We know that May is National Mental Health month and as it comes to an end, our personal dealings with mental health in the black community do not.
You may have been raised in a home where you were called crazy if you needed therapy or maybe at your school kids teased you if it was discovered you suffered from any mental disorder. Because of these poor upbringings in the black community where getting help for depression, bipolar disorder, or more was frowned upon, we now have a large number of black men and women dealing with mental disorders and they are too afraid or ashamed to share about it.
Let’s admit that not getting the proper help you need destroys relationships and family. Why? Because some of the time, people who are struggling with mental disorders combat having a problem. They never see themselves as having a problem and when things are constantly not going right in their life or they are repeatedly making bad decisions, they blame others because it’s not connecting that something inside of them is in need of help.
Ongoing dealings with these disorders can lead to tragic situations which is why suicide rates are up even more because people are not learning how to battle things the right way.
It’s okay to let people know that you are not okay!
We want to encourage more people to stand up, face their truth and seek help so that they can have a better life.
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