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    The Extreme Things Toxic Positivity Forces You To Believe

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 4 minutes

    I feel fairly certain I have never read a worse example of how certain worldviews will have to end up blaming the victim for their own suffering than this quote from an article about how we can fetishize “surviving” during difficult times, often taking more interest in things like the Holocaust:

    Recently, a textbook required for the UNC minicourse “21st Century Wellness” was skewered for suggesting—as a headline read—“Holocaust victims who died failed to find their inner strength.” The actual text included: “The people in the camps who did not tap into the strength that comes from their intrinsic worth succumbed to the brutality to which they were subjected.”

    I realize that this seems shocking that anyone would believe this, but I have a different take on it. Why wouldn’t some people believe this?

  • Thought provoking

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 3 minutes

    I was reading a post over at Robert Scoble’s blog today about what he’s been doing, the things he’s learning about himself and how his blogging fits into his life. It’s all very interesting. As you know, I have two blogs, so these questions about how they fit into my life, and what part of…

  • Unwanted Touch

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

    On a recent Saturday afternoon, my wife and I went for a country drive to one of the cute small towns in our area of the country. We stopped in a little coffee shop and were greeted warmly by the elderly mother of the shop’s owner. Unfortunately, this woman, while very sweet, may be dealing…

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    The August 2014 Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Thanks to everyone who submitted something to share with other survivors for this month’s carnival! This month, I decided to repeat a theme that the carnival has had before, change, for my own personal reasons. As it turns out, the very day that this edition goes “live” on my site, happens to also be the…

  • Back from hiatus

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    I was glad this evening to see that Leah came back from blog-hiatus, as promised. Glad to have her back! Unlike Leah, I went on hiatus without telling anyone. It was really sort of an unplanned hiatus. I’ve just been very, very busy. Work has been crazy with staff turnover, getting people trained and functions…

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