Finding Your Marbles
A Mental Health Survival Guide

April 5th is Blog Against Sexual Violence Day. For my contribution I am sharing a short poem written by a rape survivor. The poem is called: “I’m Right Here.” You can find links to the other articles at Abyss2Hope.

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On Thursday, April 5, 2007, I will be participating in Blog Against Sexual Violence Day as part of the national 2007 Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault. This year, the national slogan for the campaign is “Prevent Sexual Violence…in our communities.”

Participating blogs, including Finding Your Marbles, will be posting articles related to the campaign theme.

If you are a blogger and you would like to participate in the Blog Against Sexual Violence event on Thursday April 5, please either contact me directly or visit the campaign homepage at Abyss2Hope.

If you are a rape survivor, or if you just want to learn more about sexual assault, then I invite you to drop by Finding Your Marbles on April 5th to read my article. I will also be posting links to the other articles in the campaign.

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I was talking to a depressed friend of mine a couple of years ago. She was almost entirely crippled by her depression and she could barely cope at work. I asked her why she wouldn’t tell her boss about her depression. Her reply,

“I can’t talk about it. Nobody talks about it. You just don’t bring it up here.”

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