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THE AFRICAN SLAVES OF NEW YORK CITY: THE MOVIE PT 2 soymiguelalejandro23 7 views NEW YORK CITY WAS A MAJOR SLAVE TERRITORY - HERE IS AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE HISTORY PLUS THE STORY OF A FORMER SLAVE (A BLACK MAN FROM AFRICA) WHO GAINED HIS FREEDOM HERE WIT...
THE AFRICAN SLAVES OF NEW YORK: THE MOVIE PT 1 soymiguelalejandro23 15 views THIS IS A RE BROADCAST OF A TELEVISION PROGRAM. I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS PROJECT. THIS FILM EXPLORES NYC'S SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF THE ENSLAVEMENT OF AFRICAN SLAVES AND ...
WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA TURNS VIOLENT: THE MAURICE CLEMMONS STORY PT 5 OF 6 soymiguelalejandro23 12 views WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA IS UNDIAGNOSED AND OR UNTREATED AND MIXED WITH A VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND IT CAN BE A RECIPE FOR TRAGEDY. ALL TOO OFTEN IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR VIO...
WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA TURNS VIOLENT: THE MAURICE CLEMMONS STORY PT 6 OF 6 soymiguelalejandro23 11 views WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA IS UNDIAGNOSED AND OR UNTREATED AND MIXED WITH A VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND IT CAN BE A RECIPE FOR TRAGEDY. ALL TOO OFTEN IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR VIO...
WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA TURNS VIOLENT: THE MAURICE CLEMMONS STORY PT 4 OF 6 soymiguelalejandro23 15 views WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA IS UNDIAGNOSED AND OR UNTREATED AND MIXED WITH A VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND IT CAN BE A RECIPE FOR TRAGEDY. ALL TOO OFTEN IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR VIO...
WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA TURNS VIOLENT: THE MAURICE CLEMMONS STORY PT 3 OF 6 soymiguelalejandro23 15 views WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA IS UNDIAGNOSED AND OR UNTREATED AND MIXED WITH A VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND IT CAN BE A RECIPE FOR TRAGEDY. ALL TOO OFTEN IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES WH...
WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA TURNS VIOLENT: THE MAURICE CLEMMONS STORY PT 2 OF 6 soymiguelalejandro23 27 views WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA IS UNDIAGNOSED AND OR UNTREATED AND MIXED WITH A VIOLENT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND IT CAN BE A COCKTAIL FOR TRAGEDY. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WI...
WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA TURNS VIOLENT: THE MAURICE CLEMMONS STORY PT 1 of 6 soymiguelalejandro23 26 views WHEN SCHIZOPHRENIA IS UNDIAGNOSED OR UNTREATED AND MIXED WITH A VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND IT CAN BE A COCKTAIL FOR TRAGEDY. THIS IS THE MAURICE CLEMMONS STORY.
PSYCHOTIC EPISODE ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE: LIVE FOOTAGE JULY 2009 soymiguelalejandro23 121 views *THIS IS A REBROADCAST - I AM NOT THE PRODUCER OF THIS FILM. OYE MI GENTE THIS DEAR MAN WAS NOT SUICIDAL - HE REPORTED THAT THE MOB WAS AFTER HIM AND HE THEN DEMANDED TO S...
MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE FAMILY: STRESS PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS soymiguelalejandro23 53 views MIGUEL DISCUSSES SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT CAN OCCUR WHEN YOU ARE LIVING WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS AND YOU LIVE WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

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OYE MI GENTE BIENVENIDOS TO THE SUPPORT GROUP! A SPACE ON YOU TUBE WHERE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING WITH / AFFECTED BY OR WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS CAN COME NETWORK, SHARE STORIES AND / OR FIND SUPPORT - REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, PSYCHIATRIC
STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR ANY OTHER ISSUE THAT SEEKS TO SEPARATE US.

