More than just getting your mind right...

On Tuesday (Jan 8th), friend to the family and mentor Terrie M. Williams released her most revealing work Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting. This book serves as a wake up call to the Black Community, especially those dealing with pain and depression. The book came as a result of the enormous out-cry of help/relief/need from her 2005 article in Essence Magazine in which Terrie shared a very private and sensitive chronicle of the years she spent masking her depression and putting on her game-face. Terrie is a trained social worker and founder of The Stay Strong Foundation, so one would think that she would know how to deal with depression. This goes to show you that EVERYONE can be affected.

All too often, we ignore the signs of depression by saying, “Oh, she is just crazy.” “You just need to give it over to the Lord.” “Stop acting out!” Instead of looking at the underlining cause of many problems, we simply brush it under the rug and categorize our strife and something else.

This book gives a voice to the disease. Through her personal accounts, those of everyday people and even personal stories given by celebrities, Terrie shows that depression is prevalent in the Black community. She offers hope and proves real talk for when there is nowhere to go but up.

For more information on Black Pain, visit http://www.thestaystrongfoundation.org/ or email at twms@terriewilliams.com








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