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Mental health check or what I call self care check. Mental health is soooo important in the black community. We tend to be blind to when one of ours is suffering. There is no reason why we should ignore the signs that one of our people is suffering. I won’t ignore the signs from another one of my people no more. So this is me not ignoring it anymore. Let me start off, Hi my name is Yasmine and I have PTSD, Depression, Anxiety and PPD (postpartum depression). I have been suffering from Depression since I was 17. I have been suffering from PTSD and anxiety since 19 due to a sexual assault. And I have just been diagnosed with PPD back in February. Imagine having all of that in your head all at once. I have to go on with life ignoring my inner self crying for a sound mind. I ignored myself for so long that I can’t even rest properly because I have constant thought racing thru my head. I cant allow myself to be selfish because I am a mother. I have two kids with needs and I cant sit and wallow in my thoughts. I struggled everyday in silence until I said enough was enough. I had to get into a mode where I have to keep myself busy. I have to do a self care check every day in the mirror. Or in the comfort of my own bed before my feet touch the ground. My mentality needs to be good not only for my kids but myself. I wont be able to take care of my kids if my mental health isn’t right. Being sexually assaulted did something to my spirit and it will forever be on my mental. That is something that I wouldn’t even wish on my worse enemy. The anxiety is a day to day process because you never know when its going to pop up. I have learned ways to cope and deal with it. I made this posting to let you know that you are not alone and you will never be alone or have to go thru this thing called LIFE alone.
