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Shared Links (weekly) April 9, 2023
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Harvard-trained psychologist: How to check in on your friends
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Hold Still: A Story of Suicide– A review of Hold Still by Nina LaCour
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We are not getting enough touch.– This is not an easy subject for survivors, I know. The science, however, is the science. For survivors it’s about trust, and there are far too few people in our lives who we can trust.
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Sharing – Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent’s Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age
We would do well with more of this question and a deeper analysis of “says who” and less outrage. They won’t make it easy for us to do that, so we will have to do it for ourselves, and we’re going to have to teach the next generation.
Otherwise we will continue to see social media eat away at our mental health instead of being a tool that could help it by providing us with a community of people with shared interests.
Sharing – Preventing Online Sexual Victimization of People with Developmental Disabilities
No one should be thrown into online, or offline, society without meaningful education about things like consent, what constitutes illegal behavior, the signs of grooming and so on. It’s just setting them up for failure, and victimization. Why would we do that to anyone? Or do people with intellectual and development disabilities not deserve that same consideration?
Link – Why I’m Not Ashamed To Say I Go To Therapy
“Looking back, I realize now that’s why I should have told people. To show them that, yes, someone with a mental illness can seem totally fine on the outside, but battle something on the inside. To show them that it’s OK to get help for mental issues—just like it’s OK to go to the doctor…
