Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 19, 2025
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Mental Health Blogs
Kevin has put together what he’s calling the “The Best Mental Health Blogs We’ve Found (So Far)” over on the Blunt-Therapy website.
He was kind enough to list this little blog among the 49 blogs that are already listed, and he’s taking suggestions for more.
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that we really need more information, education, and support, when it comes to mental health. Maybe consider checking out his list, following these bloggers on social media of through email or RSS subscriptions, and spend some quality time finding better mental health?
Sharing – Practical tips if you find yourself doomscrolling online news and social media
I think this comment is correct: If you’re finding it hard to cope with the news and social media, you’re not alone. It isn’t easy to know when to stop reading the news. The line between being informed and obsessed with it to the point of impacting our lives and mental health is a fine…
Link – How To Bring A Casserole To The Psych Ward: And Other Ways To Serve Church Members Who Have Mental Illness
Obviously, from the title, this article was written to the church, but I honestly think the same advice applies to anyone who is dealing with mental health struggles and how any of us can be supportive of them. Amy Simpson, author of the book Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and The Church’s Mission, coined the term…
Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 14, 2021
The Many Impacts of Self-Stigma
New Study Explores How Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy Works
Emergency Rooms See Significant Rise in Mental Health Visits During Pandemic
The Shame No One Talks About In Sexual Abuse
KTLA reporter Gene Kang shares experience overcoming child abuse, domestic violence
How I overcame my dad abusing me and loaning me out for sex at a ‘paedophile brothel’
Subtle Childhood Trauma Symptoms You’re Ignoring
What I learned from my husband’s suicide | Lori Prichard
I saw this talk shared the other day and bookmarked it to go back and watch later. It’s a powerful talk given by Lori Prichard about her husband’s suicide. If you’ve not lived with depression, or lived close to someone dealing with it, you may have a hard time relating, but I want you to try, because I know how accurate this is. I’ve been depressed. I’ve lived with that bully inside of my own brain that told me every day how much better off people would be without me, and I managed to hide it and downplay it so that most people didn’t know anything was wrong at all, or as Lori put it, they let me get away with talking them out of any concerns.
