Mental Health - Widower Experience (WX)

Wir ... posten, liken, teilen ... das Netz ist Teil unseres Alltags. Doch wo Nähe entsteht, kann auch Verletzung beginnen. Cybermobbing bedeutet, dass Menschen online beleidigt, ausgegrenzt oder bloßgestellt werden. Und die Folgen sind real: Angst, Rückzug, Depression – manchmal sogar Suizidgedanken. Die Sozialpsychologin Dr. Catarina Katzer , Expertin für Cyberpsychologie, sagt: „Die Tränen, die im Netz geweint werden, sind genauso echt wie die im echten Leben.“ Digitale Nähe – kann leider auch digitale Gewalt mit sich bringen Ganz zu Anfang ... Ignorieren ist keine Option Viele Betroffene hören: „Lass das einfach an dir abprallen.“ Aber Cybermobbing verschwindet nicht, wenn man wegschaut. Im Gegenteil – Schweigen gibt Täter*innen Macht. Bilder und Gerüchte verbreiten sich, Kommentare bleiben sichtbar, und Betroffene fühlen sich hilflos. Wichtige Schritte bei Cybermobbing: Ruhe bewahren & Beweise sichern: Reagiere nicht impulsiv. Mache Screenshots von Nachrichten, Komment...

In the course of my work and blogging in the field of mental health, it has become abundantly clear that mental health, equality, and self-determination are closely linked to both small and large politics. This became even clearer to me as I researched and wrote articles for International Women's Day . Legislation, regulations, and especially resource allocation are crucial. Political conditions, societal conditions, and decisions influence the availability and access to mental health services, support, and other resources. Laws and budgets determine how much money is allocated to the system and the healthcare system, and what priorities are set. Equality: P olitical measures to promote equality, whether in terms of gender, race, sexual orientation, or other characteristics, have direct impacts on the well-being and quality of life of individuals. Laws against discrimination and for equal opportunities are crucial for the mental health of marginalized groups. Self-Determination: Po...

Understanding and Living Social Justice: My Reflection on the World Day of Social Justice Every year on February 20th, the world observes the World Day of Social Justice, a day proclaimed by the United Nations to highlight the importance of social justice in building peaceful and prosperous societies. But what does social justice really mean, and how can we ensure that we embody it in our daily lives? At its core, social justice is about creating fair and equitable societies where all individuals have the same rights, opportunities, and privileges. It's about ensuring that neither the circumstances into which one is born nor characteristics like race, gender, or disability determine one's chances in life. It's about dismantling barriers that create disparities in wealth, education, healthcare, and political representation. The World Day of Social Justice serves as a reminder that we are all interconnected and that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, as Mar...

World Creativity and Innovation Day is a global UN day celebrated on April 21 to raise awareness around the importance of creativity and innovation in problem solving. World Creativity and Innovation Day is a day for the global community to realize that creativity and innovation are crucial for a country's economy. These forces can drive economic growth, create jobs and offer opportunities for everyone, including women and young people. They can also be used to solve serious issues like poverty and hunger. In the 21st century, the creativity and innovation of a person or a group of people are the most valuable resources a nation can have. There may be no universal understanding of creativity, but ... Creativity refers to the ability to generate or come up with new, original, and innovative ideas or solutions that are typically characterized by originality, expressiveness, and imagination. It's a process of seeing the world in new ways, breaking from established patterns or trad...

In my other blog , I write extensively about AI, KI, ChatGPT, and other such topics. I have greatly enjoyed (and I still do it) my roles as an architect, designer, craftsman, paramedic, and more, mostly because they are all about serving people. Even though my work is often abstract and doesn't directly connect with emotional or spiritual aspects, I believe that everything I do is heartfelt and it's meant to touch another heart. Whether it's through creating human-centered designs or architecture, or by providing mental, psychological, and physical support, my aim is to make people feel good. In the end, I've noticed that poems, often written by empathetic people, are a wonderful way of communicating messages from one soul to another. And closing my introductory words - yes KI and ChatGPT etc. can write poems - but they do not come from heart and soul. People like Sarah Kay ... Sarah Kay, performing "‘B’ If I Should Have a Daughter" In 2011, at a TED Conferenc...

I have anyway currently challenging days. But as I bumped up against reality today - I want to note down my thoughts about Toxic Masculinity. A survey commissioned by Plan International Germany ( CNN News Article )  found that 33% of male respondents thought violence against women was acceptable. Almost half of respondents also felt "disturbed" by public displays of homosexuality. First the term toxic masculinity came to my mind. Toxic masculinity refers to the notion that some people’s idea of “manliness” is to be dominating, homophobe, and aggressive. When it comes to toxic masculinity in particular or just masculinity in general and its definition, it quickly becomes emotional - not to say hot tempered . Because many men feel attacked by the debates about equality, feminist values, sexism and the questioning of role stereotypes and traditions. What has been defined, celebrated and promoted as typically male for decades is changing.  Human behavior is multifaceted,...

While writing my blog, I’m keen to emphasize that my thoughts are mainly based on my own experience - increased by talks I had with other grievers aren’t aimed at any one person, or a particular community, culture or tradition. Instead, it recognizes that our collective ‘society’ - a many-faceted, diverse, rich in variety time and environments - has strong opinions and a very loud voice which influences how we navigate - and talk about grief. As a result, society and 'good' friends, colleagues impose expectations and judges people – especially when they’re grieving – by telling them what they ‘should do’, how long they ‘should’ grieve, and how they ‘must’ feel. If someone doesn’t cry at the funeral, or if someone does cry but for ‘too long’, society assumes there’s something wrong with them. In the recent months I wrote a lot about grief, how to deal with grief and death - but this time I thought it is time to write how to deal with grieving people - for people who ask themsel...

Social change and our society - it feels more and more that we all have to perform flawlessly, smoothly and effective - there is no time, room for emotions and for sure not for mourning and grieving. The pressure to act and behave smoothly in an accelerating society makes being 'in mourning' a disruptive state that should be limited as much as possible and ended as early as possible. This social pressure or let me call it compulsion is fatal for the mourning experience itself. Time to say farewell - in a good way - in your way  As I've written in previous articles, grief has no final ending, although the pain will subside over time and life will and have to take a new direction. In the perception of most people and as it is seen all too often in society - the expectation is that a grieving process is mostly understood as a temporary times and period with an start and end  - as exceptional state, a state of emergency - a time that should not only be over at some point...