Video – How Trauma Affects Memory

Video – How Trauma Affects Memory

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

I saw this video shared on Lauren’s Kids Facebook page and wanted to share it here because I think what the folks who work at this Children’s Advocacy Center have to say about childhood trauma, and what children remember is incredibly valuable.

We often expect child abuse survivors, especially when the abuse was so recent, to remember the details, and be able to provide an exact timeline of events. When they struggle to do that it becomes a little too easy for us to start doubting that they are telling the truth, instead of understanding that this is exactly the way it’s supposed to work.

Sharing – Why I Post About My Mental Health on Facebook

Sharing – Why I Post About My Mental Health on Facebook

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

Those folks need the opportunity to see another side to the story, and the more people who can safely tell their stories, the more we can let those folks know that they are, in fact, not alone.

If I’ve learned one thing from having this website for close to 20 years and being active on various social media platforms, it’s that you never know who is reading, and how it might impact them. Some people will tell you, and others will never mention it, but they are reading it. Would you rather be the person who helped someone feel less alone, and provided some hope, or the person who shut them down?

I know which one I have chosen.

Sharing – How my Facebook post about suicide uncovered so much hidden male pain and suffering

Sharing – How my Facebook post about suicide uncovered so much hidden male pain and suffering

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

I have managed to be somewhat successful by society’s standard. I am also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. To assume that must mean I wasn’t that hurt by it, is to tell me that you know nothing of my life, or the lives of thousands of other men like me. Is it any wonder so many don’t come forward and talk about it?

But, as the article below points out, there are too many men in pain, with nowhere to go, for us to not talk about it. They deserve better.

Sharing – Ending Mental Health Stigma Takes More Than Talking

Sharing – Ending Mental Health Stigma Takes More Than Talking

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

Obviously, talking about can lead to these other things. Not talking about it won’t get us anywhere. But we need to do more than talk, we need to figure out better ways to treat people who need it, and make it accessible. That doesn’t happen until all of society understands the importance of it, and is truly educated about it. So, keep talking, but also keep demanding better.

Sharing – Sexual-Abuse Survivors Are Getting Sucked Into QAnon

Sharing – Sexual-Abuse Survivors Are Getting Sucked Into QAnon

ByMikeM Reading Time: 3 minutes

Frankly, I am concerned too: “Experts on child sexual abuse are extremely concerned about the rise of conspiracy theories, particularly in what are intended as safe places for survivors. “It’s very discomforting” to know that sexual abuse survivors are being drawn into conspiracy theories like QAnon, says Jetta Bernier, executive director for Mass Kids, a…

Shared Links (weekly) Oct 25, 2020
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Shared Links (weekly) Oct 25, 2020

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

A Call For Greater Investment In Workplace Mental Health: Leaders From Facebook, YouTube, Best Buy, Verizon Media And More Weigh In

‘Mental health can affect everyone’

Self-Compassion As A Life Skill

The Best Psychology Podcasts of 2020

How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Mistakes

Eradicating the roots of childhood trauma

Photography as Therapy: How To Keep Your Mind Positively Occupied

Mom Who Lost Daughter Now a Mental Health Advocate