Spirituality and mental health. Let's have a needed conversation.

[@kristinaskoolcatchannel753]

Thank you so much for this !! This needed to be said because it's so important that people understand that spirituality Is not a substitute for help

[@DaneMom2211]

❤ No shame here. I tell anyone who'll listen about my lonnnng weekend in the psych ward (where they served Fruit Loops! Lmao). It was a sacred space and time. It truly saved my life. Namaste, Teacher. Thanks for this.

[@LipGoddess68]

“Hood Healer”, I like that 👍🏾💖✨

[@icametomakecupcakes71]

I, too, am thriving with complex PTSD BECAUSE I pray and then take my meds and see my nurse practioner every quarter. When folks start shaming medications, it's only because it hits too close to home. I also see this dysfunction heavy in the Black community. We want our young people to be doctors and nurses only for money and status; not to expose and heal our collective mental trauma. *popping corn and getting the drinks ready for part 2*

[@illustratedmum1050]

Thank you Goddess King 🙏💗🙏

[@Tink1208]

I was raised Catholic. When I was a kid I remember my mom needing to be on antidepressants for depression. In the '80's (as you know) it was pretty stigmatized. But "the church" frowned upon medicine for mental health. You "take it to God and pray" Luckily my mom took it anyway. And I have followed that lead with my C-PTSD. I no longer follow organized religion either. I prefer "Weird Church"😊

[@Duchess.32]

Other points...the Borderline Personality Disorder feature of a "favorite person " and the Twin Flame justification for toxic relationships. Knowing when to stay and when to go without messing up a spiritual connection.

[@SharpKnivesSaveLives]

I think the "but im a good person, I cant be a problem" problem comes up A LOT in spiritual spaces. Defining ourselves by a set of rules that says "now we are good" just sets the stage for the mind to compartmentalize.

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

Exactly!

[@jenny_jaguar]

Thank you so fucking much for this. I'm just bursting with love for you. You are truly amazing.

[@notsoreverendbecca2308]

Amen, amen, amen. As a former clergy person, I am soooooo on board with this conversation. We are not trained, we are not qualified, we often don't have a solid sense of the basics of psychology. And any one who is telling you to pray or manifest something away without directly dealing with it is OVERSTEPPING. I have also had the pleasure of meeting a few people in that dual space. It's awesome, but it is rare. And a psychologist/therapist/psychiatrist absolutely does belong on your whole life team.

[@paogruniverse]

thank you so much for all you share. sending love

[@ZabeTrain]

People get stuck on terms and not on the healing process. It is needed and helps people grow and stay stunted. Many blessing for sharing no shame.

[@MrBrindleStyle]

Yeah!! I have taken up the mantle of neurospicy! It’s 🤩 perfect.

[@MonicaHasner]

Thank you

[@amybagshaw3785]

Yesssss!! I’m in the middle of Trauma Informed Facilitation training and there is so much to talking about with Spirituality and Mental Health and Trauma. I’m really looking forward to more on this. Thank you 🙏

[@SharpKnivesSaveLives]

Crunches and Spice on tiktok talks about how the "you dont need help, you need god" keeps the power in the church and is a sort of eugenics. They are an amazing creator. Thank you for the medicine and reminder. Accommodating ourselves is the way.

[@hutao4671]

yess i love Imani!! a must follow for anyone who is interested in health, physical or mental, and our society's impact on it

[@SharpKnivesSaveLives]

@@hutao4671 brilliant mind. ^_^

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

I love and follow them. They are amazing.

[@openup860]

Yesss, perfect timing as usual, King! Thank you ❤👏🏽

[@SharpKnivesSaveLives]

Incredible as always

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@silvercrowsong]

Much love for you and this message❤ thank you dear one!

[@shardebouvier]

Thank you King this was a necessary reminder

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

You are so welcome !

[@gemmii9395]

Thank you so so much! Like I said the wisdom you need when you need it. I have been so tired and just had to close everything off because I was at an ultimate low. Friends, family, spiritual community, walking my spiritual path. I’ve felt so guilty and wondering about where that leaves my spiritual journey. I did finally get into therapy and have been pushing myself out of all the funk! Thank you so much for all of this. I didn’t know if my divine team would understand and I would be accepted back in after seen a video saying that if you tap out you were never really tapped in.

[@samariagraham4502]

💛

[@amandalammeretz6397]

Thank you 💞 I only just the other day set up a mental health plan for myself ✌️ I needed this message 🙌

[@Jenahh-aye]

As someone who has lost some untreated and suffering loved ones to suicide, this is such an important message. You are a blessing doll. ❤ I have sought therapy for self work in difficult times. I find it useful to have the blessing of that knowledge from time to time. I also have found for myself light in my practice. Light in my art outlet. Light in spending time reconnecting with nature. Light In a good playlist. Balance and good checking in asking what do i need. What wisdom will get me to the light on the other side of this. ❤

[@tarotbydays]

Thank you ❤ Also before ever thinking there is something wrong with you make sure you are not dealing with a narcissist.

[@Roxyscp1934]

Thank you LadySpeech for this video, I've had to watch it a couple times cause I need to keep being reminded it's okay that I'm this way, and it's alright to ask for help sometimes ❤

[@elizabethmyers1665]

I needed this.... Thank you.... ❤️-fellow neurospicy

[@jenng7389]

i needed to hear this

[@cassandraletton]

Thank you 🙏🙌 I feel seen & acknowledged. I have had this complaint for a while. It's also rampant in the NLP community and is used as another form of abuse by some. The spiritual bypassing is a big trigger. I have C-PTSD, AuDHD, body Dismorphia etc I've just come out of a emotional breakdown and carers burnout (carer to my 4 AuDHD children 1 with a brain injury from birth) I am also an witch, an Emotional and Metaphysical Kinesiologist.

