Revue newsletter for Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #17
We've made it through another year. Good for you!
Thoughts on 2021 when caught in a storm. — www.tiktok.com TikTok video from Child Abuse Survivor (@ca_survivor1): "Thoughts when caught in a storm. #mentalhealth #suicideprevention #love #fyp #foryoupage #proud #happy2022". Another year passes and we are still here. | If you’ve made it through 2021 I am proud of you. More importantly, be proud of yourself. | You have accomplished so much. | .... Love Reign O'er Me - Remastered 1996.
New on the Blogs
Reviews Elsewhere - Burn This City to the Ground - N. Daniel — www.childabusesurvivor.net Terri over on the Bookly Matters website has a review of this book, and describes it as: Part memoir and part heart-to-heart expose on the tragic and invisible lives of the underprivileged, mentally ill, disabled and homeless, you may not like all the people you will meet in this book, but you will definitely find yourself touched by them, and the circumstances they find themselves in.
Study Shows That Limiting Your Life to Only "Positive" Friends May Be Hurting You — www.childabusesurvivor.net As it turns out, tuning out people who might need some compassion is simply an act of isolation, and isolation is almost never good for our own mental health. By cutting out the people who don't always offer up those positive vibes, we wind up disconnected and lonely. Which, of course, we can't share with the people left around us, because we are all living in the nothing negative bubble, so you are now living a very isolated life, which leads to much MORE anxiety, stress, and depression.
Shared from Elsewhere
The Benefits of Journaling for Mental Health & How to Get Started - Toast — mytoastlife.com What helps with stress, improves your writing skills and is totally free? Journaling for mental health! Learn more.
Why Random Acts of Kindness Are Good for Us | The Swaddle — theswaddle.com Colloquially known as the "Helper's High," neuroscience shows how kindness has tangible effects like boosting serotonin and releasing endorphins.
Lessons learned from the Joplin tornado: peer-to-peer mental health programs — www.npr.org
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Telling a Story Can Prevent Suicide — www.psychologytoday.com
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From the Archives
Sharing - Receiving a hug or engaging in self-soothing touch reduces cortisol levels following a stressful experience — www.childabusesurvivor.net I think this is interesting. Obviously, during a pandemic and as survivors hugging someone else may or may not be all that realistic, but the fact that this study seems to indicate we can get similar results from self-soothing touch is an interesting idea.
Sharing - Cheerscrolling, How To Add Positivity To Your Day — www.childabusesurvivor.net On the other hand, even if you don't reach a point where your social media is all cheerful all the time, we could definitely use some more positive content in our feeds. This wouldn't be a bad way to find some of that. Check it out, and let us know what accounts bring cheer to your own scrolling?
Link - Suicides Don’t Increase During the Holidays, and Why That Matters — www.childabusesurvivor.net This well-known “fact” just isn’t true. In fact, the suicide rate is lowest in December and instead peaks in spring. Why does this matter? It matters because while we may feel obligated to call or see Uncle Joe during the holidays, we might not reach out to him when he needs us most — which depending...