Link – Emotional and Psychological Trauma: Symptoms, Treatment, and Recovery
But healing and overcoming is possible.
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Link – Violence is just one part of childhood trauma. So why are we focusing so much on childhood violence?
“There’s this notion in the public’s mind that physical or sexual abuse is somehow more harmful than verbal abuse or other types of trauma,” he says. “The scientific evidence does not support that. I think parsing out the impacts of different types of trauma leads to a kind of reductionism that may be neither necessary…
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Link – Walking football: the sporting craze helping men to battle depression
“The impact the sport is having on those at risk of mental health issues has led several charities and health authorities to invest in its further development. Smith’s team play once a week and each month take part in a mini-tournament on the 3G pitch at Annan Athletic FC. “We’re seeing a transformation here with…
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Link – Depression is NOT Sadness
“As someone who has been through a major depressive episode, I can assure you that depression is nothing like sadness. Sadness is a normal emotion that people feel at times. Sadness comes and sadness goes. At times, sadness is the least of the feelings or emotions that someone in a depressive state may be experiencing. …
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Reviews Elsewhere – Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania
From last year, but a review and profile of the author Andy Behrman appeared on the Every Day Health website. “I knew if I didn’t get better, I would get worse,” he says, “and if I got worse, I would probably die.” He spent two years trying to find the right medication with the help…
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Link – Paul Gascoigne’s struggle is not entertainment. Mocking him only adds to the mental illness stigma
“So let us be clear at exactly what is happening. A national newspaper has reported the struggle of an ill celebrity and a legion of social media users are now mocking him for exhibiting signs of that illness. Would they be quite so quick to do so if the illness was a physical one? If it was…