Shared Links (weekly) Mar. 30, 2025
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When Self-Improvement Turns Into Misery
Seeking to improve ourselves to catch up on some deficiencies that we believe we have will be a neverending proposition. It will lead to misery because it starts with feeling inferior.
You’re not. Now, go better yourself because you want to be better. Not because you have to catch up.
Shared Links (weekly) July 30, 2023
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How Allies Can Help the Disability Community’s Mental Health
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They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.
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What to Say When Someone Is Depressed: 14 Perfectly Worded Texts– If you want to reach out but aren’t sure how, maybe these suggestions combined with what you know about the person will help you find the words.
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NoFiltr Resources Help Youth Navigate Online Risks– a resource for youth by youth and the Thorn organization.
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Is Online Therapy Dying?
Even though some companies might have gotten this all wrong, we still have the same issues we’ve had with mental health services that we’ve had for years. It’s too difficult for too many people to access. Technology can help eliminate some hurdles preventing people from getting help. That is worth doing when it’s done right. Those services can and should go away when it’s not done right. The fact that many are indicates that chasing money is not the way.
That shouldn’t ever be the way. It doesn’t mean online therapy itself is a bad idea, though. We must be careful to get it right.
Sharing – Giving gifts boosts happiness if we avoid the holiday stress. Here’s how
How about just saying no to that pressure and making gift-giving about why we give gifts in the first place, to show someone that we care about them and value having them in our life?
That seems less stressful and isn’t limited to the end of December. I bet people would value a gift giving any time of year, and I bet giving it will give you a happiness boost, too.
Sharing – New federal data show a decline in teen suicide
It turns out that teens with safe places to talk about mental health and better access to resources are helped. There is still a lot of work to be done to close the gap between teens who need help and those who can get it, but this is the work that makes a difference in the lives of everyone when it comes to mental health. It’s also hard work. None of the possible reasons for the lower rate discussed in the article are overnight solutions. They take time, money, work, and dedication. Putting a warning label on the internet is easy, but it’s not clear that it has any effect.Â
Link – Relatively Speaking, It Isn’t Absolutely True
I enjoyed this article because it highlights not just how irresponsible some of the media reporting around health studies, specifically mental health studies is, but how it happens because, IMHO, people don’t actually understand statistics. Let me provide a completely made-up example to demonstrate this as simply as I can. Let’s say that right now,…
