How can people be more attuned to signs of depression in African-Americans?
African-Americans suppress and repress pain. [Still], there are many signs of depression that are like neon lights, but we don’t really pay attention, or we don’t have time to listen. With more dialogue, maybe, just maybe, there will be more sensitivity. Remember, everyone has a story. Assume that that person has a story just like you do, is just as fragile and as challenged as you are. You went through your own personal struggle with depression and chose to share your story through this book. Why? I’ve always been a very sensitive person. I feel other people’s pain and have a tendency to absorb it. I have a sense of the universality of humanity. I have a sense that underneath the face that everyone wears, we all share the same thing. People speak to you on so many different levels. I often will pay more attention to a person’s body language than I will to what they say. That’s what speaks really loudly to me. And a lot of times, I think three of the hardest words to answer honestly ar
