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Goodbyes Are Hard
by Eden A. It was the day and time my doctor was going to call. We meet bi-weekly, or every few weeks, and I just give her a mental health update, and she checks in on how I’m doing with my antidepressants. I remember it like yesterday, the tears flood my eyes. I got emotional remembering my trauma. Normally, near the end of the session - she asks [...]
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by Eden A. The Cleveland Clinic mentions, “Neurotransmitters are the human body's chemical messengers.” These transmitters are in the brain and body from nerve cells, muscles and gland cells. The messages help you move parts of your body and can share the actions to the rest of the body. Our body has a network that receives electrical signals. Your nervous system controls everything from the mind to muscles, [...]
Let’s Talk About Mental Health in the Black Community
by Rougayyah J. Mental health can be defined as an individual’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being1. It’s a state of mind, a feeling, and the multitudes of emotions we experience on a daily basis in long-term situations. Mental health is the core of our being and a truly important factor of our overall health. Even though black history month has come to an end for 2023, we must continue [...]
Alternate rebellion
by Jamie G. What is rebellion? Rebellion is the resistance, the open demonstration of disagreement with the institution or power that dictates what is allowed. Historically resistances have been ways for average people to try and evoke social or political change in times where it felt like all agency was lost. Rebellion has not always been something inherently negative. Stepping outside of the societal or social box can [...]
