I saw this article and it reminded me that how any individual survivor decides to handle things, especially in regards to their ongoing relationship with family members, is really their decision. It may not be what I would choose, but it is up to each individual to choose what is the healthiest way forward for…
I would agree with this, and I was guilty of more than a couple of the things on this list before I got help. Learn from our mistakes. Are you guilty of any of them currently? As a man, I can tell you that talking about the topic of depression with other guys makes you…
This is true of any organization made up of people, not just a church, but if you are involved in a church or other similar group, there’s much to consider in this article. The first step in addressing abuse is to grasp how prevalent it is. Half of your church members have likely experienced abuse: child abuse, sexual…
Sadly, I know this science is not good news to many a survivor, because being touched is often a huge problem for childhood sexual abuse survivors. “So there you have it; scientific proof that supportive touch does much more than make you feel good (not that that isn’t enough!); it actually modifies our biochemistry and…
Yes it should, I don’t know how many studies we need, or why we even need studies to show us, that getting to a mental health condition early is always better than later! The message I try to leave with teens is that they are not alone. Millions of people around the world live with…
I’ve written many times about how abused children spend so much of our childhood simply trying to survive, that we miss out learning things that we should have as a kid. NAMI writer Laura Greenstein feels that when it comes to taking care of our mental health, all children are missing out: During childhood, we…
