Breaking The Stigma Around Black Men And Mental Health

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#MentalHealth #Race #MSNBC

[joeladams]

Mental health for ANYONE is VERY IMPORTANT. For men, it's a sensitive topic and often carries a lot of stigma. HIGHS and LOWS. MY "high" moments are when I'm consistently taking my Meds and enjoy "being" IN MYSELF. The "low" moments are when I allow the NEGATIVE to invade MY thoughts. Typically, I get extremely QUIET. I completely STOP maintenance of ME. But the "highs", ... I actively celebrate who I AM. Moving in confidence. Humility. Peace and awareness.

[marjoriebreslin]

When you are brought up in a single home in poverty. There is going to be issues.

[freshcofreshco]

Some days I don't want to be here.

[JamesHarris-fifh]

Well of course going through all of the messed up loops that black men have and had to deal with in this country ya mind is gonna take a beating

[freshcofreshco]

My depression is so bad my body aches, I can't get out of my bed some days. I'm on Prozac

[antoniomontana]

It’s not just black men it’s all of us regardless of colour

[dynamitedingo]

I wish they would have talked about why black men don’t talk about mental health as a community

[wellbodisalone]

Mental health is a real concern even though just a few get to talk about it.

[EricMHowardII-yhrn]

Some people need to understand that indifference is another barrier to getting therapy because of having the impression of hearing I do not care about your depression from family members which hurts deeply.

[andypitt]

Thank you for bringing attention to this issue!!

[michaelcrouch]

Nobody I know that are black or white or whatever talk like those people

[camuscat]

I am a white woman… studying this issue. I have gathered from the comments that I have read, I have no business doing so. I hope to continue some form of advocacy; I strive on many levels to understand…particularly what my white skin and implicit privilege may represent to a Black male client. I learned more from the comments than the segment.

[bryan]

“Racism isn’t dead, but it’s on life support, kept alive by race hustlers who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists.” — Thomas Sowell

[commonsense]

They should work on teaching black men family values and how to be a father. Unfortunately there is so many kids growing up without there fathers and women having babies with multiple partners I'm sure the word "family has to be confusing and stressful" They need to change the culture of black people and teach them to respect life.

[TowardTreatise]

“When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything.” Ryan Long

[catalinacurio]

I wonder if less black men use therapy because of extended families. Tho we do need to remove this ‘manly’, phobia of therapy.

[O-SNOOPY-SNOOP]

MATTHEW 11:28, "COME UNTO ME ALL OF YOU THAT LABOUR OR ARE HEAVY LADEN AND I SHALL GIVE YOU REST" BECAUSE PSALMS 31:12, "YE SAY THAT I AM FORGOTTEN AS A DEAD MAN OUT OF HIS MIND & I AM LIKE A BROKEN VESSEL"🙏💯💪✊️😎

[semyonbudyonny]

A great man once said: “Fudge Packers of the world unite; you’ve got nothing to lose but your sphincters”. Karl Marx, 1848.

[springerworks]

Seems more like you are starting a stigma.
Most people haven't heard of this nonsense before.

[cttu]

I ride inner city busses in Los Angeles, so I know why there’s a stigma