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Sharing – What not to say to someone with mental health issues
In my own experience, at my worst, I was alone. I made people uncomfortable because they didn’t know what to say or how to fix me. The truth was I didn’t need them to fix me. I needed them to treat me like they did before. They needed to talk to me about the ball game or the latest music they were listening to and stay connected to me somehow. I couldn’t speak to them about what I was going through, and I didn’t have the words to convey the pain I was in, but it would have done so much good to have someone remind me that I was still me, in the midst of all that.
Shared Links (weekly) Dec 17, 2023
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Psychiatry Won’t Solve Our Mental Health Crisis — Only Politics Can Do That
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Why you should invite old friends, strangers, and people who don’t know each other to events– In a time when loneliness is more pervasive than ever, why not extend an invitation?
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Most Americans with mental health needs don’t get treatment, report finds
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Links I’m Sharing (weekly) Sept. 20, 2020
Athlete A: What it Teaches Us… and Fails to Teach Us About Sexual Violence Against Children
‘Things will get better’: How talking about his mental health changed Jed’s life
Raising Awareness About Suicide Prevention
Suicide In The United States: Alarming Facts And Statistics
Suicide Awareness in the LGBTQIA+ Community
Podcasts About Mental Health
When Your Friend Has Schizophrenia
Link – The Truth About Fake Health News
This goes double, triple, maybe more, for mental health news and studies. In today’s New York Times, Emily Parker writes about something that we all sort of know but don’t want to face: When it comes to fake news going viral, Facebook, Twitter, and Google aren’t the entire problem. We are. We want the quick…
