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Sharing – Addressing Childhood Anxiety as Early as Kindergarten Could Reduce Its Harmful Impacts
Kids who show the signs of struggling with mental health issues do a heck of a lot better if we intervene. Sadly, we don’t do it enough. Sometimes it’s because we don’t have any intervention to offer them. There are no resources available to far too many families. Other times parents and adults are afraid to look for help due to the stigma associated with mental health issues, hoping the kid will grow out of it.
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Shared Links (weekly) May 29, 2022
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Moms whose daughters died by suicide urge parents to have ‘difficult’ conversations with their kids
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Mental Health Awareness Month: My Story of Living with Anxiety
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Diagnosed With Depression? Here Are My Top 10 Must-Follow Social Media Accounts
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Inside A Criminal Psychiatric Centre (Mental Health Documentary) | Real Stories
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How Traumatic Childhood Experiences Affect People in Adulthood
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Sharing – Overcoming Depression Demands Flexible Thinking, Not Positive Thinking
Most things in life are not that clear. They are ambiguous. I know that when I’m unable to think beyond simplistic right and wrong it is very likely part of my own struggle. I’m falling for the cognitive biases that try to convince me that all the negative things I’ve ever experienced are the truth, and all of the positive things have been a lie.
It’s these cognitive biases that prevent many people from healing. Simply put, you can’t heal when you are unable to believe healing is possible for you.
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Sharing – Taking control of your own mental health can improve it
I found this study interesting because I do believe the thing that has pushed me from mild anxiety or depression into a worse state is not believing I could do anything. Not having any hope, in other words. These folks sound something very similar:
