Revue newsletter for Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #20
Lots of interesting links on depression, PTSD, Grief and Self-Parenting. If it's cold where you are this weekend, hopefully we can provide some quality reading material for you. Enjoy your weekend and I hope you can do one nice thing for yourself.
New From the Blogs
Sharing - Depression doesn't look alike for everyone – so why should the treatments for it? — www.childabusesurvivor.net I hope we can start to understand this better and provide a wider variety of tools to help with the wide variety of ways that mental health issues can manifest in different people. I also hope we can start to understand that there is no one "right" way to treat our mental health issues, no magic solution that everyone can just go and get. Lastly, I also hope that we can understand that my symptoms are not your symptoms, and the way something like depression can appear for one person versus another doesn't make one more or less severe.
Sharing - How to Improve Self-Esteem When You Live with Depression — www.childabusesurvivor.net There are other ways in the article below but this one? This one is pure gold right now because we are all so overwhelmed, stressed, anxious and uncertain about everything. In the midst of that? Keep track of your wins
Reviews Elsewhere - Trauma Survivor's Guide to Coping With Panic Attacks by Nicole Dake — www.childabusesurvivor.net I found this review by Kevin C of this book by Nicole Dake and was immediately drawn to the title. As a trauma survivor panic attacks have been a part of my life at various times and I know the same is true for many other survivors I've talked to.
Shared from Elsewhere
When a parent has mental illness, how to support kids - Boston Children's Answers — answers.childrenshospital.org Parenting with mental illness is far more common than many people suspect. Tips to get past the stigma and help children grow and thrive.
How To Ask A Friend If They Are OK When They Are Not — www.calmsage.com Asking someone if they are ok can be hard when they respond with, “I’m fine”. In this blog, read tips on how to lead the conversation when you ask a friend if they are okay
A Grief Encounter. – The Mad Hatter's Tales — themadhatterstale.wordpress.com My thoughts on grief.
Self-Parenting for Abuse Survivors — stopabusecampaign.org Self-parenting for abuse survivors is an important healing process for your inner child that will move you towards a better future.
My Dark Place | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness When I am in my dark place, I can get settled here. It tells me everything I need to hear to make me believe I belong in this place.
How Does PTSD Affect the Brain? The Physical Effects of Trauma — psychcentral.com Trauma (PTSD) can have a deep effect on the body, rewiring the nervous system — but the brain remains flexible, and healing is possible.
From the Archives
The Truth Is, We Aren't OK and Probably Won't Be For Awhile — www.childabusesurvivor.net So, what do we do? We can definitely take advantage of the suggestions made by Lindsey Holmes in that HuffPost link above. We can also acknowledge that without available therapists, many of us are going to have to do the best we can for ourselves and each other. We are going to have to muddle through this, and the only way to muddle through is by supporting each other. No, we are not therapists and we shouldn't really try to be. But, we can be human beings who care enough about other humans to offer support. Whether that be in person, through text or calls, on social media, etc. we can all offer something to each other. We can all share our stories and our struggles because right now there's simply no excuse for anyone to feel like they are struggling alone.
Talking Child Abuse and Blogging on Moments of Clarity — www.childabusesurvivor.net Thanks to Tiffany for having me as a call-in guest on her radio show Friday. If you weren't able to catch it live, you can watch the replay from Tiffany's
Sharing - Trauma Healing Requires A Certain Amount Of Privilege — www.childabusesurvivor.net She lists out things like having insurance, having financial security, having a partner and friends from who she doesn't have to hide her therapy sessions, etc. As we just talked about yesterday, the reason less than half of all people dealing with mental health issues actually get any treatment at all is because they don't have all of these things.
Sharing - How to be a better person for yourself and those around you — www.childabusesurvivor.net This hit home pretty hard. Your relationship with yourself — how you speak to yourself, how you listen to your emotions and how you respond to your needs — is the base that any other relationship you have builds upon, Patel explained. “If you’re not responding to your needs, it will also impact your health...