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Memory Getting Worse, Struggling to Make Decisions? It Could be Stress
ByMikeM March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

On the other hand, if we know this, maybe we can start to do something about it. That might look like finding ways to lower the stress we have some control over, understanding what is happening with our abilities in these areas, and seeing these struggles in others for what they are. In short, give ourselves and each other some grace and step back before making rash decisions or digging our heels in on decisions and beliefs. If we suffer cognitively when stressed, let’s admit that maybe, just maybe, we get stuff wrong occasionally.

We are human after all, and “to err is human.”

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Reviews Elsewhere – What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
ByMikeM March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

“Here’s a theory: Maybe I had not really been broken this whole time. Maybe I had been a human—flawed and still growing but full of light nonetheless”

I want all of us to ponder that line for a little bit and think about it. Consider the possibility that you, as a survivor, are not broken. Maybe you are just human. Maybe everything you see as broken is just a natural reaction to abuse in the same way every human carries things forward into their lives from their past. That’s not to say the harm isn’t real. Indeed it is very much real. It might not, however, have changed the possibility of our light still being inside us.

You are still human and you still have value in this world.

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Sharing – Where Does Shame Come From?
ByMikeM March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

Those who have suffered childhood trauma often have shame that we cannot place. Sometimes because our memories are foggy and we can’t place them, maybe more often because shame became part of us as we grew up. Our very development occurred in the middle of shame, so much so that we aren’t even aware of it.

It just is. It has always been and always will be.

Except that’s not correct at all.

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Sharing – Creating A Safe Space So People Can Open Up
ByMikeM March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

What you should be asking yourself is whether you are a safe space. Are you someone others can feel comfortable talking to about their mental health?

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Sharing – 4 Tips for Sharing Your Mental Health Journey on Social Media
ByMikeM March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

We all have our experiences. We are experts in our experiences with mental health. That’s great, but our experience might not be everyone’s experience. It’s vital to remember that what works for us will not work for everyone we contact on social media, and what works for them might not work for us.

We’re not alone, but we are individuals.

Have you been sharing your journey on social media? How has that been working out for you? Where can others follow you?

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Childhood Trauma and Adult Mental Health Issues – It’s not That Simple
ByMikeM February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

That’s the take-away from this more recent study. We cannot point to childhood trauma as the explanation for all mental health issues in adulthood. Sometimes, it is a contributing factor. Sometimes, it isn’t. Mental Health is much more complicated. There is no simple explanation for why it happens, and there’s no simple explanation for why it’s been getting worse. Beware those who want to paint all mental health issues with the same brush. Human beings are a bit more complicated than that.

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