mental health

The Black body remembers our traumas even when we try to forget

White supremacy is where my PTSD and intrusive thoughts intersect

Black women, our closeted emotional needs won’t get met

For Black women and girls who aren’t “autistic enough”

6 Mental Health Awareness podcasts and shows for Black women

When the Ancestors tell you to go to therapy

Our calls to action against anti-Black state violence cannot be ableist

How my “functionality” kept others from seeing the severity of my depression

How to navigate shared spaces that don’t invite in more panic

The Five Signs of a Great (Virtual) Black Therapist

Reminders and affirmations to help you through quarantine

Mental health treatment is a Black tradition, white people just took credit for it

Black people aren’t resistant to mental health treatment. We’re resistant to framing it as a cure

We need to respond to PTSD with community care

Black people self harm, too

Black women are punished for prioritizing our mental health

Black youth suicide is increasing. We can’t wait to create space to talk about mental health

‘A Million Little Things’ powerfully reflects the truth of many Black folk’s mental health struggle

Mental Health Awareness Month shouldn’t be the only time I can talk openly about my mental health

When therapists gaslight Black people into tranquility instead of validating our legitimate anxieties

Black liberation requires making room for uncomfortable manifestations of mental illness

The often overlooked link between dental health and mental health

The conditioning that fuels the mental health epidemic for Black men, and how to stop it

Treatment for my suicidal ideation has not been a linear journey

Why we need to weaken the link between appearance and health

Comic: No, you did not turn out “just fine”

Hours after judge rules 18-year-old can’t stand trial due to mental health, he’s found dead in jail

APA says ‘masculinity identity’ is linked to homophobia and misogyny in new report

Anti-Black bullying in schools devastates children. We need to invest in their healing

Many blame deputies after 2 mental health patients drown in cop car during Hurricane Florence

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