For Male Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse, Untreated Trauma Can Lead To Run-Ins With The Law Suicides of two mental health advocates in a week serve as a grim reminder This Is How You Can Truly Help Someone in Crisis How to Take a Genuinely Nourishing Mental Health Day New Ohio University study profiles the…
Miranda’s story contains this important lesson: I wish someone would have told me that my friend’s suicide attempts were not a remark on my abilities as a friend. My belief that I should have been able to talk her out of her depression and suicidality was a horrible cross to bear, but it also made my…
I like what Kayla has to say in this post, because as valuable as a support system is, we have to come to terms with the fact that some people don’t have one. Unfortunately, we do not all have access to a robust social support system. In some cases, we do not have a single…
Over at the Mental Health at Home blog, Ashleyleia has a review of this book of poetry: The book is a story of She and her struggle with mental illness demons, told in poetic form. It covers a number of common themes that occur in mental illness, including the relentless attack of inner demons while…
This article is written about India, and I think it’s possible that a few of you will read this and think to yourself that this is something that happens in cultures like that. One where a high priority is put on the family and not shaming or embarrassing your family in any way. That may…
This article is about losing her brother to suicide, but I think this message speaks to all of the things we go through that cause people to not know what to say, depression, child abuse, sexual assault, etc. I am reminded of a text message from one of my former students, sent from hundreds of…
