This is a great article aimed at military families, but I think we could all use a quick lesson on the “ACE” methodology. Ask – Care – Escort. So many of us are afraid to ask, because we don’t know what to do next. The most important thing you can do is care, and then…
This seems like a good idea. Mental Health First Aid was created for the layperson, and I recommend members of the community to take this training – even those without mental health experience. In fact, the training is especially for those without prior mental health experience. This training is an important step to suicide prevention…
I just wrote yesterday about the need to take small steps, and build confidence in healing. Today, I found this post and I think Mark puts a great spin on the same thing: You probably approach physical fitness like a human. If you want to build strength, you lift heavy things that make you feel…
There is a lot to consider in the article linked below, including how childhood trauma is often missed because we don’t talk about it, and how later issues in adulthood aren’t therefore being properly diagnosed. I encourage you to read it all, but I wanted to focus on this quote: “Megan says despite the common…
This seems like it could be an interesting webinar for some of my readers, so I’m sharing it: “Join Dese’Rae L. Stage, photographer, writer, suicide awareness activist, and the creator behind the groundbreaking project Live Through This in a free one-hour Webinar to discuss the many faces of suicide, in order to decrease stigma and…
Wade does a nice job of laying out some of the reasons a victim might not come forward and tell someone about their abuse, adult or child. I bring this to light for two reasons – one, we shouldn’t ever really look at adults who claim to have been abused as children and demand to…
