Blackrogue
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Black people and Mental health.
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Blackrogue
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Good idea. I would rep everyone involved for participating but I'm in the red 
InfinateOpulance
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Don't neg me though
I'm just playing devil's advocate
Please don't play devil's advocate when it comes to people's mental health.
InfinateOpulance
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Is this open to females too?
CrownHeights
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Excellent post OP. Whenever I bring up mental illness in the community I'm always hit with the 
and everyone switches subjects or they'll say "man up" which drives me insane. We got work to do man.
and everyone switches subjects or they'll say "man up" which drives me insane. We got work to do man.
CrownHeights
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To be honest we need both. A lot of my friends suffer from all sorts of trauma and it takes a toll on them. I'm talking dealing with abandonment issues, lots of them were shot, stabbed and sometimes both. They try to brush it off like it ain't nothing but I can see the fear and hurt in their eyes. Last month a friend I've known all my life broke down in tears about his father who left him at the age of four, breh is 35 and is now starting to talk about it. Broke my heart breh
Excellent post OP. Whenever I bring up mental illness in the community I'm always hit with the
We need more healers and mentors in the hood.
CrownHeights
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Yes we do. The problem I see are dudes who hide behind their tough guy/never show weakness or emotions persona not wanting to acknowledge the issue. Breh, I have friends that I've known all my life who get angry when I ask them about trauma or maybe seeing a therapist.
About two years ago, one of my friends from Junior High asked for the fade when I suggested that he suffering from post traumatic stress disorder after getting shot and various issues involving his family.
I had to give him these hands but were like brothers so we had a beer after and hugged it out. He actually took my advice and starting seeing a therapist but my other homies are hard headed.
I've dealt with my depression through weight training and yoga cuz I refuse to take any of these cac medications.
Don't underestimate the power of just being active to keep yourself out of your own head.
Don't underestimate the power of just being active to keep yourself out of your own head.
CrownHeights
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That's definitely part of the process of healing and I agree medication can makes things worst, but don't overlook the idea of talking to someone you trust about it. It does wonders but keep staying active breh, I'm rooting for you.
Yes we do. The problem I see are dudes who hide behind their tough guy/never show weakness or emotions persona not wanting to acknowledge the issue. Breh, I have friends that I've known all my life who get angry when I ask them about trauma or maybe seeing a therapist.
About two years ago, one of my friends from Junior High asked for the fade when I suggested that he suffering from post traumatic stress disorder after getting shot and various issues involving his family.
A lot of people overcompensating.
Guys that haven't even fully matured mentally have been to war right in their own neighborhoods and they walk around like they're normal. Like there isn't trauma sitting in the back of their minds influencing everything the do in some way shape or form.
Nobody is a lost cause but that's why we gotta get to the kids before they get so far down that path.
Then you have guys that have done time that don't even know how to live on the outside anymore, they gave a compulsion toward living prison life...my family treats my uncle like shyt. He been in and out of prison since before I was born and is in a halfway house now at like 56 years old over some bullshyt..20 some odd years for a non violent drug offender. But yea he's supposed to come back home in a month or so and I already know how it's gonna go. Somebody gonna take him in, deal with him like they would deal with someone who is relatively sane. They'll shyt on him, reject him and he'll get back to the drugs.
I been preparing to try and keep that cycle from repeating, I think I can help him break that pattern.
You will not find healing in the hood ,it's not set up that way .next time yall see a negro give them a hello & how ya doing