The common misconception and miseducation of the Black community is that we misdiagnose the signs and symptoms of mental illness. The community has a firm belief that mental illness only has a connection with depression and suicide, but as a survivor we know it to be much more. Mental Illness can be associated with disorders…
According to research, there are roughly 400,000 U.S. children who are in the foster care system and approximately 100,000 are waiting to be adopted. Purposely Awakened‘s Samantha Pounds, recently sat down with Hazel Walcott author of The Choice which is an inspirational story about a young girl who lives in an orphanage and is waiting…
In lightening my skin, will that help me to fit in? I can hardly recognize myself, act as if I’m ashamed of my brown self. Colors more beautiful than the rainbow. From light to dark skin black, more concerned with what “they” say tho’. Life starts and ends with us. Why do we let “them”…
The views of the Vlogger are her own and do not reflect the publication. This is strictly her opinion and her opinion only. Ladies, what comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘female’? Now fellas, what comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘female’ and what comes to your mind as…
Shattered like glass, heart broken into pieces. Can someone help me out, need to find a way to beat this. Filled with pain and self-doubt, mouth open…no sound comes out! If someone bumps into MERCY let her know to shout me out! They say you can’t choose your family but did your family choose you?…
The movie Cat Woman featuring Halle Berry was captivating, enlightening and inspiring to me. It wasn’t until I had my own experience with the feline, that I began a journey and researched the history. A beautiful mysterious black cat, whom I now call Queen Sheba, started purr-suing me. Everywhere I turned she was there, in…
“For purple mountains majesty”, why are you trying to destroy me? Does my skin really bring you that much fear, that you’d continue to take life that I hold dear? “O, beautiful for spacious skies”, why do you keep telling my people lies? You cause stress and strife, claim you feared for your life, that…
Mental illness, domestic violence and child abuse all go hand in hand. One leading to the other. Over the decades, we as people of color have suffered and ignored the hurt we inflict on each other. I was raised in a generation that believed in God and the physical illnesses but lived in denial regarding…
Who can I run to when I come home to my apartment but can’t get in, my entry stopped once again, cuz of the color of my skin? A white woman standing at the front door is blocking my way cuz’ she ain’t seen me before. She wants the truth asking me for proof that…
Someone like me…with honey chocolate skin, might leave my home and not come back again. Police don’t take time to assess the problem, they pull out their guns….start shooting, that’s how they solve em’. Civilians with mental illness, mishandled and misunderstood, a mechanic takes more time with a car, as he looks under the hood….
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