Therapy..
So much has been going on around us in this world, and it's crazy how so many people suffer from Mental Health issues and no one is getting them help; especially African American children.
Growing up it was taboo to even talk about anything bothering you emotionally, mentally, or even physically. It was like we were supposed to act like it did not exist or to fake it until we make it. Well I am here to tell you that is very TOXIC, UNHEALTHY behavior.
Look, we as people need to take our mental health more seriously, because our mental effects everyday life truly. I have some mental health issues that I tried to ignore, but they caught up with me and started beating me at my life honestly.
I have anxiety, mild case of depression, and I might actually be dealing with postpartum. I am not ashamed of these things anymore because truthfully all people deal with things, but I am apart of the few that do not know how to cope with the things I deal with.
My anxiety goes back to high school and being sexually harassed by a male classmate of mine. I would get anxious if I was around any guys at all because I never knew if I was safe or their intentions. Which lead to my isolation from people and the world, my silent downfall. I never opened my mouth and said anything because I heard people say that "Black people don't go to therapy; we go to God. Therapy is a white people thing". How that statement is a bunch of BS, because I am here to tell you that therapy is an everybody thing.
I went to therapy in my mid-twenties and I started to learn how to handle life. I noticed that I did not have to be ashamed of needing and desiring to talk to someone about the thoughts in my mind or the feelings I was having a hard time with. I found therapy to be my place of healing, my place of letting go, and a place I was safe to let out what ailed me.
Therapy has such a negative stigma that the world has poisoned our minds with and now its time for all that to stop. We need to encourage our youth, our males, and even ourselves to go to therapy. We need to understand that us talking to someone about the things replaying in our minds, the negativity, the toxic feelings can help prevent a suicide.
Therapy is here to help.. therapy is here for all.. therapy brings you to a better understanding of what's going on with you and how to handle everyday life. No you are not weak for going to therapy, no you are not crazy because you have a therapist. What you are is brave and a survivor because you decided you were not going to let society or others dictate how you handle your mental health.
Please if you know someone that should talk to a therapist encourage them to do so because therapy could just save their life.
Until next time, I will be #SurvivingLife.
-Jess Lore'al
Growing up it was taboo to even talk about anything bothering you emotionally, mentally, or even physically. It was like we were supposed to act like it did not exist or to fake it until we make it. Well I am here to tell you that is very TOXIC, UNHEALTHY behavior.
Look, we as people need to take our mental health more seriously, because our mental effects everyday life truly. I have some mental health issues that I tried to ignore, but they caught up with me and started beating me at my life honestly.
I have anxiety, mild case of depression, and I might actually be dealing with postpartum. I am not ashamed of these things anymore because truthfully all people deal with things, but I am apart of the few that do not know how to cope with the things I deal with.
My anxiety goes back to high school and being sexually harassed by a male classmate of mine. I would get anxious if I was around any guys at all because I never knew if I was safe or their intentions. Which lead to my isolation from people and the world, my silent downfall. I never opened my mouth and said anything because I heard people say that "Black people don't go to therapy; we go to God. Therapy is a white people thing". How that statement is a bunch of BS, because I am here to tell you that therapy is an everybody thing.
I went to therapy in my mid-twenties and I started to learn how to handle life. I noticed that I did not have to be ashamed of needing and desiring to talk to someone about the thoughts in my mind or the feelings I was having a hard time with. I found therapy to be my place of healing, my place of letting go, and a place I was safe to let out what ailed me.
Therapy has such a negative stigma that the world has poisoned our minds with and now its time for all that to stop. We need to encourage our youth, our males, and even ourselves to go to therapy. We need to understand that us talking to someone about the things replaying in our minds, the negativity, the toxic feelings can help prevent a suicide.
Therapy is here to help.. therapy is here for all.. therapy brings you to a better understanding of what's going on with you and how to handle everyday life. No you are not weak for going to therapy, no you are not crazy because you have a therapist. What you are is brave and a survivor because you decided you were not going to let society or others dictate how you handle your mental health.
Please if you know someone that should talk to a therapist encourage them to do so because therapy could just save their life.
Until next time, I will be #SurvivingLife.
-Jess Lore'al
I remember first being diagnosed with a mental health issue and being hospitalized...I was a junior in High School....My mother was a nurse knew but my grandmother and aunt did not. My aunt would always say depression was for white people and still to this day I don't discuss my mental health with her. I have been able to open up to my grandmother and has been so liberating. I also attend CBT and it has Society helped me redefine the way I look at people, situations, and the world as a whole. Society is just starting to publicize the mental health crisis that African Americans have silently struggled with for so long. #MentalHealthMatters #dePRESSiON
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