Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 25, 2022
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Link – How to Really Support a Loved One Who’s Struggling with Their Mental Illness
There is a lot of specific things mentioned in the article, but as always it all boils down to this: “Ultimately, the kindest thing we can do is what we’d do for any loved one struggling with anything: Be there. Be there to listen. Be there to sit with their pain. Be there to encourage…
Link – Childhood abuse prevalent among Canadian prisoners, but more research needed
As I’ve been writing in the past few days, this is another example of how childhood trauma is leading to bad outcomes as adults. This time from Canada. ““We have a health equity issue on our hands, and we need to talk about how to reduce rates of incarceration in the first place,” Bodkin said….
Link – Stop Changing the Subject When Your Friend Brings Up Mental Illness
“When we bring up mental illness and something in your eyes and body language changes, it hurts. When you are suddenly like, “Have you seen the new season of Orange Is The New Black?” it makes is feel like our struggle is something we should hide and be ashamed of. It makes us feel like…
Sharing – 15 Books for Effectively Coping During COVID—Or Any Chaotic Time
It looks like my post last week about all of the mental health books being listed out on May 1 missed this list. This list is not exclusively books about mental health, but includes quite a few, and also lists out some other books that they recommend as helpful for dealing with chaotic and stressful…
Sharing – Don’t Touch Me: Unwanted Affection Causes Stress
Turns out, we’re all a lot more complicated. If you read the rest of the article, what you’ll see is that none of this is simple, not only is there the line between wanted and unwanted affection, there’s also a point where we’ve simply had enough and don’t want more, and that line is not going to be the same for everyone.
All of this leads me to believe that the best way to navigate this in romantic relationships, or just with family and friends, is to communicate openly about what we want and don’t want.
Believe it or not, abuse survivors, you can do that. You can create your own boundaries, and ask for what you want in any relationship. It just takes some time to learn how.
Link – Jailed And Mentally Ill: ‘Insane’ Investigates Treatment Behind Bars
One, this sounds like a very interesting book to pick up. Two, this interview with the author, Alisa Roth, is enlightening in many ways. “In her new book Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness, Roth investigates the widespread incarceration of the mentally ill in the U.S., and what she sees as impossible burdens placed…
