yellowstone offers respite for teens struggling with mental health
Talking Isn’t Enough to Break Mental Health Stigma
We Are All Fighting Invisible Battles
We need to be more careful when talking about suicide and the pandemic
The Radical Punk-Rock Empathy of Lily Cornell Silver
The Surprising Mental Toll of COVID
When Holidays are Hard
The Impact Therapy Has on Dealing with Childhood Trauma
Quick Ways to Make Your Day a Little Better
The article below provides many more details, but similar to what I wrote earlier this week about taking a mental health day, boundaries are personal. How I decide to interact with my family may look very different from how other survivors do it. My boundaries have changed over the years. What they look like now is different from what they were when I was struggling more with my mental health as a younger man. I still have boundaries. I define them for myself every day.
You should, too. You can decide where your boundaries are and when they can be adjusted. You decide what is safe for you. You decide who is harmful to you.
There have been a number of articles that I’ve shared on social media about this, but I wanted to pause and mention this one in particular, because as someone who works with technology everyday, I cannot stress this enough. We have use the tools we have to stay connected. 1. Maintain connection “As humans, we…
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May, of course, is Mental Health Month, and apparently, to celebrate, more than one website published a list of “best” mental health books on the 1st day of the month. So, in the interest of sharing good resources, and books, I thought I would share the two lists I saw:
21 Best Mental Health Books of All Time
21 Important Books That Address Mental Health Topics
I’ve read a couple of the books on the lists, but I’m not familiar with others at all, so if you have any opinions on any of the lists, the book on the lists, or book that you think should be on the lists, leave a comment and let us know!
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