Shared Links (weekly) March 31, 2024
Why Toxic Positivity Can Be Damaging to Our Mental Health
Taking Men’s Mental Health More Seriously
Mental health check: What to ask and how to know if you need help
Female child sex abuse ‘remains taboo’ while victims struggle
Overwhelmed? You Are Not Alone
6 Ways to Stop Feeling Embarrassed About Your Depression
Lack of diversity and the pandemic challenge colleges to address mental health issues for students of color
French incest affair sparks ‘hundreds’ of #Metooinceste testimonies on Twitter
I’m curious to see what others think about this. I’ve never been part of a local mental health support group, for various reasons it hasn’t ever really worked out for me to be involved, but I can see where this could be true: They help because, sometimes, what we really need to build self-esteem is…
Post-traumatic growth can happen. Healing from any trauma can happen. It occurs more frequently when the survivor has the financial means and social support to seek help.
This is not something we do on our own. It requires resources. It requires people in our lives to be there with us through it. Ignoring survivors’ current needs and assuming that they will eventually see growth is harmful. It might just be the missing thing, preventing growth.
Technical problems prevented us from linking to a Daily Mail story about another investigation into child abuse at a Catholic school. You can find it on their website below: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057875/Predators-Abbey-As-Vatican-launches-child-abuse-investigation-Britain-victim-reveals-horrors-cover-up.html – CBG
Can they really do it? I don’t know, but given the details about the problem that is outlined in this talk, I’m glad someone is out there trying. ? Last month, I was attending the Nuix User Conference as part of my day job. One section of one of the keynote addresses talked about how…