Mental Health, Suicide Awareness, Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma
A New Dawn
Copy of 30 minutes of Hell - Silenced Me for 49 ...

“In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens.” ~ Judith Lewis Herman

Johnathan Arenburg
PTSD: The Impact Of Stigma On Firefighters. An ...

PTSD: The Impact Of Stigma On Firefighters. An Inside Perspective

For fifteen years of my life I had the great honor of being part of the volunteer fire service family. I, like most people who sign up, caught the fire service fever. As a result, it got into my blood and still runs through my veins to this day.

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Copy of 30 minutes of Hell - Silenced Me for 49 years (TRIGGER WARNING)

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“In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens.” ~ Judith Lewis Herman

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My Advocacy For My Son Stems From My Brother's Suicide (Trigger Warning)

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Suicide Awareness Day in England is tomorrow, April 5th, 2019. For me, it began in 1987 when it stole my older brother from our family. His diagnosis was Manic Depressive and Mild Schizophrenia Disorder. He lived in a broken home, my mother rarely supported men and my father was abusive towards him

A New Dawn - The Story Behind the Voice

I’m the host of A New Dawn podcast where we dialogue to humanize mental illness. This has been a passion of mine for years. I am a mother, grandmother and a teacher in the public school system. I raised my children as a single mother for 18 years, working minimum-wage jobs, living paycheck to paycheck. We struggled, were homeless once and I always knew I needed to complete my degree to make more money, but life prevented this and threw various obstacles in my path.