Blog Carnival
The first ever carnival against child abuse is up today. Looks like quite a few interesting entries. I haven’t had time to peruse them yet, but I definitely will be later this evening. Go check them out!
Something I’ve been thinking about since reading Sean’s post to this forum topic has been just how important it is to understand that recovering from childhood abuse, whether it be physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, or whatever combination of those is in your experience is not a quick process. It takes time and a lot of…
Given abuse victim’s severe dislike for anything they can’t control, and depression sufferer’s tendency to feel completely overwhelmed when things don’t work they way they should, maybe working with computers wasn’t the best choice I could have made. When things go wrong, they really tend to go wrong, and when things don’t work, trying to…
I got an email from Lindsay with Zingerplatz Pictures about a screening of Hand Of God a film by Joe Cultrera. In his own words: The film centers on my brother’s abuse by a Catholic priest (Joseph Birmingham) in 1964, back in our hometown of Salem. The film goes on to tell the story of…
Pin (ed note, updated in Dec 2020) I write often about the connection between social media use and mental health. If you’ve seen any of my previous posts, you know that I tend to be doubtful of there being any direct tie between simply using social media, and being depressed. Rather, I think it really depends…
We have spent so much of our lives trying to survive, and protect ourselves, that the confidence that comes from making our own decisions, or overcoming new challenges is a foreign concept. We want nothing less than to have anything change, and yet life is all about change. We can’t avoid change, we can only learn to deal with it.
Pin The other day, my friend Hannah, who is a runner in the very real sense, (she’s run the Boston Marathon, as opposed to the “runner” I am, where I run out for pizza.) posted something to her Instagram account about her recovery from an ankle injury that I thought was beautiful: Injury continues to teach…
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Thanks for the link, Mike! I’m so glad you’re participating with us. I appreciate the contributions you make and your support.