Overcoming Your Childhood Trauma #67 – Find Your Voice -Podcast interview with your’s truly! “How’s your mind?” The quest for new ways to talk about mental illness Stop giving unsolicited mental health advice Surviving Christmas through unhappy memories Why You Can’t Just “Get Over It” Podcast: Stopping Psych Meds; What To Consider Posted from Diigo….
There is a lot of good information crammed into this article, but I just want to highlight the raw numbers for you: About 1 in 6 males have experienced child sexual abuse or adult sexual assault. As of 1998, 2.78 million men in the U.S. had been victims of attempted or completed rape. I’ve been…
This is true for anyone working in the field of mental health, or crisis intervention, and it’s also true of advocates. I’ve seen it too many times: “While compassion fatigue can happen when helpers are unable to replenish and restore emotionally and physically (Figley, 1982), vicarious trauma is the shift you experience mentally from…
Universities shouldn’t just treat mental illness – they should help prevent it too How Does Your Sense of Self Relate to Depression? FCC votes to set up 3-digit suicide hotline number like 911 – Eventually, you’ll be able to dial 988, but for now, we still want to keep this number handy. 800-273-TALK (8255) ‘People…
Book Review: What is a Girl Worth? by Rachael Denhollander Beyond ‘stranger danger’: Look and listen for these signs of child sexual abuse Podcast: Holiday Coping Techniques 5 Tips for Starting a Conversation About Mental Health Can We Turn Down The Emotion On Traumatic Memories? The best way to understand someone’s mental health problem is…
Laura starts out by sharing this bit of information, that I agree is crucial for survivors to understand. A healthy person has an instinct to get away from something dangerous. Sometimes, even healthy emotions may appear negative at first glance. Revulsion, for example. Who likes the idea of revulsion? But it can help us avoid,…
