A lot of people are afraid to talk about it — it’s taboo in our communities. But I’m willing to use myself, make myself and my family vulnerable, to break the stigmas.
I thought that I had kind of beaten my issues, but when you struggle with depression or anxiety or anything else, you never really win. You always carry it with you and the point, I learned, isn’t to win. The point is to keep fighting. It turned out that “I’m not sad anymore” wasn’t a victory speech. It was a battle cry.
Dan “Soupy” Campbell (via morningmeditation)
(Source: smooshiebutt)
I know the last time everyone saw me, I was way out there on the other stretch of the road. I got myself together, I’ve been sober for two years and I’ve been stable and very [aware] of how this industry works. I’ve been in this industry since I was a little girl so I’m a professional. I am very able to jump back into these waters and swim deep and get it in. So let’s get it poppin.
I’m glad to see her doing well.
shesonone4real
Stop trying to send us to whites for help! We know that they care less about our state of mind. If they cared they would vote to end the oppression instead of changing the color of it and selling it as a new “legislation”. Most psychiatrists/psychologists are white or were…
Yes, I was thinking of Gnarls Barkley when I wrote this. Why do you ask?
Also, this is my latest for XOJane.com discussing my life living with bipolar II disorder. It’s the most honest I’ve been about this. I usually tend to get clinical and distant but this time, I wanted to really try and understand what happens in this brain of mine.
