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Link – Chicago-area Advocate program helps children recover from sexual abuse
“For months, Erin Hagerty tried to get the young boy to open up about his traumatic past. Instead, he spent entire sessions avoiding eye contact, staring at the wall and refusing to speak. But Hagerty, a clinical psychologist with the Advocate Childhood Trauma Treatment Program didn’t give up on the child, who had been abandoned…
Shared Links (weekly) August 29, 2021
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11 Tips to Get Ready for National Suicide Prevention Week/World Suicide Prevention Day
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Opinion | This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Trauma
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More Americans Would Like Mental Health Support But Can’t Afford It
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Shift Self-Talk: Don’t Listen to What Anxiety Says About You
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Men, self-care is not emasculating. Protect your mental health to protect your family
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The Trauma Of Rape Affects Recall. Could Training Police On This Help?
– This could help with children who’ve been sexually abused as well.
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Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Thanks Congressional Suicide Prevention Champions for Introducing the Suicide Prevention Act What You Need to Know About Suicidal Behavior Why Celebrity Narratives Can Be Dangerous for Your Mental Health The challenges of protecting your kids online One in five adults experienced abuse as children – report – This is…
Sharing – Tips on navigating online communities while supporting your mental health
Navigating the online world takes some skill, but getting it right can provide significant benefits to our sense of belonging, community, and act as a decent accessory to our offline relationships.Â
Just be careful not to get into communities that do the opposite, and leave them quickly when that becomes clear.Â
Sharing – How my Facebook post about suicide uncovered so much hidden male pain and suffering
I have managed to be somewhat successful by society’s standard. I am also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. To assume that must mean I wasn’t that hurt by it, is to tell me that you know nothing of my life, or the lives of thousands of other men like me. Is it any wonder so many don’t come forward and talk about it?
But, as the article below points out, there are too many men in pain, with nowhere to go, for us to not talk about it. They deserve better.
