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How Systemic Racism Impacts the Mental Health of Marginalized Communities

I know this is a sensitive topic for many and it might be uncomfortable, but sometimes we have to touch on the uncomfortable topics to help others understand just what some of us go through as minorities and people of color. For those that don’t know, systemic racism occurs when you cannot get hired because [...]

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The Struggle of Seeing Therapists Who Have Privilege In Areas I’ve Been Oppressed

I have two therapists right now. One is about to retire so we are thinking ahead to transitions. Both of my therapists are white, middle class, educated, one of them is cisgender, mentally stable (from what I can tell), and privileged. I have privilege too, I should not forget to say. I was raised middle [...]

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Positive step - Awareness to combat racism

Just recently aired in Australia
'The School That Tried To End Racism'
A program on ABC 1 of 3 docuseries by journalist/TV presenter Marc Fennell

Series 1 Episode 1 is available on ABC iview
for Aussie Mighties.

How heartwarming and confronting at the same time.
Unpacking racial prejudices among a group of youth in school.

#DistractMe #Anxiety #Depression #IntergenerationalTrauma #RacialTrauma #Trauma #Bekindtoyourself #resilience #strength #MentalHealth #adversity

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photo of a woman at sunset with her eyes clsoed, hand raised to the back of her head

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Why Calling Me a ‘Strong Black Woman’ Is Compromising My Mental Health

No, I am not resilient. No, I am not strong. I do not want to be, anyway. When someone hears my stories of abuse from my parents and others, and the loss of my daughter, they comment on how strong I am. How resilient I am. As a Black woman, I am expected to match [...]

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photo of a Black woman wrapped in an American flag, looking down

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What Independence Day Means to Me As a Black Woman Living With Racial Trauma

“I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.” — Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” July 5, 1852 Independence Day felt heavy and conflicted this year. As [...]

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Bit of a Rant: Tired and Over it #CPTSD #Fibromyalgia

Poverty is traumatic. Living in your car and fearing for your life every night is traumatic. Being brown in america is traumatic.
I finally got myself to a place where I can (just barely, and with the help of dear friends) afford to live. In Asia. And I watch all these people on social media back "home" in the Divided States COMPLAIN about "getting fat" over eating and over shopping during this lockdown/quarantine/work-from-home new normal we have going on... meanwhile, in the rest of the world - like where I live - people have lost EVERYTHING - from business to homes - because tourism is shut down. We can barely afford to feed ourselves while the western world argues about wearing masks and binges on junk food.
Come the F on!
As if watching the news isn't bad enough, being worried that someone is going to attack my sweet old Thai mother just for BEING, I then look at IG and see people complaining about having 'too much'.
Seriously??
Get an F'n Grip and check your privilege. #RacialTrauma #Anxiety #Depression #Compassionfatigue
rant over.

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close up photo of Black father with young baby over his shoulder, sea in background

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Black History Month: Reflections on Black Trauma and My Biracial Trans Identity

This year, celebrating Black History Month is different for me. It is a month that still brings about many different emotions ranging from pride and joy to pain, grief and frustration. But, as I have become a dad to an amazing daughter, I have been forced to confront the pain, barriers, ideas, beliefs and experiences [...]

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How Systemic Racial Injustice and Trauma Leads to Bad Health Outcomes for Black People

Racism is killing us. According to the Office of Minority Health, “African Americans have 2.3 times the infant mortality rate as non-Hispanic whites.” Regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, John Hopkins University states that, “while Black Americans represent only about 13% of the population in the states reporting racial/ethnic information, they account for about 34% of [...]

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What Other Disasters Taught Me About Secondary Trauma After the Capitol Insurrection

Natural disasters, terrorist attacks and national incidences all leave us glued to the television reliving in real-time these horrors. We cannot look away, but we are programmed to watch. We end up experiencing secondary trauma, which is defined as indirect exposure to trauma through a firsthand account or narrative of a traumatic event. • What [...]

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photo of a man leaning on shop window front, checking his phone and holding a denim jacket

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3 Ways to Stop ‘Doomscrolling’ for Your Mental Health This Week

You’re glued to your phone. This time, it isn’t because you’re hooked on the latest viral TikTok video or Netflix show; it’s because something stranger than fiction is taking place on Capitol Hill. Your timeline is full of memes, news updates and disturbing videos covering the insurrection on January 6, 2021. Rioters are breaking glass, [...]