mental illness
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – The Salt from Their Tears by Andre Simmons
Title: The Salt from Their Tears Author: Andre Simmons Publisher: Bookbaby Genre: Memoir, Family & Relationships, Mental Health Pages: 273 Born on the South Side of Chicago in the mid-1960s, Andre “Dre” Simmons takes us through the many traumatic events he experienced growing up in the Cabrini Green projects. For those of you who know… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – “Drapetomania”
Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright was a prominent physician and medical writer in New Orleans. He specialized in “mental alienation,” an expression that meant a break with reality or a schism in mind. Cartwright is most known and remembered for his theories of drapetomania—the belief that a disease caused slaves to run away. Also known as… Continue reading
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Jenifer Lewis Talks Self Awareness, Mental Illness, Sex Addiction + More
Really enjoyed this interview with Lewis with the Breakfast Club. She got me pumped to finish my own memoir! I may be quiet and reserved but I love realness and I love people (as an introvert, extroverts keep me balanced lol). I love real people because life is real. The rest of ya’ll can walk… Continue reading
