As I’ve seen with some folks who have said things in the wake of my wife losing her parents this year, there are a few things you shouldn’t say, but once you’ve learned those, please do this: While it can be tricky to know what to say to a suicide loss survivor, it is much…
5 tips for talking about your mental health Growing Beyond Labels: We are Not Simply a Disorder Toxic Positivity: It’s a Thing Breaking the bubble of silence around child sexual abuse Why We All Need to Understand That Mental Health Problems Don’t Look a Certain Way Why I Choose to Self-Disclose About My Mental Illnesses…
This article out of Lincoln, Nebraska throws out this statistic, in an interview with the Child Advocacy Center. It does not provide an explanation of where it came from, but I am very curious to know if anyone has seen it before: “Only about 16 percent of men with documented histories of sexual abuse consider…
Notice also what Megan doesn’t say: “Although survivors come from a wide set of backgrounds, experts say they have one commonality: a vulnerability to exploit, according to Megan Cutter, associate director of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. “Particularly with minors, often what we’re seeing is an adult trafficker who notices maybe someone has run away…
I find Erin’s story interesting because I think it is easy to look at a teenager, especially one who’s not exhibiting the signs we saw on the TV news story about teenagers and drugs/depression, and assume “it’s just a phase”. It might not be: “I clung to the idea that mental illness came for other…
I love that this story is being told for a number of reasons. First, and foremost, I think it’s important that people understand how child abuse can lead to very serious issues around relationships and intimacy. Not all of those issues will look like this, a massive fear of intimacy that leads to trying to…
