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Link – Asking for Mental Health Help Can Be a Difficult Decision
I wanted to share this article because I think Megan makes a good point. We often tell those suffering with mental health issues to “get help”, without also acknowledging how hard that really is. We compare it to a physical illness where, of course,people would ask for help, like asking family to assist us during…
Links I’m Sharing (weekly) – July 12, 2020
Lessons in Self-Talk
When Your “Person” Has Depression
In India, the deepening of the mental health crisis
How Childhood Trauma Causes Imbalanced Growth
People in mental health crises need help, not handcuffs
What Recovering from Depression has Taught Me
Online Mental Health Treatment Shouldn’t End With the Pandemic
Surviving Your Family by Setting Boundaries
Sharing – What American Mental Health Care Is Missing
We actually know the things that can offer hope, we just don’t have a system that can deliver them. Our system is broken, the medical community can offer medicine and some limited treatment options but the day-to-day support and the work to reach a state of something more than symptom reduction doesn’t actually exist for most people.
This has to change. Go read more of what he has to say, I think for many of you it will seem familiar, but maybe provide some hope that we are not alone in seeing it.
Now if we can just find enough of us to care enough to fix it. We should all want to, mental health issues will happen to someone we all know and care about, eventually. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to offer a system that does not involve homelessness and prison time for far too many?
MHA Launches New Toolkit to Support Student Mental Health
For those of you with kids, or who work in education, I thought this recent announcement might interest you: Today, MHA launches our annual Back to School Toolkit to give parents, teachers, and school personnel the tools and resources they need to support their children’s mental health. You can register and download the toolkit at…
Shared Links (weekly) Nov 8, 2020
Other People’s Opinion and Your Self-Esteem
The Invisible Male Victims of Sexual Trauma
Self-Care in Times of Distress and Continuous Crisis
Your Well-Being Should Never Be up for Debate
Here’s What Five Teenage Podcasters Want Parents To Know About Mental Health
Mental Health Advocates Say These Things Need To Change No Matter Who Wins The Election
Why Mental Health Is Even More Important Than We Think
