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We know the scale of the problem. “56 percent of Americans don’t get the help they need. Here are eight ways to find mental health services at little to no cost.” Because while this article may not help everyone in every situation, we need to know what is available and be prepared to help connect…
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.
Sharing – ‘Sorry for Your Loss … Let’s Get Back to Work’: On the Nature of Grief
Samantha’s article about grief has a lot in common with some of the things I’ve been saying about abuse, and other trauma, specifically this idea: “Society creates the perception that all that is needed after a loss is for the individual to take a little time to breathe — and then get back to work….
Sharing – 32 Surprising Mental Health Statistics
This article from Talkspace offers a lot of statistics to back up the claim that mental health issues are impacting people at a much, much, higher rate than we probably think they are. Take this single line from the longer article, for example: 1.1% of U.S. adults experience schizophrenia; 2.6% adults live with bipolar disorder;…
Are Active Shooter Drills Harming Kids Mental Health?
But what is the least harmful way to deal with that? What is the least harmful way to inform kids of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza? What is the least harmful way to prepare kids for the natural disasters that seem only to get worse each year?
I don’t know. What I do know is that dealing with all of this is hard and only part of the causes of increased needs for youth mental health. Our current mental health system failed many people for years when the need wasn’t this high. What we are doing isn’t working. Continuing to do the same thing won’t work. Fighting against increased funding and availability of resources won’t work. Hiding our heads in the sand and saying, “not my kid,” won’t work. This is a society-wide problem that will require societal change. I am not sure we are willing to make those changes, but an entire generation of kids will pay the price for that unwillingness.
