Sharing – Something small you can do when you are depressed to make a difference
Your depression is wrong, you’re not useless, you have many, many small things you can do, that make a big difference.
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Shared Links (weekly) Dec. 27, 2020
‘Normalize Everything’ comedy show tackles mental illness Social Media and Mental Health: Dos and Don’ts Partner’s Depression Can Be Challenging To Our Relationship 10 mental health podcasts that help make struggles with depression, grief, autism, and other conditions easier to manage 8 Books to Read for a Kinder, Happier 2021 How To Help Someone Who…
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Shared Links (weekly) Dec 20, 2020
Ending Stigma about Suicide
Treating trauma early to help children cope down the line
The Cognitive Distortion Which Severely Hinders Recovery
Depression and the Holidays Often Don’t Mix
Coping with Unintentional Mental Health Stigma
Childhood trauma impacts millions of Americans, and it’s having devastating consequences
Toxic Positivity Is on the Rise. Are You Guilty of Spreading It?
Ottawa passes motion to create national, three-digit suicide prevention hotline
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Sharing – Good Vibes Only? You Can’t Think Yourself Out of Depression
You’re not being kind, you are blaming people for a ton of things that are completely beyond their control, because your own identify is tied to a world-view that has no explanation for suffering beyond “welp, guess you failed at being positive”.
That’s not a world-view, that’s a privileged, self-centered, view.
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Shared Links (weekly) Dec 13, 2020
Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement
There’s Nothing Positive About Toxic Positivity
How to deliver meaningful, safe messages about mental health
Grief in the Covid era will weigh on the American psyche for years to come
My Depression and I
Building Emotional Safety Nets for Men
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Sharing – Now Is the Time to Re-Examine Stigma About Mental Illness
We have gotten better at discussing some mental health issues, but there’s still so much more to do. It’s still not safe for too many people to even admit they need help with anxiety and depression, even though right now we all need support. There is still a severe shortage of help available, and we still treat other mental health issues with something other than fear.
If not now, when? Those of us who can share our stories, should be doing exactly that. For all the people who can’t. And, maybe even more, we need to remind the world that these issues affect people everywhere, from all backgrounds. It’s not just Hollywood, and it’s not just on poor neighborhoods, it affects plenty of people that we probably come in contact with every day. People we know, people we love, people we work with, neighbors, friends, family, etc. are, or have been, struggling with their mental health.
Maybe once we convince enough people of that, they’ll care enough to do something about it.