[@felicciaaa]

This is so wholesome I'm in love ❤

[@antidotearchive]

I’m going to save my stories and simply say that I shared this video with 3 of the most important people in my life. Because the medicine IS GOOD. Thank you.

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

Wonderful! THANK YOU!!!!

[@gemmii9395]

It’s wisdom and what you need when you need it💜

[@katherinegivens7156]

Thank you so much for this very timely message ❤

[@katherinegivens7156]

I’ve spent the last 10 years healing and only this year on my spirituality❤

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

You are so welcome!!!

[@ladysmall9853]

I was gonna Like this anyway. I like the moment you addressed the elephant in the room about prayer.

[@ZabeTrain]

😊

[@ghoulnamedsarah7714]

also the "pray it away" stuff hurts so many people-- thanks for talking about it

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

I absolutely agree. I hate it when people tell people this!!!

[@tptaliaferro9926]

Amazing as always Auntie. In my experience, my guides are not afraid to call me in for ignoring my mental health. Up to and including a spiritual smack in the head and a grounding. It has been really good for me because it defines a clear set of boundaries in my practice as to when coping mechanisms turn into ignoring my problems

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

I love this. My guides work with my mental health as well. I’m so thankful for this Intersectionality.

[@ghoulnamedsarah7714]

I am SO passionate about this topic! My spiritual practice gives me purpose to fight for and has saved me-- but so has my medication! I've developed a phobia of doctors-or really any clinicain, therapist, etc- but when I have to see one, I know i can pray for the strength to be honest with them. Spirituality bolsters the benefits of treatment for me bc it's how i internalize the things I learn in daily life. I also appreciate the message about giving the best of what you have to give in a day. My past expereince growing up mormon put a lot of shame into my relationship with divinity, and I've been working through that as I'm learning to see my practice as a growing relationship with my guides-- they understand my issues, and I need to trust that I won't be punished for being mentally exhausted. I worry that i'm being lazy, but then a couple days later I look around and realize my health was in the pits, so it's awareness i'm working on rn, and fighting off my attachment issues so i don't apply them to my spiritual guides

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

You are doing such a good and necessary work. I know you guides are proud of you.

[@darthbek]

I have discovered whole new depths to my spirituality, to my relationships with my Council by using it as a way to process some of the hard, hard work I've been doing in an intensive therapy program. I have connected with the term Shadow Work like never before, because I am using my magic to *Supplement* my therapy, and my mental health work. I am beyond convinced EMDR is a form of magic, and after a session, I come home, put on some bilateral stimulation music and do spell work, do shadow work, continue to process after therapy is done, because I am One Being. I am a mind, a spirit, a body. Heal one, I can heal the others, and if I work on them all at once? Profound. (Though, admittedly, I need to do some more work on loving this meat suit I'm using at the moment.) I find your videos at just the right time, and they confirm or reject some notion or some epiphany I've had. I am proud to subscribe to you now, and one of my financial goals is to increase my financial appreciation for you. You are a rarified soul that I am honored to exist with on this mortal plane.

[@emmaegtberts8419]

Hey Speech, thank you so much for taking about this! My mental health journey has allowed me to connect to my ancestors ❤ so far, the distinction has been very clear for me. My team is willing to support me with my journey. However, i am the one who has to walk the walk and talk the talk. I am currently up to my elbows in EMDR, and i often talk to spirit about my sessions and my feelings. That in turn gives me insights that i can use to elevate my therapy. And spirit is very supportive of my journey, and they have their ways of letting me know. Especially right after my sessions 🥰

[@hutao4671]

you have helped me so much with my practice. i have so much going on in my mind on top of mental health issues and it's caused me to be lacking in my practices. however, watching your videos always inspires me to do better and also to not be so hard on myself. humans are imperfect, and my spirits understand that. i'm planning to do better on ritual this month. and even if i'm not perfect, i'll get back up again next time and do my best. 💙💜

[@hutao4671]

also love the new subscriber badge color 🥰

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

I am so very proud of you, my dear. And your spirits are proud of you to!

[@heatherlaborde7193]

I don't know if this is relevant but there's a Tedx talk by Ted Borges on this topic if anyone would like to see it... thank you lady speech for telling me to get on track. I feel like this talk was my speak and spank 😅

[@teasugarsalt]

I had to take this in pieces because this hit right where I live. I had a teacher who claimed to heal spiritually from bipolar when she really should have been on her meds. That same teacher told us, a DID system, we were possessed by a demon, and traumatized child alters in her attempts to exorcise. We've been through some stuff around this for sure! If you have anything to share about mistaking mental health symptoms for possession, or about blaming mental and physical pain on the sufferer, I would love to hear it. It's videos like this that have been a sanity lifeline for me, thank you so much.

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

I’m so happy this video resonated so deeply with you. I’m very passionate about the subject, and will be addressing some of the things you asked for in future videos. I’ve witnessed far too many people get fucked up by spiritual leaders, who didn’t know what they were doing around mental health & TRAUMA. I want to continue to spark conversation around this, so that all can heal.

[@kismitj]

Thanks!

[@LadySpeechSankofa]

No problem! You are so very welcome my dear. Thank you for your contribution.