MindMyMelanin

If I were to ask you to describe someone who is depressed, how would you? Would you describe someone who is withdrawn, sad, and hopeless? Would you describe someone who lays in bed all day avoiding social interactions? What about someone who has lost interest in majority of their day-to-day activities? Sounds like a usual…

As the calendar year comes to a close, we are once again surrounded by Friendsgivings, holiday planning, Christmas lists, holiday movie specials, and most importantly family gatherings. Family members scrambling to fly in annually for the traditional cutting of the turkey, or the placing of the tree topper. Believe it or not, the holiday season…

My mother tells me that I cut people out of my life too quickly. When I say tell, I mean my mother reprimands me on just how repugnant it is for my life to dismiss people. What my mother does not understand is that some individuals in our life have expiration dates. In her Bajan…

  a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression.   Before you read this post I have a single request. My request to you is that you disregard all prior judgments surrounding Bipolar Disorder in which you thought you knew. Because you may very well be wrong. And that is alright. For…

Imagine having to sit your unapologetically black ass down and vent about your life obstacles, repentance, and embarrassments to an individual whom you have never met. Better yet imagine conversing with that same individual who may have already passed judgment about you prior to your “Thank you for taking time to meet with me today.”…

A few days ago, I was graced to have had the opportunity of conversing with one of my readers regarding. First and foremost, I am still in awe that one of my readers reached out to me! That alone is enough reassurance that MindMyMelanin is impacting lives. People are reading. But more importantly they are…

I am almost certain one of the first things that came to mind when you read the title was war survivors. Perhaps even military veterans. What about a natural disaster? Terrorist attacks such as 9/11? Or even domestic and/or sexual abuse? All of the previously listed may very well cause an individual to develop PTSD.…

First and foremost I would like to shamefully apologize to those who I have hurt because of my depression and anxiety… To those who I have abandoned at social gatherings without any notice. To those who I have screened an abundance of calls and texts, because I was too busy being “unbusy”. And lastly to…

As a child I vividly recall coloring pictures of things such as flowers, people, and places I’d imagined in my budding mind, to subsequently showcase them to my parents. In return, my parents would encourage me with compliments like “It’s beautiful” and “Good job!”. When creating my masterpieces I became so captivated in my process, that…