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“From the beginning, our relationship was formula for disaster. Depressed people often attract unhealthy relationships and inadvertently subject themselves and their already battered self-image, to additional abuse… You feel as if you are worthless so you attach yourself to someone who you think will give your life some meaning, be a safe harbor for your souls. But only you can protect what’s inside.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“We sat in an awkward silence for some time. I wondered why, after all he had been through with his mother, Eugene welcomed another depressive into his life. Wasn’t he afraid of the consequences? How did he escape the contagious effects of mental illness?”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“Why do you give people so much power over you? That M.D. behind his name just means that he’s trained to facilitate your healing. You’re the one who’s actually got to make it happen. Therapy doesn’t work unless you know what you want out of it. You’re the one who has the power to change things.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“White women who suffer from mental illness are depicted as idle, spoiled, or just plain hysterical. Black men are demonized and pathologized. Black women with psychological problems are certainly not seen as geniuses; we are generally not labeled ‘hysterical’ or ‘eccentric’ or even ‘pathological’. When a black woman suffers from a mental disorder, the overwhelming opinion is that she is weak. And weakness in black women is intolerable.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“I despise the way blackness in the English language, symbolizes death and negativity. Because I believe that the absorption of these connotations contributes to self-hate, I avoid them at all cost.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
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