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Brandon Marshall’s Mental Health Battle and What It Means To African-Americans
The stigma, the suffering and the solutions
One of the reasons why this story is so remarkable is because often in the black community especially amongst black males, mental health is not discussed, therefore not treated. Though the causes are not fully understood, it is believed that BPD may result from a combination of traumatic and stressful events during maturation from childhood to adulthood.
After reading some of the causes of BPD how can anyone be surprised that young black males are affected by this disorder?
Many Americans who suffer from BPD struggled with abandonment issues in their childhood. Black America is facing record numbers of young black men being raised in single parent homes and their sense of abandonment is alive and well. When children can’t understand why their parents are not together often the children blame themselves and many struggle with that emptiness well into their adulthood.
