Sharing – This Is Why Toxic Positivity Does More Harm Than Good
I agree with Rachel on this, offering positive platitudes is often easier than allowing ourselves to feel anything, so it’s what we offer people who are feeling so much more than that. “I truly believe that ultimately, we all want … Read More
Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 17, 2021
On The Mind: How Trauma Changes You
What It Really Feels Like to Dissociate — And How To Feel Better
Why Change Is Hard Even When We Know It’s Needed
Action on childhood trauma ‘could help solve drug death crisis’
That feeling you can’t name? It’s called emotional exhaustion
The Eraser: Confronting childhood trauma through art and photography… Read More
Sharing – Nicole Phelps on Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps’ depression
I was so glad to see that Nicole is seeing her own therapist and developing her own support, and that the article refers to her own trauma. It is trauma to deal with the possibility that your loved one will not be here anymore because of what their own depression is doing to them. We should take that very seriously, and act accordingly.… Read More
Sharing – The 11 Best Books for Depression of 2021, According to an Expert
Mary Tatum, MS, LMHC offers this list of books on depression, which right now, many of us are dealing with.
Have you read any of the ones on her list? Any that you would add to it?… Read More
Sharing – Harrowing film shows devastating and fatal impacts of cyberbullying and online abuse
Under the heading of “reviews elsewhere” comes this review of a short film called “Rope”, a raw, honest depiction of online bullying.
““If you’re in your 40s or 50s and someone sends you a cruel message, you can probably brush it off, but if you’re 15 it is much more likely to affect you because you haven’t had the chance to build up that mental resilience.”… Read More