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Shared Links (weekly) Dec. 3, 2023
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5 Big Lies Our Trauma Wants Us To Believe, From A Psychologist
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9 tips to survive this particularly stressful holiday season
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The Act of Reaching Out– “Call them instead. Reaching out needn’t be a one-way street.”
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Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
Why Asking For Help With Our Mental Health Isn’t A Sign Of Weakness. Suicide Rates Are the Highest They’ve Been Since WWII Boys and Sexual Abuse: The Untold Stories of Trauma How Writing About Mental Health Makes a Difference U.S. Youth Suicide Rate Reaches 20-Year High We are failing is so many ways when it…
Sharing – Strong social support decreases mental health problems in young adults
Granted, they were quick to point out that the data was collected pre-COVID, so we don’t know if this has held true during the pandemic, and that’s fair. This year has been a whole different ball game for all of us. That being said, however, this is not the first bit of research to point out how we can ease the likelihood, and the severity, of some mental health struggles by simply supporting one another. That feeling that we are not alone in this, that we belong and are connected to other human beings, is a powerful force in our lives, and a powerfully negative force when it’s not there.
We have all the tools we will ever need to stay connected and supportive of each other, all we lack is the willingness to commit to it.
Sharing – Most Americans think there is stigma associated with mental illness
The headline is just one of many interesting finding in this poll. Personally, what I find interesting is that 73% of respondents know someone with a diagnosed mental health disorder, yet less than 50% are very comfortable talking to their friends about mental health, and the number of people who feel like they know a…
Link – What Appears to Be Mental Health Stigma Might Be Self-Care
Before you go judging your friends and/or family for not reacting to you the way you want them to, it might make sense to think of this little snippet from Laura Barton’s article (link below): “Then a few years ago, another friend stopped talking to me because he said I was too negative. I’ve always thought…
Sharing – For teens’ mental health, strong friendships matter more than social media use, study finds
Social media may be a problem for some teens, but online interaction that leads to friendships would be remarkably good for them. Simple bans aren’t going to have much of an impact, but giving kids opportunities to bond and make friends will. How do we do more of that?Â
