Shared Links (weekly) June 8. 2025
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Link – 10 Things Emotionally Neglected Kids Grow Up Believing — That Are NOT True
A similar thing could be said of children of any type of abuse. One thing I do know for sure, is we absorb a lot of messages that are not true. Including some of the ones in this article. Growing up in an emotionally neglectful household (Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN) takes its toll on…
Sharing – Is Mental Health Stigma Decreasing? It’s Complicated
We can, and should, do everything we can to get out good information and share the truth about mental health issues. We can, and should, share our own stories of the mental health issues we’ve survived, especially those of us who have had many of these issues due to the trauma we suffered.
But that will never be enough for some people. Knowing the truth about these issues, and knowing what people need in terms of non-stigmatizing support won’t be enough to change their actual behavior. The very topic(s) will make them uncomfortable and they will act out of that discomfort instead of relying on what they know. They will put their own comfort above any consideration of how stigmatizing their actions and words are because they simply cannot handle even the slightest discomfort in their lives.
That is their weakness, not ours.
No, kids don’t get over it without help
 The truth is that abuse victims can be resilient, but generally not on their own. We also know that it doesn’t end there.Â
Sharing – When Grief Has No Grave: Rebuilding After a Childhood You Never Got
We struggle enough to talk about grief when someone dies. We don’t even come close to acknowledging the other things we can and should be grieving. As an abuse survivor, I still grieve for the childhood I never had, the close relationships with parents I never had, and the freedom to enjoy life that I didn’t have as a child.
Reviews Elsewhere – How to Heal by Jessi Beyer
In the interest of always sharing new things that may help, I found this interview with the author to be very interesting, especially her take on the stigma associated with just doing anything to get help, let alone going to therapy. “The more people talk about the fact that mental illness is not a weakness,…
