Link – Curbing suicidal thoughts: UW psychologist develops innovative suicide prevention website
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Link – Curbing suicidal thoughts: UW psychologist develops innovative suicide prevention website

This seems like an interesting resource to keep handy. The website NowMattersNow.org, an immediate and accessible resource for people experiencing suicidal thoughts created by a UW psychologist, has been found to significantly reduce the intensity of negative emotions in under 10 minutes. Now Matters Now includes videos of people who have dealt with suicidal ideation…

Link – When It Felt Like I Had No One to Reach Out To, I Found Support In Online Communities

Link – When It Felt Like I Had No One to Reach Out To, I Found Support In Online Communities

I think Eric’s story is compelling, and I suspect it’s way more common that we know. I’ve seen a few of the Facebook groups he talks about, and they are huge. It’s hard to feel alone when there’s a group with 10’s of thousands of members also talking about mental health issues. “So whether you’re…

Link – How Childhood Trauma Teaches Us to Dissociate

Link – How Childhood Trauma Teaches Us to Dissociate

As someone who did learn how to dissociate during my childhood, I find this description to be very accurate. “Dissociation is a common response to trauma. The experience of being present and in the moment when we are severely abused and traumatized and feel powerless is incredibly painful. This is when our psyche self-protects and…

Link – A shockingly large majority of health news shared on Facebook is fake

Link – A shockingly large majority of health news shared on Facebook is fake

I feel like I just wrote something similar to this. Oh yeah, I did: “Of the top 10 shared articles, scientists found that three quarters were either misleading or included some false information. Only three were considered “highly credible.” Some lacked context of the issue, exaggerated the harms of a potential threat, or overstated research…

Link – Bell Let’s Talk Day is January 30: National awareness campaign begins with Canadians from around the country sharing their stories about mental illness

Link – Bell Let’s Talk Day is January 30: National awareness campaign begins with Canadians from around the country sharing their stories about mental illness

Mark it down Canada. Based on what I’ve seen on social media in past years, this has been a huge success not only in terms of raising awareness, but also hard cash! Also note, for some of these, you don’t even have to be Canadian to take part. “Bell donates 5 cents to Canadian mental…

Calls For Removing Anonymity Miss the Point – Some People Depend on It

Calls For Removing Anonymity Miss the Point – Some People Depend on It

While accepting the reality that social media is often a mess, I also happen to be of the opinion that making everyone verify their identity would not be a good solution to this. Recently, an opinion piece appeared at The Hill, titled Call for ‘universal verification’ on social media.. In it, the author argues that all…