News and media reviews for the Child Abuse Survivor community, from fellow survivors
Why people are turning to Instagram for therapy and mental health needs – It’s not treatment, but it can be supportive. How You Can Help A Friend in Crisis – “the teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) Action Plan will … Continued
Back in the Fall of 2018, NOLA.com did a series of stories highlighting the failure of the mental health care system in Louisiana. The stories are heartbreaking, and some will be difficult to read. If you’re easily triggered, think about … Continued
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
Widow of Columbus firefighter remembers husband, talks need for mental health awareness Forensics and Mental Health What It Means to Be a Mental Health Advocate—And How to Become One To Others Who Have Experienced Trauma as Children Abuse is Not … Continued
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
5 Ways to Find Better Mental Health 10 Books to Help Children Understand Mental Illness Why Therapy Is Actually Cool Mental Health Recovery Is Never Linear Icons Talking About Mental Health Make a Positive Impact Mental Health & Stigma The … Continued
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