How To Support a Traumatized Child by Maria Black ***TW: Death, ACES, Mentions of Bullying.*** The day my father died was the worst day of my life. I can remember it vividly, even though I was only six. Everyone was gathered around the medical bed that had taken residence in my parent’s room. It was …
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Have you ever struggled to share your concern with a loved one about their mental health? If you have, I totally understand. It’s a very delicate situation that many of us avoid because well…it’s awkward and fraught with peril. You don’t know whether your loved one will shut down, be offended, embarrassed or even be …
How much do you know about the legislation affecting your mental health care? Admittedly, I never really thought about the topic much myself. But after a pretty traumatic hospitalization, I began to get curious about the laws that perpetuated such a terrible system. Turns out, there’s a lot of legislation out there governing your mental …
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month! Every year during this month organizations, bloggers, individuals and non-profits raise their voices to fight the stigma behind mental health issues. What Can You Do During Mental Health Awareness Month? The answer is lots! Whether you’re struggling with a mental health issue, a support person, or just an …
Have you ever experienced co-dependence in a relationship? If you have, you know it can be a real challenge. Not only to the relationship but to your mental health as well. So today, we’re going to explore co-dependency. This includes knowing what it is, how to recognize it, and how to move towards a healthier …
My body is the least interesting thing about me. I’ll say it again for the folks in the back: my body is the least interesting thing about me. It’s taken me years to get to this earth-shattering thought. How exactly did I get here? Well to figure that out – we have to go back, …
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Let me tell you about my struggles with Object Constancy. It all starts with one very rude conversation. “You feel bad now but just yesterday you were in such a great mood and all these fabulous things were happening. It’s because of your little goldfish brain. It’s like you can’t remember things 3 seconds after …
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How the Community Care movement resulted in an epidemic of homelessness. …Deinstitutionalization is at the very least a work in progress if it has begun at all… Hamlin and Oakes Reflections on Deinstitutionalization in the United Kingdom – 2008 1984. England. A scathing report emerges: the structure of the National Health Service is woefully broken, …
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Exploring the dark history of asylums and the rise of deinstitutionalization in the US.
Community Care is a way to shift the onus of solving social problems away from the individual, like Kenny, who rarely has the resources, emotional education, time, or money to “self care,” to a greater collective that includes individuals, governments, aid organizations, communities, and businesses working together to improve the systemically broken conditions that produce …
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