Is the issue of challenged mental health a case of a particular type of resilience never being included in western upbringing caused by affluent societies. I'm in my 50's, born in a coup disrupted west African country. I came to the US at 11yo and started in a poor inner city gang infested neighborhood. I got jumped every few months til I left high school. Never went to college, did construction, and at 42 experienced a hate crime that changed my life after recovering from my internal knife wounds. It sent me running from the City. I started a successful farm from raw land. I have leaned heavily on the resiliency heuristics of my African upbringing. Unfortunately, I don't have a degree, but I do a great deal for those around our farm activities. Your comments about finding open ears is a good one, the problem is there are not a lot of people who get it. I hear this more than anything else. We cannot change reality, what we can do is change the way we think about it. Another issue is paperwork and professionals. Professionals don't have the real life experiences to truly help. If the people don't trust academics and you sound like an academic, why would you trust an academic with you deepest heart breaks and frustrations. I'm just being honest, not hating Professionals, you just have terrible bed side manner. Take people for walks, get off the couch.
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Is the issue of challenged mental health a case of a particular type of resilience never being included in western upbringing caused by affluent societies. I'm in my 50's, born in a coup disrupted west African country. I came to the US at 11yo and started in a poor inner city gang infested neighborhood. I got jumped every few months til I left high school. Never went to college, did construction, and at 42 experienced a hate crime that changed my life after recovering from my internal knife wounds. It sent me running from the City. I started a successful farm from raw land. I have leaned heavily on the resiliency heuristics of my African upbringing. Unfortunately, I don't have a degree, but I do a great deal for those around our farm activities. Your comments about finding open ears is a good one, the problem is there are not a lot of people who get it. I hear this more than anything else. We cannot change reality, what we can do is change the way we think about it. Another issue is paperwork and professionals. Professionals don't have the real life experiences to truly help. If the people don't trust academics and you sound like an academic, why would you trust an academic with you deepest heart breaks and frustrations. I'm just being honest, not hating Professionals, you just have terrible bed side manner. Take people for walks, get off the couch.