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Thread: This is how you cover #mentalhealth in the media. Yesterday's tribute to #CheslieKryst by @CBSMornings's @TonyDokoupil and his co-hosts/friends of Kryst @GayleKing and @NateBurleson was so heartbreaking, honest, and vulnerable.
On today's @CBSMornings, @NateBurleson, @GayleKing, & @TonyDokoupil had an amazing conversation w/@DoctorSueVarma on #mentalhealth. Varma: "Keep in close, frequent contact w/people...w/social media, we feel as if we know...what we're missing is missing is...deep, vulnerable" Q's
Asked by @GayleKing "why would we ask those questions...when there are no apparent signs" someone's struggling, @DoctorSueVarma notes it's b/c "when we see people who look so put together, we wonder what it takes to hold it together. All of us see the iceberg effect...only...10%"
I've been trying to grapple my mind around the beauty & tragedy of #ChelsieKryst, and what keeps coming to mind is the deep importance of having people and spaces in our lives where we allow ourselves to be fully seen & supported, especially in positions of high expectations.
We don't have to tell the world everything we're going through, but we are all worthy of having a trusted few people or spaces of support where we can surrender expectations and fully show up as ourselves in honesty about our struggles- whether that's therapy or with loved ones.
#CheslieKryst's story is jarring for many because it reminds us that there can be a stark contrast between the cultural image of accomplishment and a person's true inner life. It reminds us that depression can look like success and that the image of success isn't everything.
Black people,
I am a one of the few Black psychiatrists that exist in our nation and I have a message for us:
Yes we are strong.
But it is IMPOSSIBLE to be strong ALL THE TIME.
#CheslieKryst #BlackGirlMagic #BlackTableTalk #BlackWomen #mentalhealth
I am a one of the few Black psychiatrists that exist in our nation and I have a message for us:
Yes we are strong.
But it is IMPOSSIBLE to be strong ALL THE TIME.
#CheslieKryst #BlackGirlMagic #BlackTableTalk #BlackWomen #mentalhealth
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It is IMPOSSIBLE to be strong ALL THE TIME.
WHEN oppression feels constant…and is constant. @DrAyanaJordan @DrJessIsomMDMPH @drkarinn @DrKMSimon @ADocNamedDani
It is IMPOSSIBLE to be strong ALL THE TIME.
WHEN oppression feels constant…and is constant. @DrAyanaJordan @DrJessIsomMDMPH @drkarinn @DrKMSimon @ADocNamedDani
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Ignoring or downplaying sadness, anxiety, despair, and hopelessness does not help you.
Telling someone else to ignore, pretend, or downplay sadness, anxiety, despair, and hopelessness does not help them.
@BNCNews @TiffanyDCross @CapehartJ @FWhitfield
Ignoring or downplaying sadness, anxiety, despair, and hopelessness does not help you.
Telling someone else to ignore, pretend, or downplay sadness, anxiety, despair, and hopelessness does not help them.
@BNCNews @TiffanyDCross @CapehartJ @FWhitfield
