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Shared Links (weekly) July 30, 2023
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How Allies Can Help the Disability Community’s Mental Health
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They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.
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What to Say When Someone Is Depressed: 14 Perfectly Worded Texts– If you want to reach out but aren’t sure how, maybe these suggestions combined with what you know about the person will help you find the words.
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NoFiltr Resources Help Youth Navigate Online Risks– a resource for youth by youth and the Thorn organization.
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I Started Healing When I Convinced Myself I was Safe Now, What About People Who Aren’t Safe?
Casey calls out those of us who would say “love is love” and support our LGBTQ friends and family members without standing up and doing what we can to actually make this world safer for them. I’ll go one further. If we want to call ourselves mental health advocates and advocates for trauma survivors we need to do what we can to push for a world that is safe for everyone. We can’t heal when we don’t feel safe, and for too many people in this world, they have no reason to feel safe.
We need to advocate for a world that is safe for them too.
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Have you found your creativity to help with your mental health?
Turns out that doing things we like is good for our mental health, so it’s not selfish to make time for them.
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Shared Links (weekly) July 23, 2023
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From Panic to Peace: Practical Techniques for Coping with Trauma-Related Panic Attacks
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End the Silence: Ask for Help with Mental Health with Thom Singer
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Why We Need to Keep Writing (and Reading) about Mental Health
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Goodbye, Perfect: How to Stop Pleasing, Proving, and Pushing for Others… and Live For Yourself
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Healing from Within: Empowering Steps on the Journey to Overcoming Depression
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Being There for Someone Requires Communicating
The bottom line? We can all play a role in enhancing mental health outcomes for ourselves and those around us. We change the world one solid relationship at a time, and we build those through effective communication.
