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Connection Matters – An Example
ByMikeM January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

As I read this, I couldn’t help but compare it to the hundreds of stories where the opposite was true. People are so afraid of saying the wrong thing or so uncomfortable with the idea of mental health issues that they run the other way. They disconnect from someone who so desperately needs connection. Someone they love is feeling all that embarrassment and pain and no longer has anyone to connect to and remind them of their value, their humanness.

As the title of Elizabeth’s post says, we need each other.

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Some Reality About Loving a Survivor
ByMikeM January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

It is true. As much as you might love your partner and want to support them, there are ripple effects that impact well beyond the individual survivor. Those ripple effects are painful, and we can acknowledge that pain without diminishing the pain of being the direct victim. All of it sucks, and all of it is the fault of the abuser.

There’s no one else to blame, just a lot of people left to struggle. Let’s do what we can to support all of them.

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Free Training on Being Trauma Aware.
ByMikeM January 21, 2023January 24, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

The Being Trauma Aware website offers a free 5 module course on how to have more trauma-aware interactions.

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Sharing – ‘My Husband Was Hospitalized, I Didn’t Tell People Why’
ByMikeM January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Imagine your spouse going into a hospital for surgery or an injury and having no help navigating that, and also trying to take care of a 12-year-old daughter without anyone else there to take care of a meal or two or transport your kid to school and other events. That’s the reality Amy, and many other families, find themselves in because we still live in a world where we aren’t supposed to admit to having mental health issues and where those are the kinds of secrets you keep within the immediate family only.

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Sharing – What It’s Really Like To Be A Male Victim Of Rape
ByMikeM January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Men need to hear these stories too. We need to know that various issues stem from being sexually violated that are similar to non-male victims and yet not the same.

Most of all, we need to understand how common male rape is and that we are not alone in being victims.

That message gets lost in all of the messages about how we are supposed to be strong and not be victims far too often, even if it is the truth.

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Sharing – Seeking sunshine: Finding light in dark times
ByMikeM January 11, 2023January 10, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

What little things do you find useful? Looking over the list below, a few of them work for me, time with people who care about me, humor, and finding things I can do or look forward to are among the ways I try to find the light when things look dark to me. Some others aren’t that helpful to me often. I know people who swear by some of those, though.

Whatever your light is, please keep your eyes out for it.

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