DanaJun 18, 2017
Glenn Coco

Is nonexistent.

Black Parents (and other family members) refuse to believe that their children suffer from things like depression/anxiety etc. They brush it off as a in the moment thing and tell you that you will "get over it" or to "stop being dramatic ain't nothing wrong with you"

they refuse to take the necessary steps to ensure that their children are mentally healthy.

and half the time they contribute to your depression & anxiety.

Jun 18, 2017 at 5:57amTusky
Show threadGlenn CocoJun 18, 2017

I was blessed enough to have a mom that has suffered and is still struggling with her own mental illness that she takes the necessary steps to assist and provide the physical and emotional support I need to come to terms and ease mine.

not everyone is blessed with a parent like that so if you ever need any support on anything, any advice or just want to talk and rant I'm here anytime.

Show threadhandsome covfefe ⚡️✅Jun 18, 2017

@prinsusparis my parents are entirely learning about mental health from me and my sister and even though they're pretty good about it sometimes they ask me certain questions or say stuff where im like uhhhhhh

Ok

Show threadGlenn CocoJun 18, 2017
@rhythmgoddesss its good that they're willing to take the time to be educated about mental illness not a lot of people would be willing to do that
Show threadhandsome covfefe ⚡️✅Jun 18, 2017
@prinsusparis it's still hard bc since black people constantly deal with so much and we are a strong people because we have constantly had to be, our community transfers that to how we discuss and handle mental health too, and it's completely to our detriment. Like some black folk cannot grasp the concept of your mental illness preventing you from getting out of bed bc our ancestors had trauma every day and still worked lol like damn
Show threadGlenn CocoJun 18, 2017
@rhythmgoddesss exactly and I hate that, there's so many things we can't openly discuss In the black com. because it goes against everything that our parents and their parents were taught growing up. We need to open up more and become more accepting of things that we usually see as something that's taboo like mental health issues and being apart of the LGBT+ community.
Show threadhandsome covfefe ⚡️✅Jun 18, 2017
@prinsusparis we never should have had to be as strong as we were forced to be and it affects us so much now
Show threadover it 🇭🇹Jun 18, 2017
@prinsusparis if it's depression they'll say you're just being lazy or they'll tell you to "pray it away"
Show threadGlenn CocoJun 18, 2017
@HellOfALife I hate that so much, its the most common way they brush things off
Show threadover it 🇭🇹Jun 18, 2017
@prinsusparis it's the most frustrating thing