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I got an email recommending this site to me, Triumph over Tragedy. Of course, I set up this blog just for that purpose to pass along reviews and other resources for survivors, so naturally I want to pass this along as well. Michael Skinner is a survivor who has now turned his focus to motivating…
The quote from this article is about the situation in New Zealand, but it’s the same everywhere. After 14 suicide attempts and a long battle with mental illness, 23-year-old film director Jazz Thornton co-founded advocacy group Voices of Hope to help others going through similar struggles. “The current system isn’t working because unless you are…
When Your Partner Was Sexually Abused as a Child: A Guide for Partners Mental Illness Behind Bars: The Lessons of Orleans Parish https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/health/ex-footballer-paul-stewart-s-heartbreaking-story-to-highlight-the-need-to-take-men-s-mental-health-seriously-1-10112459 Techniques to Spot Childhood Depression Solutions To Stop Sexual Violence Against Children Covered In New Report 5 Ways To Check If Your Children Are Safe Online The lifelong cost of burying our…
We haven’t talked about it here recently, but I know a lot of abuse survivors are bombarded with messages about forgiveness. Some of those messages are awful, such as demanding we forgive our family members for their benefit; some are more well-meaning but not helpful. What we don’t hear often enough is that you can…
This article explains a lot of the reasons why we should stop ignoring mental health as a workplace issue. If this pandemic, and movement for racial justice should remind all of us, work doesn’t happen in a vacuum apart from the rest of our lives, and world events. Yet, it also references mental health as…