I spent my entire last relationship internalizing every single one of my problems/struggles because the person I was dating did not think that what I was going through was worth a listen. Almost 2 years of my life, completely and utterly alone in my head and in my feelings. My freshman and sophomore years of […]
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A couple of weeks ago I logged into social media and learned that someone I had gone to high school with had committed suicide. I was friends with him when we were younger but as we got older, he found his crowed and I found mine. He slowly drifted from “friend” to “friend of a […]
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I’m not sure how it is in other racial/ethnic groups, but mental illness in the black community is very much frowned upon. But when we get more specific and narrow it down to Africans, it’s almost unacceptable. In African communities unless you’re visibly out of your mind then there’s nothing wrong with you and you […]
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