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Sharing – Subtle ways to ask someone twice if they’re fine
I like the suggestions. I’ve used some of them, including “Are you sure” and sharing my struggles. It depends on the situation and the relationship I have with the person. A good friend, my spouse, someone I feel comfortable with already? I’m making sure they are OK when I suspect they might not be. Someone I work with or don’t have that kind of relationship with, and maybe I share a bit about my struggles or offer to listen if they need someone to talk to.
Any of the suggestions can work or not work. The important thing is that maybe that extra question lets someone know they are not alone, which can make all the difference.
What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly)
The Stranger You Know: How to Spot a Child Molester’s Tricks tags: CA ChildAbuse Recovery Takes Patience tags: CA ChildAbuse Depression Has No Straight Lines, Only Lies tags: CA Depression What It’s Like to Have a Suicidal Best Friend tags: CA Depression 13 Things To Remember When You Love A Person Who Has Depression tags:…
Link – Kanye Mental Health Crisis, Public Shaming Celebrities
Despite all of this, we still find ourselves immediately defaulting to judgment when he finally falls to pieces in public in a very real and big way. We spent the rest of the weekend pointing at Kanye’s misfortune, his confusion, his aggression, and saying “Look, there he goes again. He’s such an asshole.” Because the…
Reviews Elsewhere – Mindfulness Skills for Trauma & PTSD
As always, scouring the net for potentially useful resources, and I found this review over on Psych Central. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects a wide range of individuals, from combat veterans and law enforcement to the survivors of sexual assault and childhoodabuse. The disorder expresses itself in a variety of ways, including anxiety, depression, avoidance…
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
This Week’s Links (weekly)
To hide the child sexual abuse that I was suffering at home, I tried to be perfect. tags: CA Why Young Sexual Assault Victims Tell Incoherent Stories tags: CA Dylan Farrow’s Child Abuse Accusations : What Have We Learned About When, and How to Help Victims tags: CA Blog Against Child Abuse January 2014 Edition tags:…
