Shared Links (weekly) August 3, 2025
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Hardest Parts of Bipolar Disorder– I don’t talk about Bipolar often, because I don’t have Bipolar, and I’d rather link to people with lived experience, like this.
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The Role Of Therapy In Overcoming Childhood Neglect And Trauma
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Talking about mental health at home: What do you wish your parents knew?
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Sharing – How Does Sleep Affect Your Mental Health?
In short, lack of sleep = some increased likelihood of depression and anxiety, impaired function, and an inability to learn new things. We often hear about how the sharp rise in these things coincides with the rise of technology in our day to day lives, especially the smartphone, but I don’t think it’s quite that…
Sharing – Why Most Efforts to Address Mental Health Stigma Miss the Mark
We’ve done a lot of work to eliminate stigma over the years. It’s nearly impossible to argue that there is a significant number of people in the US who don’t know about mental health, or understand that it’s not uncommon. And yet, we still have a stigma problem:
Sharing – Overcoming Depression Demands Flexible Thinking, Not Positive Thinking
Most things in life are not that clear. They are ambiguous. I know that when I’m unable to think beyond simplistic right and wrong it is very likely part of my own struggle. I’m falling for the cognitive biases that try to convince me that all the negative things I’ve ever experienced are the truth, and all of the positive things have been a lie.
It’s these cognitive biases that prevent many people from healing. Simply put, you can’t heal when you are unable to believe healing is possible for you.
Link – An Australia-wide campaign to shine a light on mental illness
This sounds like a great event for you Aussies. Advocacy group Australians For Mental Health is calling on communities to join its campaign to fix the country’s flailing mental health system. “This June gather your friends, neighbours and coworkers and host an event to shine a light for those affected by suicide and mental illness,”…
