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MENTAL HEALTH
Change Agents Who Overcame Mental Challenges to Make a Change
ANGER MISUNDERSTOOD
By: Amanda Fludd, LCSW-R
MATTERS
OF MEN
Warrior Zone ViI: Lawrence Durden
I MARRIED AMONSTER By: TJ Woodard
MEN
CRY TOO By: Talona Smith
By: Lex Morgan
RWENSHAUN L. MILLER Special Feature:
Mental Health Change Agent
PAUL B. WILLIAMS, MSW, LCSW-C, LICSW CEO & Therapist at Hearts in Mind Counseling, LLC
Features:
DEVON LEWIS BUCHANAN, MSW
Founder & CEO of Inspire Youth Services, Inc.
JEAN SEMELFORT JR., MA, LPC Founder/Mental Health Therapist C.A.C.T.U.S. Center
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, MSW, CSWA
Founder of Hip Hop Social Worker, LLC
ALDIN GORDON, LCPC Winter Issue 2020
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RALLYUP & See What's INSIDE 06 Founder’s Letter 07 Meet the Contributers 09 Behind the Scenes 10 Fashion Section Where My Soldiers At? 15 Poetry Corner Denise A. Kelley Talona Smith Tor White 17 YOUTH ZONE Poetry Corner| Lorelai Symmes RUM Mental Health Comics | Illustrated By: RJ Sterling You're Not Alone! | Oversee By: Lex Morgan Identity Search | By: Theresa Kumazah Why is Mental Health Important? | By: Anonymous
23 36 Secondary Trama Hurts By: Kendra Hathaway, MA, LLMT, FLE 38 BEAUTY Beautiful Chaos 39 Special Feature Paul B. Williams
23 Cover Story Rwenshaun L. Miller | Mental Health Change Agent
41 Love and Mental Health I Married a Monster | By: TJ Woodard
26 Faith and Mental Health The Gift of Peace | By: Andrae Hayden
42 Never Too Late By: Tyi Flood
27 Matters of Men By: Lex Morgan
44 Making A Difference Devon Lewis Buchanan Jean Semelfort Jr. Christopher Scott
28 Therapy Is Dope Anger Misunderstood By: Amanda Fludd ...Featuring: Aldin Gordan, LCPC 30 DEAR AMANDA 32 Men Cry Too By: Talona Smith 34 WARRIOR ZONE VII Lawrence Durden
48 Health & Wellness Stress Free Green Smoothie Recipe 50 RESOURCES
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I Never Understood an Alcoholic’s Pain By: Talona Smith
I never understood an alcoholic’s pain, Until I tried to ease my own. I never knew why alcoholics drank so much, Until I was faced with loss and abuse. I often criticized alcoholics, Until my life was thrown off course. The pain at times was insufferable; Nothing I care to explain. I pleaded for my life to be over. Not once did I expect to feel like this. My breath shortened; chest tightened. My head throbbed with each thought. Why Lord is this happening to me? Irritated, enraged, disgusted, confused. Don’t talk to me. Just get away from me. Get out of my face. Why won’t this pain go away? I need a drink. Have to get numb. I don’t want to feel this pain. Time to relax my mind. Just want to sleep through the night. Arguments are my dreams. Fights took over my imagination. Gnawed the inside of my mouth. Clamped down and cracked a tooth. The bed is spinning, the room is turning. Fifth drink and now I’m out. Never again would I cast judgment. On someone just like me.
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The Antagonist By: Tor White
Imagine taking a breath Inhale to exhale, only you can’t The knot in your throat won’t allow your breath to fully escape You feel like you’re gasping for air and if only you could speak Thump Th Thump Th Thump Th Thump The sound of your heartbeat You’re grabbing your ears because of the intensity Breathless The want to gather your thoughts is unattainable The walls are closing in and standing is becoming much too difficult Give Up! Give Up! Is what your mind screams Thrown into a fire pit your palms are sweaty You want to call out for help but you know no one will hear you Powerless
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