Mentalhealth

We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

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Every so often, accidental themes start emerging with the books I'm reading. Lately, it is "books that I wish were in existence during my adolescence." What a unique, yet painfully accurate, approach to discussing depression and trauma. This one is going to stick with me for a while.

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TheBookHippie I adored this book I read it last year from the library and promptly bought a copy. I agree with your sentiment. I wish books like this existed when I was a teen. 12h

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 🩵🩵🩵 9h

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Things I Should Have Known | Claire LaZebnik

I'm glad this wasn't as dark as the cover suggests. Chloe, a popular high school girl, thinks her autistic older sister Ivy is yearning for a boyfriend -- but her attempts to set her up have unexpected consequences, both bad and good.

Although I don't love books about disabled people that don't center them, I did appreciate how caring and accepting Chloe is, even if she's not always wise. And I related to her a lot.

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Suicide Notes | Michael Thomas Ford

Quick, Predictable, and not an accurate description of an adolescent psychiatric floor (at least not one I worked on).

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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness | Jonathan Haidt

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A deep dive into studies of how social media & phone use are affecting our kids. I appreciate the tangible changes suggested. Waiting until high school to give your kids a phone/ social media, banding together with other parents to create a like-minded community, & lobbying your school to keep phones completely out of schools, are all great ideas. But unstructured play, age-appropriate risks & responsibilities, & less parental hovering is key!

Read-n-Bloom I was one of the moms that didn‘t let her children have a phone or social media until they were older and it was cool then to let them have it. They are just realizing now how it‘s not so good for them. My daughters still like those things but they are not glued to it like some are. I‘m glad I took that stand for my girls. They didn‘t like it even found ways to get on at school but the rule was still there and their use was monitored. (edited) 3d

AvidReader25 @Read-n-Bloom This is so encouraging to me! Do you mind if I ask how long you waited before your kids got phones? 3d

Read-n-Bloom High school. Bc both of them had illnesses that would strike out of the blue and certain teachers wouldn‘t let them go to office and call home. So it‘s when I decided that it was needed. So if they got really sick and needed to come home maybe they could get through on the way to class or if they were in the bathroom. My oldest didn‘t have internet though. But my youngest had internet at school, when they allowed it and when she came home. 3d

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Read-n-Bloom When they were younger the teachers they had, most anyway, let them call home when they were sick. So I didn‘t have that problem when they were in elementary school. 3d

AvidReader25 @Read-n-Bloom that‘s good to know! There are so many factors that go into the decision. 3d

Read-n-Bloom You‘re right. There is. I think the internet, social media, etc, is addicting. I even find myself having to force myself to stop on social media or playing a game, imagine what that feels like for a child that has had no boundaries ? . I think it‘s scary what it can do to a child‘s mental health and mindset. I‘m not against any of it but a child needs to be a child and I believe phones too early can keep them from that. 3d

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World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-income Countries | Robert Desjarlais

1. So far so good. I'm halfway through the day.
2. I follow some Facebook groups on mental health. I follow one person by newsletter/blogs. But she's been mostly selling her stuff the last year so I can't do that.
I'm about to walk into one of my happy places. 😊

#MentalHealthMonday
@Kerrbearlib

Kerrbearlib Hope the rest of your day went well, and that today has been going well too! 3d

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Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves | Laurel Braitman

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Brilliant book about animal mental health. Brought me to tears with numerous examples of animal abuse and brought a smile on my face for the many anecdotes of love & empathy between animals and people.
A must read to understand how mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicidal tendencies, affect animal wellbeing, especially in captivity. An eye opener.

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monalyisha

Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age | Katherine May

Another treasure discovered via Katherine May‘s newsletter. Musicians have submitted a petition to have Los Cedros Cloud Forest (which already has legally established personhood) recognized as a co-creator of their song. It features “frogs, birds, the slowed down echolocating frequencies of bats & vibrations from the mycorrhizal networks of a newly discovered fungus.”

https://open.spotify.com/track/3H182DGezvqGcpcUwIALNW?si=-exWOuJtS9-EUGZf55o_Ng

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The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

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Saw a lot of mixed reviews on this book. Nora is depressed and decides to take her own life but instead of dying she finds herself in what is called The Midnight Library we she can go back in life and try to live the lives she regretted not living before. I thought the story was very introspective and had a lot of good points to make you appreciate the life you have. Not my favorite but a decent read nonetheless.

CogsOfEncouragement I really enjoyed this one. 6d

KCofKaysville @Bec_lectic I thought it was worthwhile. 6d

Shamzi Totally worth your time, and its not too long either!! 6d

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Kitta I gave it a so-so. I wasn‘t wowed by it. 5d

Bec_lectic @CogsOfEncouragement I really liked the message in the book. ☺️ 5d

Bec_lectic @KCofKaysville me too! I was surprised how many people thought negatively about it. 5d

Bec_lectic @Shamzi yes! It‘s a super quick read ☺️ 5d

Bec_lectic @kitta I agree, it was nothing life changing or totally inspiring but I like the message of the book. 5d

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