The United States of Tara is a new show on Showtime about a women with DID. Most of what I’ve read about the show has been pretty positive in terms of the producers wanting to have a realistic portrayal of a woman with alters, including this Psych Central article. Alas, I don’t have Showtime so…
Forgotten gives an account of the complete life story of Les Cummings, who had to come back to the UK from his adopted home of California to make a legal challenge to his town council for his abusive treatment when growing up in council followed by foster care. This book is powerful, well written and…
Over on the Child Abuse Survivor Network, Enola started up a group called Healing Books and Articles, where a few folks have already been posting books they’ve found helpful in their healing. If you’re a member, go check it out, and add your own. If you’re not a member, what are you waiting for? 🙂
A new study is telling us that things aren’t nearly as dangerous for children online, and that there’s no magic bit of technology that keeps them safe. In fact, it takes good parenting just as much as anything! The new report suggests that online threats that we fear most are not as prevalent as TV…
This is a pretty good list of things to do during these cold Winter months when parts of your depression fighting plan includes things like outdoor activities, and other things that you can’t do during the colder months. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/01/04/12-winter-depression-busters/ I’ve found a few of these to be good tools for myself, fighting off the lethargy…
Today, Kathy Hawkins sent me an email to let me know about a website she setup with a list of child abuse prevention organizations that you coud donate to. It looks like a good collection of organizations that all doing some great work to help end the epidemic of abuse in the United States. http://www.razoo.com/articles/Giving_Guide_Child_Abuse
