As a result, their needs and required approaches to mental health care are unique.
Raquel Martin, PhD, to discuss the importance of Black mental wealth.
Black people are one of the most oppressed, dehumanized, and adultified groups in history.
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So, that child’s voice will always matter," Dr. Martin says.
Black mental wealth is all about decentering the white mental health narrative.
The point is to cause a little discomfort by bringing awareness to their privilege.
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People have to realize that being uncomfortable is not the same as being unsafe.
I want you to think about fear.
So I always say, ‘Build the family that you deserve.
Family of origin and family of choice are the same thing.’
My mom has one sister.
I call about 10 people auntie…that’s the community that she also built around herself.
Facebook, you know, back in the day, before there was TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat?
Facebook was actually the community-building app, says Dr. Martin.
But there’s no one next to you, so you just think you done lost your mind.
We’re not supposed to be in isolation.
There was a reason why that was one of the main tools of the oppressors to separate us.
She encourages her patients to notice what places give them energy and dont drain them.
What places dont exhaust them?
Those are the places they should be and seek community within.
“Pay attention to the people where you feel like you get to be more genuine around yourself.
Can you increase the likelihood of being around those people?
We’re not supposed to be in isolation.
There was a reason why that was one of the main tools of the oppressors to separate us.
