So yes: those of us that are hurting want you to pray for us. Pray for your family member who’s depressed. Pray for your fellow church member whose anxiety has kept then from attending in weeks. Pray for the person who you’ve heard is battling an addiction or a manic episode or any other thing. And…
It’s not necessarily about childhood abuse, but i found the story of Mackey Sasser, a catcher with the New York Mets who’s career ended after he simply couldn’t throw the ball any longer highly interesting. It wasn’t until much later in life that he saw a specialist in the physical effects of childhood trauma that…
Theoren Fleury’s forthcoming book about his hockey career and life will be the second book to detail sexual abuse at the hands of paedophile coach Graham James, who served three years for the abuse of Sheldon Kennedy and another unnamed hockey player. Kennedy’s book was released three years ago, but it goes without saying that…
“Thankfully, these stigmas have decreased somewhat over the last few years, and young people are feeling a bit better about reaching out, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. It will take everyone’s commitment to continue to lend shoulders and ears when people are struggling, consider our own attitudes to mental health,…
We’ve seen a lot about ACE scores, and how these childhood traumas can lead to great difficulty throughout our lives. Edward shares his story, not just of his high ACE score, but that he also overcame it. “Of course, odds are just odds, and ACES did not assess the positive people and events that can…
Depression and Building Self-Esteem: The Power of Awareness tags: CA Hold the backpage tags: CA Why tell my story? tags: CA Blog Against Child Abuse – November 2012 Edition tags: CA How to Relax and Cope with Stress tags: CA Feeling Suicidal? How to Help Yourself tags: CA MaleSurvivor Conference Examines Sexual Abuse in Sports…
