5 tips for talking about your mental health Growing Beyond Labels: We are Not Simply a Disorder Toxic Positivity: It’s a Thing Breaking the bubble of silence around child sexual abuse Why We All Need to Understand That Mental Health Problems Don’t Look a Certain Way Why I Choose to Self-Disclose About My Mental Illnesses…
This article out of Lincoln, Nebraska throws out this statistic, in an interview with the Child Advocacy Center. It does not provide an explanation of where it came from, but I am very curious to know if anyone has seen it before: “Only about 16 percent of men with documented histories of sexual abuse consider…
Notice also what Megan doesn’t say: “Although survivors come from a wide set of backgrounds, experts say they have one commonality: a vulnerability to exploit, according to Megan Cutter, associate director of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. “Particularly with minors, often what we’re seeing is an adult trafficker who notices maybe someone has run away…
I think what Michael says here is massively important, and is killing men all around us every single day: “As his son and a physician, how could I have missed that my father was depressed? When we think of depression, we often imagine a sad, mopey individual dragging their feet?—?the human version of Eeyore. But…
This is a great collection of videos available from this event: “The International Foundation of Research and Education (iFred) and Founder Kathryn Goetzke, hosted ‘The Future of Health’ for the first ever World Happiness Virtual Agora. The event brought together leading scientists, educators, innovators, technologists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and youth to share why and how…
I’m curious to see what others think about this. I’ve never been part of a local mental health support group, for various reasons it hasn’t ever really worked out for me to be involved, but I can see where this could be true: They help because, sometimes, what we really need to build self-esteem is…
