Stigma of Mental Illness in the Black Community // SAY IT LIKE IT IS – Ep 42
Stigma of Mental Illness in the Black Community // SAY IT LIKE IT IS – Ep 42
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Why don’t we make our mental health or wellness as important as our physical health? Unfortunately, because of mental health stigma which is prevalent…
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great video discussion. The truth is when a person reaches around 25 their world view gets challenged by reality and their preferences internal beliefs and expectations are contended by reality. This is when a lot of us start experiencing deep depression and from a love loss…either death or relationship ending where we had been co dependent. We don't talk about these mental health issues as well as racism affecting how we percieve ourselves and the challenges faced at work. I am a Phd student and many white guys in the office had a 2:2 Degree meanwhile you won't find a single black person with less than 2:1 and often case a 1st class and still not get offers to move higher up in their field. This is partly what makes things worse.
Really interesting but find the background music distracting
Mental health stigma is ignorant and discrimination just like racism sexism homophobics and atheism
I think for me we as Africans we don’t aspect it it like a taboo do even say to someone I have mental health like me I have psdt for to reach to where I now I had to go out and ask for help and honestly the Nhs as help me and my family and my husband did not understand me at first but now he knows when I am going down and I call my doctor and found what would be helpful at that time Same times is medicine and Same times it therapy I have 5 children and my children’s do well my 18 year old understand me as well , I am looking forward to go to university in mental health in adult wish they doctors and my caseworker she encouraged me
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Not sure if its ME but …. Phrankleen is the first host of a professional that is actually LISTENING and taking in what they are advising. Too many times, they do not even seem engaged in the conversation. Great job
Black ppl think going to church is the cure for mental illness ive grown up in church and still struggle with anxiety and depression
Great video, I am being enlightened. My brother in law is a mental health professional and the stories he shares are mind blowing. Such discussions need to be discussed more in society. In churches people need to be helped not just prayed for or told it’s the devil. The mind is complex and interesting. Remember speak out and ask for professional help if going through a tough time. Face the problem don’t avoid it.
More of these conversations please.
I suffered from PTSD, depression and anxiety the whole of last year, it was the worst time of my whole life, I didn’t know much about the topic, hence my reason for wanting to shine the more light on the topic.
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This thing called black community does not exist at list it does in words.
Dr Brown , at what point do we draw the line between mental illness and substance abuse , cause some drugs used have the same effect
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Phrankleen, when I subscribed to your channel I thought I was only going to learn about Nigerian cuisine but I am learning so much more! Thank you so much for covering this topic, as it impacts my everyday life. May the True God bless your life!
Phrankleen, I’m a Nigerian teenager in the Us, I love your videos man, you always tell it how it is and you don’t shy away from the tough topics (which a lot of Nigerians try to do) keep up the great work 🙏🏾
Why is metal health issues treated different from Whites to blacks?
Wow, my best pal was diagnosed and was treated badly by nhs and mostly black nhs staffs then he decided never to go back for help then became isolated and now its very clear to me what really happened.
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In my neighbourhood, we often discuss mental illness , I think the fear of seeing the doctors are mainly the challenges for us . We worried about having mental illness on our medical record which we assume could have an adverse effect on our medical record when it comes to getting a high paying job as your medical record could be requested for .. that in it self is the problem black people face . it’s already hard enough being a black person looking for a job let alone mental illness on your medical record . That’s the main fear for us out here .. so we seek therapy online in united state instead . That way, u know the uk don’t have your record or drug u due to miscommunication.. since Africans and English speak different type of English which can bring about misinterpretation during diagnoses . I don’t know ..
I don't know about the continental African community however, I have heard anecdotally in the Caribbean community that during slavery in the Caribbean if you showed any mental illness the slave owner would sell you off. So it was better to keep it in and give the appearance of strength so that you could stay with your family and friends, female slaves got really serious mental health issues for obvious reasons. In some ways it as been carried over today remember when slavery was abolished no slaves got any financial or mental health assistance they were simply released. The slave owners including France got paid an absolute fortune in reparations.
Great topic of discussion. mental illness within the black community is real and shouldn't be treated as just a disfunction in a person's character or even in extreme cases, people attribute it to spiritual attack. pheww!! BTW, you both sound the same to me, like at a point when i wasnt looking at the screen i couldn't differentiate the voices or who was speaking at the time….lolz
Best video on this topic
Great information Phrankleen! Your doing a great job being a talk show host. 🙂 Nikki
I love coffee too.
Very important topic, intelligent points from the doctor. There is so much more to talk about on this subject. Hope we have another video on this
God bless you cuz Dr is d only person to get it right
PREACH FRANKLIN , I AM LOVING YOUR VIDEOs , YOU've GOT CLEAR SPEECH AND MY ENGLISH COMMUNICATION's GETTING BETTER BY WATCHING YOU.
Thanks for having me! We must have a part 2 to unpack more on this based on the feedback of your audience! I will start to prepare! Loving the comments and feedback so far!!
Great video. Thanks
Seems like an ongoing problem towards a situation that cannot be resolved throughout intelligence among a people that have been deprived towards understanding their worth. This is one situation that nobody can quite understand or place, Mental Health Services need to be catered towards the community in a hole level
There is no mental illness in black community .it is call Jesus illness or religion illness. We are miseducated by religion, Jesus is not coming back. We don't honor our ancestors who die for us, instead we honor a blue eye white man call Jesus knowing he is not our ancestors.we are socially engineer to think backwards. We believe our savior is a white man name Jesus. Fact tell us no white men ever save black people. We consume don't produce. Our ancestors did not have mental illness . We follow the white men way this is why we have mental illness. The white men who create weapons to distroy the world what kind of mind is that. Religion teach us that u can kill rape steal no can judge no problem.
Poverty play a role
Mental Illness is a very complex topic. Our understanding and acceptability of the condition greatly varies. For example, he mentioned that over consumption of alcoholic beverages can be a cause. In Nigeria, alcoholic consumption has hit an all time high. If you go to many of the bus garages, you will see sachet of alcoholic drinks littering everywhere. Also, given the high level of unemployment in the country, many people are resulting to these stimulant to attempt to address their depression. My point is, it can work in a way where mental illness can make people more susceptible to consume those stimulants. Definitely talking about it and normalizing conversation around it is critical towards eradicating stigma. Ignorance breeds stigma. Many people simply are not aware of the implications of those drugs. I applaud you for bringing this very important topic to your community.
Interesting topic phrankleen thank you.
Phrankleen I just checked your channel to know why if we have a new gist. Only for me to get this notification. Oya gist lovers gather here for let's watch. 😂
Today's topic is not an ordinary one though.
This is great Phrankleen! Mental illness in the BME community is very prevalent in the Uk. Wonderful topic.
First to comment! Hey Phrankleen!