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Link – #ItsOKToTalk: Australian men join viral selfie mental health campaign
“Thousands of Australian men have joined a viral selfie campaign to promote open conversations about suicide and mental health. The #ItsOkayToTalk campaign has gathered momentum globally after UK rugby player Luke Ambler posted a selfie that encouraged his friends and teammates to start opening up. Mr Ambler started the campaign after the sudden death of…
Why Suicide Prevention Week Is Important for Child Abuse Survivors
I’ve survived both childhood abuse, and a suicide attempt. I know what it feels like to believe that it will never get better, just as much as I know that it can get better because it has.
Truthfully, you are a survivor, and the world needs you and your story. How else will the other survivors around you know what is possible?
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Link – Understanding PTSD and its Effects on Marriage
“PTSD not only affects one’s mental health but it can negatively affect one’s marriage as well. The symptoms of PTSD can create problems with trust, closeness, intimacy, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving, often giving rise to the destruction of relationships. The loss of interest in social activities, hobbies, or sex can lead to one’s partner feeling…
I Started Healing When I Convinced Myself I was Safe Now, What About People Who Aren’t Safe?
Casey calls out those of us who would say “love is love” and support our LGBTQ friends and family members without standing up and doing what we can to actually make this world safer for them. I’ll go one further. If we want to call ourselves mental health advocates and advocates for trauma survivors we need to do what we can to push for a world that is safe for everyone. We can’t heal when we don’t feel safe, and for too many people in this world, they have no reason to feel safe.
We need to advocate for a world that is safe for them too.
Link – How mental health alters decision making
“Young kids make decisions based on a set of rules they construct about the world around them – don’t draw on the walls, don’t spit your food, do eat your vegetables. As teenagers, we stop making decisions based on constructed rules and start independently weighing the risks and rewards of different options, but with a…
