Shared Links (weekly) August 3, 2025
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Sharing – This One Thing Heals Childhood Trauma
This is what matters. Having people around you with the knowledge and willingness to support you. Far too many survivors, youth and adults, have never had that. We’ve failed them as a society that values our own discomfort with the topic over supporting people we claim to care about.
Until we stop doing that and start connecting with anyone who has experienced childhood trauma, we’ll continue to see all of the negative effects writ large.
Sharing – Why Deprivation May Be More Damaging Than Trauma in Childhood
Why would a kid growing up in poverty, without enough food, and without the social support to succeed in school, feel any different about themselves as they enter adulthood? There’s a connection there; good mental health is hard to find when the entire world tells you you’re less-than.Â
Maybe we should stop viewing anyone as less-than and fight to make sure no kids go without.Â
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
Trauma Survivors Triggered By The Pandemic Have Options, Experts Say Del. teachers get training on how to spot child abuse virtually Documentary | REWIND: Family’s Secret Cycle of Child Abuse May 11 Lorenzo Lewis Is Helping Men of Color Talk About Mental Health—Through Their Barbers What to Expect When Calling a Mental Health Hotline Maintaining…
Link – The stigma of mental health: it wants silence, but it needs attention
I think this is true, and I think this has become something that we can see online in a great many ways. Every time, for example, I tweet a link or share a story, I see those likes and retweets as people just wanting someone else to know. “Every time I do a media interview…
