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Teens Turn to TikTok in Search of a Mental Health Diagnosis

By Christina Caron Oct. 29, 2022 #tiktok #diagnosis #MentaHealth #BlackMaleTherapist #Psychotherapy #TripleLight.com #AfricanAmericantherapist #BlackTherapist About a year into the pandemic, Kianna, a high school student in Baltimore, was feeling increasingly isolated. While sitting alone in her bedroom there was too much time to think, she said, so sometimes she would fixate on her seclusion or start critiquing her appearance. “I remember just being on TikTok for hours during my day,” added Kianna, 17, who asked to be referred to by only her first name when speaking about her mental health. “That’s when my self-esteem started declining.” At the time, in early 2021, her 10th grade classes were virtual, and she had begun texting with her friends instead of talking to them. Her anxiety bred headaches, poor sleep and the odd feeling of living outside of her body. Then, she started seeing videos on TikTok about depersonalization disorder, a type of dissociative condition that can make peop

Triple5Light Therapy " Believe in Yourself " (video)

  Triple5Light.com     Phone:  213.349.5550  #Triple5LightTherapy BlackTherapist #LGBTAffirmingTherapy    "Believe In Yourself (Reprise)"  (from "The Wiz" soundtrack) If you believe,  Within your heart You'll know that no one can change The path that you must go Believe what you feel,  And know you're right because The time will come around  When you'll say it's yours Believe that you can go home,  Believe you can float on air Then click your heels three times,  If you believe Then you'll be there That's why I want you to Believe in yourself Right from the start Believe in the magic Right there in your heart Go ahead believe all these things Not because I told you to But believe in yourself If you believe in yourself Just believe in yourself As I believe in you

America's racial reckoning is putting a spotlight on Black mental health

  #BlackMentalHealth #African-American #BlackAmericanTherapy #Triple5LightTherapy # TripleLight.com   The pandemic, economic anxiety, and reignited fights on racist structures have created a “mental health tsunami” in the Black community. By   Doha Madani As a child, Reginald Howard struggled with destructive visions, moments where he imagined destroying the shelves at the corner store or pushing another child down, but when he tried to identify what was happening, his mother attributed it to his “Howard blood.” “At that point, I probably should have been in therapy but because there’s such a stigma behind therapy in the Black community, and around the world but I’ll start within my community, I really didn’t get the help that I needed,” Howard said. His father also struggled with mental illness, a situation that led Howard’s grandmother to refer to him and his sister as “demon children.” Howard’s mental health went unaddressed as a child and he continued to struggle wit