It’s been ten days since UK TV Channel 4 screened two programmes with abuse themes: their fictional flagship soap Hollyoaks screened the culmination of their second male rape storyline in the show’s history, which has recurred after 16 years, sadly second time around it wasn’t as effective. Later in the same week they redeemed this…
6 Lies Your Depression Wants You to Believe (& How to Not Fall Into the Trap) tags: CA Depression Sexual assault against males necessitates attention tags: CA ChildAbuse 40,000 suicides annually, yet America simply shrugs tags: CA Depression The Sexual Abuse of Boys Is Not About “Getting Lucky” and We Need to Stop Promoting This…
Choosing Life: Thoughts From A Survivor tags: CA Depression After Childhood Abuse, ‘Times’ Columnist Says He Chose Life Over Vengeance tags: CA ChildAbuse What does forgiveness have to do with healing? tags: CA ChildAbuse Akron teen overcomes sexual assault, builds tags: CA ChildAbuse Join us for the 4th Annual Blog Party: World Mental Health Day,…
Tracie has an interesting story about how she wouldn’t ask for help as a new mom, even when it was clear that she needed it. More importantly, she also lists some great resources where you can reach out and get help, whether you are depressed, a victim of sexual assault, or suspect a child is…
Men and Mental Health Stigma tags: CA Depression Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
It’s not necessarily about childhood abuse, but i found the story of Mackey Sasser, a catcher with the New York Mets who’s career ended after he simply couldn’t throw the ball any longer highly interesting. It wasn’t until much later in life that he saw a specialist in the physical effects of childhood trauma that…
