This is truth: “Arming yourself with available resources can help you start a productive conversation about mental health or addiction so you can better support someone who may need help” The article has a whole bunch of links and information. Worth a look. Facing a Mental Health Challenge? There’s a Resource for That
I came across Alicia’s review of this workbook and I will admit at first I was skeptical. I’m always a little skeptical of self-help books and the title kind of sounded like yet another “I’ll show you how to cure depression in 10 easy steps”. But after reading Alicia’s review, I decided that maybe my…
I’ve written before about how boys, in general, display depressive symptoms differently than girls. According to this study, there are also cultural differences between blacks and whites, and I would imagine that is true across many other groups as well: Almost 800 Black teens between the ages of 11 and 21 who lived in public…
We would use different words in the US or other Western countries, but the end result might be the same: In many communities, the topic of mental health is discussed in hushed tones. It is not uncommon that a victim is seen as cursed or possessed by demons. For instance, Sibutso, a resident of Soweto…
This can’t be shared enough – Depression will come and try to move you into isolation (both socially and emotionally) and get you to cut off all contact with the people who love and care about you. It will lie to you and tell you that the world would better off without you, but the…
I’ve often said something similar about being a survivor of abuse, it’s not all we are, we are a million other things as well. Perhaps we should take that same practice to mental health? You may have depression, but it’s not the sum total of you as a person, is it? “You wouldn’t say you…
