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Engaging Your Community in the Mental Health Conversation
Source: NAMI | By Talik Monroe
I experienced severe trauma as a child — trauma that I struggle with to this day. I wear the scars of my past; from being sexually abused as a child by two of my male cousins, to growing up with parents who battled drug addiction, to being physically abused for minor infractions.
The Importance of Prioritizing Emotional Wellness over Academic Achievement
As a therapist, I have noticed significant distress among youth and young adults, particularly college-aged clients. One way we can take a preventative approach to dealing with this emotional distress is to change the way we think of timelines. Specifically, we need to begin adjusting our expectations of young adults and what they should accomplish by a certain age.
As a society, we pressure youth to achieve certain milestones “on time.”