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Reviews Elsewhere – Bi The Way by Lois Shearing
ByMikeM September 9, 2021September 8, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

I came across this review on the Scene website, and I wanted to share it with you because one of the things we know is that LGBTQ+ folks are more likely to deal with mental health issues, and also suffer a higher rate of suicide. So while the book is about being Bi, and not directly about mental health, during Suicide Prevention Week I think it’s important to share resources for groups who often struggle with seeing their own stories told. Based on the review, I think this book seems like exactly that type of thing, a voice of an underserved group.

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Sharing – Why I Post About My Mental Health on Facebook
ByMikeM July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Those folks need the opportunity to see another side to the story, and the more people who can safely tell their stories, the more we can let those folks know that they are, in fact, not alone.

If I’ve learned one thing from having this website for close to 20 years and being active on various social media platforms, it’s that you never know who is reading, and how it might impact them. Some people will tell you, and others will never mention it, but they are reading it. Would you rather be the person who helped someone feel less alone, and provided some hope, or the person who shut them down?

I know which one I have chosen.

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World Health Organization Shares Stories of Childhood Violence
ByMikeM June 25, 2021June 24, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

Kudos to WHO, and the folks who shared their stories. As the WHO says on their website, 1/2 of all children experienced some sort of violence in the last year, and that violence leaves lasting impressions. (And that is pretty much the norm every year, as well.)

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Survivors Trust List of Books and Memoirs
ByMikeM June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

Over on the Survivor Trust website, in addition to all of the other information and resources they share for survivors, they have a special section for books and memoirs written by, and for survivors. They are also open to sharing other books on the site as well.

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UK Teacher Response to BBC R4 Survey
ByCBG May 27, 2021May 26, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

BBC Radio 4 reported on the response to a survey given to teachers in UK schools and the results regarding the ability to tackle peer-on-peer sexual abuse in the classroom. The results of the survey have been summarised at the BBC’s News website. The link is below.

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Sharing – The Pandemic Finally Killed the Self-Care Myth
ByMikeM May 19, 2021May 18, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

If we take anything away from this pandemic in terms of our self-care regiment, I hope that it is a recognition that many of our “suggestions” for how to practice self-care are completely unreachable to many folks without things like available childcare, stable incomes, some semblance of work-life balance, and the support of others. We can’t just toss another thing on the list of their responsibilities without making it possible for them to do.

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