What True Support Looks Like
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:
- An Example of True Support
- Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
- HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
- Overcoming Depression: Why Some Find It Very Difficult
An Example of True Support
Some people, children and adults, can be so cruel -- some without realizing the impact their words will have.
I'm watching a video of auditions on the show "Britain's Got Talent." There's a 17 year old boy and his 16 year old female singing partner standing on the stage. The girl is doing all the talking, when Simon Cowell says to the boy: "you don't talk very much." And then they cut away to the back story.
The boy, who is obese, shares that when he was growing up, everybody ridiculed him for being fat...to the point where he just crawled into a shell. It's obvious that he's suffered terribly from that experience. It's affected who he is and how he feels about himself.
That's the sad part. The beautiful part is hearing what the girl has to say. When I heard her words, it reminded me that there are a lot of good people in the world. Those are the people you want to seek out and befriend.
Related Stories
- How to Help Your Son Deal with Mean Boys
- Leaving an Abusive Relationship
- Emotionally Abused Women
- How to Open Up and Reveal Yourself to Others
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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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Mental Health Experiences
Share your thoughts/experiences with any mental health subject, or respond to other people's audio posts, by calling our toll-free number (1-888-883-8045).
You can listen to what other people are saying by clicking on the gray title bars inside the widgets located on the "Sharing Your Mental Health Experiences" homepage, the HealthyPlace homepage, and the HealthyPlace Support Network homepage.
If you have any questions, write us at: info AT healthyplace.com
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
Your comments and observations are welcomed.
- Love and Fear: The Only Two Emotions (Video) (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Affects Recovery (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Functioning When Experiencing Mental Health Relapse (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- Voices: The Art of Those Touched by Mental Illness (Mental Illness in the Family Blog)
- Eating Breakfast with Schizophrenia (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
- The Power-Control Dynamic and Abusive Anger (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Should You Disclose Your Eating Disorder? Yes, No, and Maybe (Surviving ED Blog)
- Three "Spiritual" Myths That Can Drive You Crazy (More Than Borderline Blog)
- Let’s Play The Literary Masterpiece/Mental Illness Match Game! (Funny in the Head: A Mental Health Humor Blog)
- Discipline, School, and the Mentally Ill Child in Handcuffs (Life with Bob: A Parenting Blog)
- Applying Addiction Lessons When We Need a Hiatus (Debunking Addiction Blog)
- About Karl Shallowhorn, Co-Author of the Debunking Addiction Blog (Debunking Addiction Blog)
- Don't Miss A Step. Celebrate! (Living with Adult ADHD Blog)
- About Amie Merz, Co-Author of Coping with Depression Blog (Coping with Depression Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
Overcoming Depression: Why Some Find It Very Difficult - on HealthyPlace TV
Dr. Deborah Serani is an expert on depression - from both a professional and personal point of view. What she's found out is that when it comes to depression recovery, your genetic and personal experience history do make a difference. Watch Overcoming Depression.
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APA Reference
Staff, H.
(2012, April 20). What True Support Looks Like, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, December 3 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/an-example-of-true-support
