The Black Male Mental Health Struggle | Curtis Jasper | TEDxGeorgiaTechSalon

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This talk will involve the current state of The Mental Health industry and how it does not address, support, or sustain the current state of Black Mental Health— specifically Black Males and the struggles and challenges of receiving effective, culturally specific, accessible mental services from qualified mental health practitioners. Dr. Curtis Jasper will address how these deficiencies sustain the prolonged struggle faced by Black Men regarding their unique-lived experiences filled with grief, trauma, injustice and abuse. This talk will also include an explanation of the struggle, why the struggle persists and what we as a society can do about it. Pastoral Counselor/Therapist, PhD, MEd This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
  • @VeganRashad
    Can’t sleep at 3:30AM. I finally found this. I cried so hard watching this. Man I needed that.
  • @kezmenflowers8691
    Can you be so emotionally exhausted to where you get depressed? You just get so tired of feeling so many things that you dont know how to process.
  • @veimani
    My husbands childhood friend drank his way into cvicu. We saw him today sedated and almost lifeless. I hope he pulls through. I started crying because he is in here right now because he is afraid to get help. We lost his other friend last year to suicide, I cried so hard. Men are important, and other men need to stop putting down men with mental problems, women need to stop saying man up. We need our men to be emotionally healthy. Y’all are seen, we are on your side. Please please, get help don’t be afraid🥺
  • @liveitoutinc1564
    Keep speaking out. Someone is listening that needs to hear this and see they aren’t by themselves.
  • @universalsuccess3776
    🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Thankyou brother. We need therapy desperately! And we must do it for each other. Leading by example💪🏾
  • @morganw8447
    Bless this man… this the exact reason I decided to become a therapist and go back to school! This is beautiful!
  • @wellbodisalone
    It was a great speech! Mental health is important at any stage of life.
  • @veimani
    You’re choking me up, please everybody check on your friends. Listen and care for each other, offer comfort, encourage each other to get mentally healthy. God feels everything we do, and vice versa.
  • @Don35
    One of the best TEdX I've watched....its our unspoken cross to carry in this life......
  • @seanj11421
    I cannot believe I’ve been searching and searching for answers that all along were there. This puts things in perspective so much.
  • @thatssoairee
    This was so good! Definitely encouraged me to keep in this mental health industry!
  • @jlpe954
    This message was right on time...