An Invitation to White Therapists
To achieve liberation, we all have to be willing to sacrifice for the collective gain.
Topic: stigma
To achieve liberation, we all have to be willing to sacrifice for the collective gain.
I can be a man. I am a man, even if nobody else sees it.
We’re often seen as heroes, but we’re also human.
There’s no way to deny it—this year is different. As we welcome May and Mental Health Month, we’re not only addressing the very thing our work centers on, but there’s also talk about a pandemic, an uncertain future, and physical distancing.
With everything that is happening in the world right now, I feel my depression starting to resurface—it’s waking up with a vengeance as I physically isolate.
Maybe the very thing that once caused you pain may be the key to your healing.
More likely than not, you or someone you know suffers from a mental health problem of some kind.
In a way, it’s a good thing—you don’t want a therapist who hasn’t been on the other side of the couch themselves.
Being in constant limbo, a mental battle, “fitting in” everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
The depression I suffered my whole life has since become a symptom of a very manageable problem, not an innate part of me.
Every day people are prescribed medications to help combat infections, diseases, and physical ailments. And yet, there remains a stubborn stigma attached to medication intended to treat mental illnesses.
I’m afraid of being seen, of being heard.
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