![]() ![]() Williams says that the misconceptions and stigmas about depression stop folk from getting much needed help, and lead to unnecessary pain and confusion. So we self-medicate with alcohol, with drugs, with unprotected sex, with promiscuity, with violence, with over-eating…” “Depression has got us all walking with masks. William’s philosophy is to let people know that it is liberating and life-saving to let go of the deeply-held personal pain that she says is killing us all softly. Perhaps William’s greatest mantra, and she does have more than one, is that people sharing their stories, and allowing others to see their pain, can help cure the inner turmoil. ![]() The actual factual is that here is a woman determined to bring to light out of the crushing darkness - the issue of depression in the Black community. ![]() (cum laude) in Psychology and Sociology from Brandeis University, and an M.S. The licensed medical social worker is a champion for mental health awareness - therapy, talking it out, taking off that grinning mask that covers tear-filled eyes. “It is my personal mission to educate everyone, and in particular the African American community, about undiagnosed and untreated depression and its impact on our communities,” says Williams, author of the critically acclaimed book, Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting. ![]() “I was born to do this,” she says ever so humbly. She has been called “the modern day Harriet Tubman.” She helps free people from their fear of talking about their undiagnosed depression and general mental health. ![]()
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