- Stigmas that I'm most familiar with in the black community concerning mental health is we don't want to talk about it.

- Yeah, I think my parents probably viewed mental health as a white people problem.

- One is that you're crazy.

It's something wrong with you.

- You had a attitude, or you were just a bad kid.

- We can pray about it, and it'll be fixed.

- Do we talk about it, no.

- All in all, it's kind of swept under the rug.

- Parents would tell us, "Don't discuss what goes on in my house."

- So, can't go out talking and telling nobody your business.

- And it's not something that we take seriously.

- I feel like that there is awareness that it exists, but not enough action taken to deal with it.

- And we as a people do not like to feel like we need help.

So... - What's the fine line between just experiencing, we'll just call it just regular anxiety, versus, okay, now we need an official diagnosis?

Regular anxiety, being nervous before speaking, right?

Being nervous while you're waiting for test results.

Being nervous about being 5-10 minutes late.

A diagnosis for anxiety is when it's actually impeding on your day to day activities.

"I can't function.

"I can't get out of bed.

I'm feeling stuck."

And also, just starting to manifest those physical symptoms, "Hey, I'm going "to the doctor for headaches, for back aches, "for neck pain.

"My left side feels numb.

But, the medical professionals are not finding anything."

That's anxiety.

Anxiety is dangerous, and we often times don't even know what to look for.

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