May 41 minMENTAL HEALTH AND NAOMI JUDDMindy Lawrence On April 30, 2022, Naomi Judd, half of the country singing duo The Judds, took her life. For years she had been fighting...
Mar 301 minDealing with Medical GaslightingBy Mindy Lawrence If your doctor tells you that you aren’t really sick, that it’s in your head, or if you’d just lose weight, you’d be...
Feb 101 minEMOTIONAL ABUSE: Dealing with a Manipulative Person Manipulative people harm others. We’ve all known one or more of these individuals. They take advantage of their victims to get what they...
Jan 202 minWhy do People Shut Down Emotionally? by Mindy Lawrence Several situations can cause a person to shut down emotionally. Here are some of them. Depression If you live with a...
Jan 152 minTill It Happens to You...By Joyce Faulkner For a few years, back in the day, I volunteered for a Rape Crisis Center in a big city. After training, I served as a...
Jan 112 minSexual Abuse: SEXUAL ABUSE AND VIOLENCEThere are around 463,634 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States. One in five women has...
Jan 90 minWhat is Gaslighting? Definition of "Gaslighting" and a discussion of how it is used as a weapon.
Jan 71 minWORDS HURTThe young girl did everything to please her mother. She picked up around the house, took the clothes off the clothesline, and swept and...
Jan 71 minDEPRESSION IS REALDepression is real for many people. Among its symptoms are ongoing sadness, feelings of worthlessness, problems with concentration,...
Jan 31 minIn the HallwayBy Mindy Lawrence I remember standing in the hall at home arguing with my mother. It happened often. She’d call me stupid and sometimes...
Dec 23, 20212 minBETRAYAL AND MENTAL HEALTH“The act of betraying someone or something or the fact of being betrayed: violation of a person's trust or confidence, of a moral...