As we prepare for the Holiday Season, lets also prepare to be generous and empathic towards those who will be experiencing #Depression. Depression and thoughts of #Suicide are high around this time of year.
Our women will become more emotional and vulnerable, due to the absence of a loved one or the absence of a good male mate in the home. Especially closer to the holiday season. They will start to break down when they see full families come together for gatherings. They will turn to social media and television, and instantly develop a sense of jealousy when they see happy couples. They then will become more upset and turn to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain, which could possibly lead to suicide because they aren't able to find someone to love them and their family the way other women and their family are being loved.
Our women, will become emotionally needy, which isn't good because their emotions will take place of their intelligence, allowing a man who's not good for her to enter her home and body, putting her health, safety and family at risk, just to fill a temporary void. Also, our women will be beating themselves up for not being able to provide for their children on the holidays, due to that fact that they are already struggling to provide their necessities. Some will risk their freedom by attempting to shoplift from retailers.
Our men will experience depression as well. Especially those whom are incarcerated. They will experience a loss of hope, reality, and importance. They will become hurt inside because they can't provide for their family or be with their family. Some may not have none at all. Some will consider suicide.
Those who aren't incarcerated but don't have a source of income, will become hurt inside because they can't provide for their family either. Their emotions will take place of their intelligence and they will violate the rights of another human-being just to provide for them and their family. Such actions which will either cause death to either them or the victims, or both, or them being incarcerated and all families experiencing grief during the time love is suppose to be present.
As I mentioned earlier, Depression and thoughts of Suicide is high this time of year and what I mentioned above aren't the sole causes of depression and suicide, there's a ton of factors. The point is, it's important that you make yourself available to those who will need emotional support.
If you know someone whose behavior starts to change; engaging in risky behaviors, becoming upset, angry, distancing themselves from others, loss of appetite, giving away personal items, stating they don't want to be here anymore etc., don't leave them. Stay and help them through it. If you aren't able to help, contact someone who can and contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 if they have thoughts of suicide. I am also available to provide emotional support.
- Cleveland Author Jameel Davis
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