Williams examines depression in Black Americans from a 360-degree perspective, including her own candid, heartfelt chronicle of her lifelong struggle with the disease as well as other profound stories of great suffering and inspirational healing from all walks of life.
You are not on the ledge alone..
Black Pain encourages us to face the truth about the issue that plunges our spirits into darkness, so that we can step into the healing light.
The help the community needs is here: a clear explanation of our troubles and a guide to finding relief through faith, therapy, diet, and exercise, as well as through building a supportive network and eliminating toxic people.
Do you see yourself and your loved ones here? Do the descriptions of how the pain looks, feels, and sounds seem far too familiar? Now you can do something about it.
The book is a mirror turned on you.
In Black Pain , Terrie has inspired the famous and the ordinary to speak out and mental health professionals to offer solutions.
Few realize these destructive acts are symptoms of our inner sorrow.
Black Pain identifies emotional pain--which uniquely and profoundly affects the Black experience--as the root of lashing out through desperate acts of crime, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, workaholism, and addiction to shopping, gambling, and sex.
As she healed, her mission became clear: break the silence of this crippling taboo and help those who suffer, especially in the Black community.
She learned her problem had a name--depression--and that many suffered from it, limping through their days, hiding their hurt.
When she finally collapsed, she had no clue what was wrong or if there was a way out.
For thirty years she kept on her game face of success, exhausting herself daily to satisfy her clients\' needs while neglecting her own.
Yet she was in constant pain, waking up in terror, overeating in search of relief.
Terrie had made it: she had launched her own public relations company with such clients as Eddie Murphy and Johnnie Cochran.
Black people are dying everywhere we turn, in the faces we see and the headlines we read, and we feel emotional pain, but we don\'t know how to tackle it-- it\'s time to recognize it and work through our trauma.
Williams examines depression in Black Americans from a 360-degree perspective, including her own candid, heartfelt chronicle of her lifelong struggle with the disease as well as other profound stories of great suffering and inspirational healing from all walks of life
