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slh2412
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:29 pm |
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 Black Pain, It just Looks Like We're Not Hurting -Terrie Wms
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Millions of black people are needlessly suffering from depression. Even when the symptoms of depression are raging and screaming inside of us, too many of us are not doing anything to seek help. Could it be a lack of knowledge about the disease? Could it be the stigma that depression is a mental illness and we are ashamed to be associated with a disease such as this? Would we choose cancer or high blood pressure, would we choose a heart attack? NO. Neither do we choose depression.
Terrie Williams latest book “Black Pain, It just looks like We Aren’t Hurting” is a literary treasure. This book should be recommended reading in every household, and school counselors should have a copy on their shelves. It’s a masterpiece for book club discussions.
Terrie Williams, an International Motivational Speaker, Publicist, Entrepreneur, Best Selling Author, Founder of the Stay Strong Foundation and Visionary, comes forward and leads the way to encourage you to exit the darkness and enter into light. The collective wisdom that is shared in this book will, without a doubt, let you know that because we often choose to remain silent, untreated depression can be extremely traumatizing. It can even kill you.
Whether fervently speaking to an audience or ardently through the pages of this insightful book, you are instantly aware of her compassion for others. You sense the urgency of her mission to expose the myth that depression is a weakness and something that you should be ashamed of.
One story, Terrie's own life account of a successful journey in the business and entertainment world, while secretly fighting the intense forces of depression is riveting to say the least. What happened when her mask came off? It was monolithic. Thousands of people from all walks of life reached out to Terrie, for they too were struggling with this condition.
Black Pain is full of quotes, statistics and true chronicles from celebrities, professionals, and everyday working people who candidly and passionately share their stories. The inner struggle and conflict with depression comes in many forms and can attack different people in various ways. This triumphant book is about finding the courage to take responsibility for yourself or for someone that you love.
You’ll be astonished, you’ll be sorrowful, you’ll even laugh, but most of all you’ll be informed.
Three words; Read Black Pain.
Let’s start talking and sharing so we can become a part of the solution.
Review by: Sharon Haynes
Sisters Sippin Tea Tulsa Chapter
Rating: 10 out of 10
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