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Sharing – Mental health: ‘Shame is carried by people as a result of trauma. That sense of shame might be buried quite deep’
ByMikeM April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutes

We have done a good job of removing the stigma of getting help for things like anxiety, depression, ADHD, and multiple other symptoms of mental health issues. We haven’t done enough to make it acceptable for people to talk about the trauma they’ve suffered. Until we do that, and until we recognize that we all have experienced various levels of trauma, we’re going to continue to have a growing mental health crisis on our hands.

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Sharing – How to Spot Misinformation About Mental Health Online
ByMikeM March 26, 2025March 25, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

Over the years, I’ve learned a lot about mental health from online sources. I’ve also seen a lot of false information being shared as well. Some of it is from misunderstanding evidence, but most comes from someone with something to sell. There have been far too many people sharing quick “cures” and lifehacks that will treat depression and anxiety and heal us from trauma that have gone viral, and far fewer honest voices telling the truth about the solutions that are available to support mental health across society, and how complicated it can be when what the media says will work doesn’t work for an individual, because they are, in fact, an individual.

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Sharing – How to use mindful practices to manage dissociation
ByMikeM February 28, 2025February 27, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I’ve never been taken to mediation the way other people have. I don’t particularly like the experience. It makes me profoundly uncomfortable.

I don’t know why; I know it doesn’t seem to work for me. I wonder, however, if part of my issue is that I need to live with some low-level dissociation. Maybe I’m so used to being slightly detached that focusing my attention entirely inward is too much. It’s overwhelming. It’s too much of a risk.

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Sharing – How to Find Hope When Everything Feels Hopeless
ByMikeM February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

Anchoring myself in the present moment means focusing on the situation in front of me and doing what I can to improve it. That can mean donating money or time to causes I care about, calling elected representatives, supporting the people around me who are suffering, speaking out where I can, educating where I can, and staying aware of opportunities to do the things I can do.

The hope doesn’t lie in one person changing everything; it lies in enough of us doing what we can to make that change.

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Sharing – How to support someone with depression
ByMikeM February 8, 2025February 8, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

We often underestimate how much we can help because we live in a society constantly looking for a quick solution to problems. Depression doesn’t have that, which leads us to feel helpless to solve the problem. That being said, there is nothing better when dealing with depression than knowing that someone (preferably multiple people) is going to be with you during the struggle. Everything seems overwhelming when you’re in the midst of depression; you need someone to make it just a little less so.

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Sharing – Podcast: Countdown to Death: How Embracing Time Helps Us Live Fully
ByMikeM December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I decided to stay because I knew that, eventually, that final day was coming for me anyway. All of this was temporary.

I remind myself of that when I feel anxious or make a mistake in front of people. All of this is temporary. Whatever embarrassment I might feel at this moment, eventually, everyone involved will not be here to talk about it, and I won’t be here to be embarrassed by it.

I find that freeing. It is freeing to remember that I’m only here temporarily and to remind myself that I only have so much time to do the things I want to do and make the impact on people’s lives that I want to make.

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