As An Advocate I Can’t Do Everything But Together We Might
One of the worst ways I’ve seen people wreck their mental health is by not knowing their limits.
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Why Our Stories Matter
So please, even if you don’t want to share your story yet, you never know who you might help by spreading the word about others who do. It helps to know that we are not alone.
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You Don’t Expose Truth By Spreading Lies
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in the survivor community recently, and finally decided to say something about it after a recent post on Facebook this past weekend. The trend is of spreading “news” from clearly fake news websites in order to spread awareness about child abuse. In this case, I’m sure many of you saw,…
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Another Survivor Voice Silenced – Chester Bennington
I’m going to be honest here. I’ve never been a Linkin Park fan. I’m not really familiar with their music at all. They came along at a time in my life when my music tastes had moved away from what I like to refer to as “new” Metal, and I just never had much cause…
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Advocate “Heroes”
Recent news in the survivor community has reminded me of something I wrote over 5 years ago when Joe Paterno passed away. I’m not going to get into the details of what happened and to who, because I wasn’t involved in it, and while I am vaguely familiar with some of the people involved, it’s…
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Penn State Still Struggling with Sandusky Story
The recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education paints the picture pretty well, but what we are seeing this last week with the trial, and eventual conviction on a count of child endangerment of former University president Graham Spanier is an interesting example of something that I think is fairly typical. On one side…
