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Support group helps men who survived child sex abuse cope with the trauma
Real friends are our best antidepressants
Child abuse survivor fights for justice for all victims
A Glance at a Broken Mental Health System
A few of the best (and simplest) things I do for my mental health
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World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September 2023): Creating Hope Through Action
What to Talk About in Therapy: Ideas to Get You Started– If you’ve never been, where do you start? What is expected of you?
Athlete A: What it Teaches Us… and Fails to Teach Us About Sexual Violence Against Children
‘Things will get better’: How talking about his mental health changed Jed’s life
Raising Awareness About Suicide Prevention
Suicide In The United States: Alarming Facts And Statistics
Suicide Awareness in the LGBTQIA+ Community
Podcasts About Mental Health
When Your Friend Has Schizophrenia
(ed note – this review was submitted by a reader.) Memoirs of childhood sexual abuse from the male perspective tend to be rare. “The Comic Book Kid Lives: A Survivor’s Story”, a daring and surprisingly heartwarming new memoir by Ryan Castro-Miller breaks the mold in more ways than one. While the book covers some topics and situations that…
Think of it this way, we don’t ask trauma survivors to try healing from their trauma when their current situation is unsafe. That would be silly. We get them into a safe situation first, before they can even begin to heal. The same goes here. Kids who are safe and feel secure in their parents’ love and support look forward beyond the trauma.Â
Kids who are unsafe and not secure in the love and support of parents relive their trauma on a daily basis. It’s no wonder they are slightly more likely to immediately think of it when surveyed.Â