If you jumped on the anti-depressants don’t work bandwagon, maybe take a breath. The researchers conclude that this study, as well as other recent reports from the same group, provides strong support for the assumption that SSRIs exert a specific antidepressant effect. The finding shows that the benefit of antidepressants is real, and not a…
Proof again, as if we needed any, that child abuse exists across all of our borders and within all cultural groups. No one segment of society need not be concerned about it, and until we can admit that it’s not happening to “other people”, we will not find any serious solutions. According to a July…
Sadly, I know this science is not good news to many a survivor, because being touched is often a huge problem for childhood sexual abuse survivors. “So there you have it; scientific proof that supportive touch does much more than make you feel good (not that that isn’t enough!); it actually modifies our biochemistry and…
This is a pretty cool idea, because as I’ve said many times, someone with depression needs to know that they are not the only one who has ever been in this struggle, and that there is hope. “Their letters and the others in the book, are so powerful because they’re all from people who have…
Like Natasha, I rarely ever use “trigger warnings” on this site. That’s because, frankly, it’s a site about surviving child abuse and mental illness. Just the title should be considered a trigger warning. But also, because while I try to balance things out with positive messages for anyone who comes to the site, sometimes there…
Well this really changes things. What if I told you that “normal” actually is dealing with a mental health problem at some point in your life? “New research, from our lab and from others around the world, however, suggests mental illnesses are so common that almost everyone will develop at least one diagnosable mental disorder…
