Or is it a subject that makes too many of us uncomfortable to discuss?
It is no joke and needs more discussion directed towards it.
It is no joke and needs more discussion directed towards it.
Will we ever have an open and honest discussion about mental health in the black community?
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I have mental health issues. I'm ready to talk.
Dominicansbelit
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I think most issues start from a lack of love and understanding.. most nikkas will rather hold shyt in than be honest with someone about how they feel
Word.
I think one of the reasons many dont talk is for fear of being seen as weak.
Dave chappelle said the worst thing you can call somebody is crazy cause it is dismissive. People like to use the weaknesses of others against them to invalidate them.
"Dont listen to them...they're crazy".
If a mentally ill person says 2 + 2= 4....does it mean its not true because the person who said it is mentally ill?
sanityovar8ted
OG Moma Coli....dat bytch Thowd!!!
i talk about my mental issues n get ethered for it so....NO
Well fukk those people
I feel ya.
For a while i thought people would still continue to use my battle with depression against me still. You dont know how much it would frustrate me when other posters would just make rash statements about myself based on posts...saying I'm "crazy" and "need help"...pointing the finger at me to evade criticism for their own shortcomings and faults.
Your problem with depression is not really a mental health issue tho.
Alot of your problems stem from your childhood and the fact that you dont want to accept that you are a black man who grew up with a complex due to being from a white washed suburb.
If you was born on the block or up in Africa or some shyt do you think you would still face the issues you battle now?
The whole Nature vs Nuture argument if you will
People love to do this because it's like a mirror. They don't want to look at.
I already have accepted that though. I cant change my past...shyt is was lonely growing up by I'm better now.Your problem with depression is not really a mental health issue tho.
Alot of your problems stem from your childhood and the fact that you dont want to accept that you are a black man who grew up with a complex due to being from a white washed suburb.
If you was born on the block or up in Africa or some shyt do you think you would still face the issues you battle now?
The whole Nature vs Nuture argument if you will
My depression started in college. In 2007.
And honestly you and everybody else really need to lay off judging people from posts. You dont know what my life is like. Your on the outside looking in like everyone else.
No.
They use it as a way to bully people and feel better about themselves as well.
What better way to pick yourself up by putting someone else down?
I grew up on the block and also deal with depression. Diagnose me.Your problem with depression is not really a mental health issue tho.
Alot of your problems stem from your childhood and the fact that you dont want to accept that you are a black man who grew up with a complex due to being from a white washed suburb.
If you was born on the block or up in Africa or some shyt do you think you would still face the issues you battle now?
The whole Nature vs Nuture argument if you will
Go ahead son, we'll have a lil therapy session right now, tell me.....how did it start
I'll tell you when it started.
It was spring of 2007. I was still living in Pittsburgh I had just finished up my semester kn community college (that I took to transfer credits back ro a four year uni that i bombed at and had to go on academic probation). I enjoyed it cause it was diverse. I went on a trip to nyc with friends and enjoyed it. Going back to Pittsburgh and comparing it to NYC was where my depression began. There in new york i seemed to fit right in. When i came back to Pittsburgh i came bacl to realize how much i stuck out like a sore thumb. Seeing other Nigerians and West Indians there was like finding a needle in a haystack. Being African divided me between african americans. Being a suburban bred black person seperated me even further.
I remember starting my semester at pitt in fall of 2006 and immediately getting depressed. I would be one of the only black people in my classes that had over 50 people in them. It was so overwhelmingly white and after going to community college where id be in classes with mostly black people I couldnt get used to it. Women did not fukk with black guys that weren't on the basketball or football team so i ended up going months/years without p*ssy and pittsburgh is hella racist to boot. Even black women in pittsburgh dont fukk with black men...most of them date white guys like everyone else. To top that off the black student athletes clowned me and called me an oreo and an uncle tom when they would see me on my skateboard.
I spent time in western psych after a failed suicide attempt. I ended up getting out and going on risperdal and gaining 60 pounds.
I got back into school and signed up for all pe classes...did kickboxing and yoga too. Exercising helped my mental health greatly. I graduated with a 3.9 and used the money i saved up after graduation to move to nyc and ive been here ever since.