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Don’t Fight The Battle Alone: Why Prioritizing Your Mental Health Is Imperative
As the article suggests, “about 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever,” and that should be an alarming statistic. That is more than 135 people per day, which equates to nearly 6 people per hour or ~1 person every 10 minutes
A Black Man’s Guide To Therapy . . . Just Do It
I should have begun therapy long before I ever did, but I grew up with the misguided belief it meant I was weak and couldn’t handle the rollercoaster of this life like a man should be able to. I was foolish. With the amount of weight I carried, there’s no wonder I eventually fell apart the way I did.
It’s Too Much. What Happens if I Quit?
It’s too much.
I was on fire all of the time. It did not matter what the situation was. Whether I was sitting on the couch, working out or attempting to sleep, my body felt like an inferno. My legs would shake uncontrollably as if I was experiencing spasms. I didn’t feel like myself anymore. I wasn’t supposed to be here. I told myself that for a long time. I used to have nightmares of an untimely passing. Growing up in the environment I did made it feel likely. After feeling my whole life that I wouldn’t be here too long, I became overwhelmed with that feeling over the last two years.
Don’t Worry About Me… I’ll Be Gone Soon
What I keep reminding myself is that we cannot choose the way pain comes into our lives. We can only choose how we respond to that pain. I know what my plan is, but I have no idea what life is going to throw at our family next.
We’ll just have to cross that bridge when we get to it.
The reality about life is at the opposite end of it is death. We must all face it at some point.