News and media reviews for the Child Abuse Survivor community, from fellow survivors
Getting Back to Work When You’ve Been Depressed Mental Health Advocates and Trolls Mental Health Awareness Means Talking About All Types of Mental Illness 15 Benefits of Healing Your Childhood Emotional Neglect How to Talk to Your Child About Suicide … Continued
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I found this section of the article below to be especially important for survivors to know. “The secret of child sexual abuse is especially shaming. It can make you feel like there is something seriously wrong with you; that you … Continued
Vicki wrote this post in July, but for whatever reason, it just came into my world this week. It reminded me of something that I remember being a huge turning point in therapy for me: “My right to think for … Continued
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It may not be the most popular, positive advice you’ve ever heard, but it is reality. In any relationship you can only give what you have, and if you are neglecting your own needs, eventually that will lead to having … Continued
A support group in your phone. Healing for mental illness comes one text at a time Colleges Expand Their Reach to Address Mental Health Issue Avon photographer shares exhibit about mental illness America has a Mental Health Problem and Schools … Continued
I am frustrated by the fact that this description is over 100 years old, and yet as I look around at society, we clearly don’t get it. “A little over a century ago Robert Yerkes, a celebrated psychologist, began speaking … Continued
I liked what Arien has to say in this video, because this is one of the largest hurdles survivors run in to when it comes to healing from abuse, putting it in the proper perspective. “Abuse strips us of the … Continued
I just wrote yesterday about the need to take small steps, and build confidence in healing. Today, I found this post and I think Mark puts a great spin on the same thing: You probably approach physical fitness like a … Continued