Depression
Whitney Houston and I
I grew up with Whitney Houston and loved every moment of it. I was watching MTV in the early 80’s at Eastern Illinois University as a student when this tiny caramel glazed Whitney sequestered my attention. At eighteen or nineteen I became frozen, first just seeing a Black artist on MTV, but equally as well seeing a young Black sister blazing such sensational vocal cords. Oh yea, and she was hot, I mean good looking. I knew immediately she was a superior talent. Needless to say, I was enthroned such that I wanted my girlfriend to look like her. She one of my generational quantifying symbols that said we could achieve success albeit in show business.
Depressive Rumination: Stopping Negative Thinking
“You’re going to worry yourself sick”, was my mother’s ring tone. Those seemingly meaningless words crashed softly to the ground in my youth and young adulthood. Unfortunately, in 2005 with my life completely unmanageable did the phrase make its way home. After suffering from major depression and depressive rumination for over twenty years, I learned [...]
Daily Dragon’s Mantra. “Self-Mastery”
There exist no ‘quick fixes’ to deconstructing the illusionary mind. Heighten awareness occurs from isolation wedded to inflexible vocation alike the sharpshooters or ballerina. Please let us not be mystified, skilled inner awareness may requires years of practice. Therefore, as a stern warning, those who profess quickness to a ‘new spirit’ should receive a cool reception.
Depression and Gay Black Men, Silence in the Hood
In the case of homosexuality among black men, its denial has ravaged the community and particularly black women… According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black women made up 67 percent of AIDS diagnoses among women in 2004 and of all women living with AIDS, 64 percent are estimated to be black…
