In The Guardian, Hannah Giorgis describes the troubles she had convincing her mental health professionals that systemic racism against black people in Britain did actually exist. “The conversation made me feel crazy in a way my depression itself never had,” she writes.
Giorgis then turned to online communities for understanding and support. “But I do know that it helped me at a time when the institution charged with helping me simply wouldnât. In times when thereâs no quick fix in sight, sometimes you just need to know you and your dark thoughts are not alone.”
When the mental health system failed me, online communities became my coping mechanisms (The Guardian, January 13, 2015)
