This is actually a three part video series, and I wanted to share them all because I think there’s a lot of good stuff in the discussion about men’s mental health, and why it’s not something we talk about enough. In them Graham Goulden and Toni White, break down some of the reasons for that,…
How to Help a Family Member with an Addiction You Can Find Peace in Difficult Times Speaking openly about how I was abused made me feel less alone Let Yourself Be Unproductive. At Least for a Little While. How to Hug During a Pandemic Finally, some information that might help us get the benefits of…
This quote is, frankly, just so freaking much.
“Personal boundaries are important for establishing a sense of self-worth and a sense of self-love. Those who grew up unable to establish their own personal space or to have a sense of control over their own life may have learned to seek approval or validation from others instead of trusting themselves and building a solid sense of self-identity.”
Dr. Strait reminds us that while it’s normal to want to “fix” the pain of people we care about, it’s much more important to simply be there, without fixing it. Then offers up this advice: “How do we make our presence known, particularly from afar? If circumstances warrant at least a few words, make the…
4 Ways Writing Can Help with Recovery from Mental Illness Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health Challenging the Negative Stories We Tell Ourselves ‘Bear Our Pain’: The Plea For More Black Mental Health Workers Child Sexual Abuse Survivors From Ethnic Minorities Reveal How Their Ordeals Were Ignored I was told ‘depression isn’t real’…
This Allure article below actually seems like something we should be sharing, because right now everyone is feeling something, a lot of things, that may be completely new. I mean seriously the world is pretty overwhelming right now, you’d have to be dead to not feel something. But not everyone knows how to cope with that.
