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Depression Blogs and Games

I linked to this yesterday on Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook, but I wanted to also add it to this post. The Psych Central website has listed their Top 10 Depression Blog of 2014. I have to admit that there are a few on there I’ve never read, but...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 2:05 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Depression, Recommended Reading, Mental Health, Health, Twitter, Facebook, Culture

Brother and Sister Survivor Show How Secrecy Works

The latest episode of the Survivor Stories podcast, featuring Ben Glade and Annaka Vimahi, brought home two important things to know about child abuse: 1. How deep does the secrecy surrounding child abuse run? A brother and sister, 4 years apart, have...

Published Sun, Nov 09 2014 7:29 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Observations, Child Abuse, Survivors, Abuse, Silence

A Day in the Life Of Someone With Mental Health Issues

Over in the UK, there’s a project due to start this coming Friday, Nov. 7 that bears keeping an eye on: A Day in the Life is a year-long project to collect the everyday experiences of people who experience mental health difficulties in England....

Published Wed, Nov 05 2014 3:24 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Depression, Mental Health, Health, Hope

What’s the End Result?

Tomorrow I get to do something that, according to statistics, is one of the things adult survivors of sexual abuse dread the most. I have to have some dental work done. I was terrified going to the initial appointment for an exam, I’m terrified...

Published Sun, Nov 02 2014 3:53 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Personal News, Observations, Child Abuse, Survivors, Abuse, Healing

Facebook User Asking For Advice on Confronting Her Abuser

Over on the Facebook page someone sent me a message asking for advice. Since I haven’t really faced a similar situation, with her permission I posted it to the page to see if anyone else had any wisdom to share. If you do, please go share your thoughts...

Published Mon, Oct 20 2014 5:08 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Child Abuse, Abuse, Facebook

World Mental Health Day #wmhd14

If you haven’t seen it mentioned on other blogs, today, Oct 10, 2014 is “World Mental Health Day”. The fine folks over at Psych Central are throwing a “blog party” to celebrate, getting bloggers to write a post about mental...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2014 4:24 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Depression, Mental Health, Health, Twitter, Support

New Email Newsletter

If you’ve been getting posts here by email, never fear, I haven’t turned that off. You’ll still be getting those, but I have hidden away the signup form for new subscribers. Simply put, the default email subscription tool for WordPress...

Published Thu, Oct 09 2014 10:12 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Site News, Reviews

Take Care of Yourself

Over at the revamped No Longer Silence Movement website, they’ve put together a list titled “Treat Yourself“. I am not pointing to it because I think there’s any new amazing revelation in this list of ways to take care of yourself...

Published Thu, Oct 02 2014 9:02 AM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Child Abuse, Recommended Reading, Surviving

What Is There to Say About Adrian Peterson?

Reposted from my Sports Blog. As a survivor of child abuse, I’m just not sure where to start with this whole Adrian Peterson story. I’ve been thinking about it all weekend, and trying to figure out what to say about it, and I think finally...

Published Mon, Sep 15 2014 3:04 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Newsworthy, Child Abuse, Trust, Abuse, Children

Coming at You From The Other Coast

So yes, I did make it to our new home in Oregon last week. I am still catching up on the photos I took during the drive over on my photo blog, but I realized today that I’ve neglected to post any updates over here! I’m still getting...

Published Wed, Sep 10 2014 7:03 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Personal News

The August 2014 Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse

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...

Published Fri, Aug 29 2014 3:17 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Child Abuse, Recommended Reading, Survivors, Hope, Healing, Therapy, Community, Blog Carnival, Art

Irrational Fears?

That’s what Bruce Schneiner suggests is at the root of a story about a woman in South Carolina who was arrested for letting her 9 year old play at a park while she was at work. Now Bruce is an expert on security, and risk assessment and I tend to...

Published Mon, Aug 18 2014 9:17 AM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Newsworthy, Observations, Child Abuse, Children

TED Talks on Mental Illness

In light of yesterday’s news about Robin Williams, lots of folks have been reaching out on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media to share their own stories of depression and other mental health issues, or make sure folks know where to go to...

Published Tue, Aug 12 2014 8:31 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Newsworthy, Depression, Mental Health, Health, Twitter, Hope, Facebook

Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse for August – Change

I’m going to be hosting the monthly Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse here this month. Since this is a month where I am facing some big changes in life, including moving across the country at the end of it, I thought why not look into the topic...

Published Thu, Aug 07 2014 6:02 AM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Site News, Recommended Reading, Abuse, Community, Blog Carnival

Permanent Victim Status

A few weeks back, Patricia wrote about being an advocate, and being accused of being “stuck in victim mode” because she continued to talk about child abuse. It’s something that I’ve been thinking about too. Part of that thought...

Published Wed, Jul 23 2014 3:30 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Personal News, Child Abuse, Blogging, Survivors, Abuse, Healing, Facebook, Children, Surviving, Community

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