Shared Links (weekly) August 10, 2025
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8 Reasons It’s So Hard to Overcome a Tough Childhood — Challenging, but not impossible at all! tags: CA ChildAbuse Boys and men are also survivors of sexual abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Why doesn’t society care about male rape? tags: CA ChildAbuse Child abuse experts from the Medical University of South Carolina talk about cases…
I often talk about encounters between police and someone in a mental health crisis ending in tragedy. So it was refreshing for me to see a situation handled differently, and effectively. I also felt like it might be refreshing to share it to you as well, to see what it could look like when someone with proper training responds to these calls.
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I would say the same thing about mental health, and child abuse survivors. It may not be easy to talk about, but until it is normal to do so, there will always be stigma around it. We talked and talked. Part of me silently whined and resented the conversation but a much bigger part of…
I think Eric’s story is compelling, and I suspect it’s way more common that we know. I’ve seen a few of the Facebook groups he talks about, and they are huge. It’s hard to feel alone when there’s a group with 10’s of thousands of members also talking about mental health issues. “So whether you’re…