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  • Sharing – It takes a village to save a life

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Saving a life is not about having a hotline, though they do help. (If you’re struggling, you can find a list of resources here.) It’s not about offering advice like “touch grass” or exercise more. It’s about being in a community that will sit with us at our worst and reminds us that we can get through this because we are not going through it alone. 

    Too many of us are incapable of creating that community for our friends and family members. If we don’t, who will?  

  • Shared Links (weekly) July 20, 2025

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

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  • The Other Mental Health Crisis – Older Men

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

    I don’t think we are on a path to create that world. I think a world where human beings are valued based on how much money they make and how “strong” they are does not even care if older men are lost. They feel like a burden because society treats them like one. How much could they contribute to our community if we didn’t think that way? If we had a community that involved them instead of isolating them, and a healthcare system that didn’t cause people to go bankrupt because they grew old and became sick, perhaps we’d find out. 

  • Sharing – The impact of non-recent child sexual abuse on the wider family

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

    As I’ve mentioned before, I didn’t wait until my 40s or 50s to tell someone about my abuse, and my family found out about it in my 20s, primarily due to my roommate having to answer their questions about my mental health breakdown. I didn’t get to choose whether my parents found out, but I’m also thankful that he went ahead and had that difficult conversation with them. I needed them to know what happened so that they could be part of my life while I tried to heal my mental health. 

    On the other hand, I would be lying if I said everything in the family was great after that. It’s complicated and occasionally messy.

  • Sharing – Invest in childhood

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

    We know that kids who can access mental health support during traumatic childhoods fare significantly better in every aspect than kids who are unable to do so. If we want to do something about not only the youth mental health crisis, but also future adult mental and physical health issues, one of the best things we could do is invest in support systems for children. 

    But, we don’t. We have never made the kind of commitment that is necessary, and now we are cutting the meager programs that do exist.