ALSO THE SUPPORT GROUP IS A PLACE TO JUST SOUND OFF AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD CONCERNING ANYTHING YOU FEEL THAT NEEDS TO ADDRESSED FROM POLITICS, CURRENT NEWS. COMEDY, OR JUST PLAIN LIFE IN GENERAL.

MY NAME IS MIGUEL ALEJANDRO AND I AM THE HOST OF THIS PAGE. I AM VERY HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO VISIT US TODAY.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CERTAINLY ENJOY YOURSELF, TELL OTHERS ABOUT US AND COME HANG OUT AGAIN SOON. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT AND RATE ANY OF THE VIDEOS. IF YOU REALLY LIKE IT HERE THEN JUST GO AHEAD AND SUBSCRIBE - THE MORE THE MERRIER.

I AM A BLACK AND NATIVE AMERICAN MAN WITH LATINO ETHNICITY. ADDITIONALLY I AM IN RECOVERY FROM A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY KNOWN AS SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER (BI POLAR TYPE).
THIS IS A MIX OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BI POLAR DISORDER (TYPE II -IN MY PARTICULAR CASE).
I ALSO LIVE WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER AS WELL.
I'VE LIVED WITH THESE DISABILITIES SINCE I WAS A SMALL CHILD.

SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER IS A DISORDER OF THE BRAIN THAT CAN AFFECT - AT TIMES - THE WAY THAT ONE FEELS,THINKS AND PROCESSES INFORMATION. FOR ME IT'S AFFECTS ARE FELT MOST BY INTENSE PERIODS OF DEPRESSION, HYPOMANIA, WITH OCCASIONALLY MIXED PARANOID AND PSYCHOTIC EPISODES.

WHILE OF COURSE I AM NOT WALKING AROUND 24/7 HAVING ONE SYMPTOMATIC EPISODE AFTER ANOTHER - THE SAME WAY A PERSON LIVING WITH DIABETES IS NOT CONTINUOUSLY HAVING A DIABETIC COMA AT EVERY WAKING MOMENT OF THE DAY.

WHEN ANYONE IS HAVING SYMPTOMS OF THEIR DISABILITY REGARDLESS OF IT BEING A PHYSICAL OR A MENTAL DISABILITY IT CAN MOST DEFINITELY BE CHALLENGING.

THE REASON THAT I AM CHOOSING TO SHARE THIS IS TO HELP BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE STIGMA THAT STILL VERY STRONGLY EXISTS FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS PARTICULARLY IN THE BLACK, LATINO AND NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

I ALSO WANT TO GET THIS OUT - NOT EVERYONE THAT IS LIVING WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS IS DANGEROUS, VIOLENT OR PRONE TO VIOLENCE. SUCH ACTS GENERALLY OCCUR IF AND WHEN THEY DO ONLY WITH A VERY SMALL SEGMENT OF PEOPLE SO AFFECTED.

IN MANY INSTANCES WHEN A DRAMATIC EVENT DOES OCCUR THE PERSON WITH THE MENTAL DISABILITY IS 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES MORE AT RISK OF BEING A DANGER TO THEMSELVES FROM HAVING THEIR JUDGMENT IMPAIRED.

THIS TEMPORARY IMPAIRMENT - IF AND WHEN IT MAY OCCUR - IS GENERALLY DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF A PSYCHOTIC DELUSION WHICH CAN BE VERY FRIGHTENING TO SOMEONE WHO IS EXPERIENCING ONE.

UNDER THE EFFECTS OF AN ACUTE PSYCHOTIC DELUSION - A BRIEF BUT VERY INTENSE AND UNSHAKABLE FALSE BELIEF - THE PERSON MAY VERY VIVIDLY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE IN SOME SORT OF TERRIBLE DANGER AND THAT THEY NEED TO ESCAPE OR PROTECT THEMSELVES.

OR THEY MAY BELIEVE AT THAT MOMENT THAT THEY HAVE SUPER POWERS OF SOME SORT AND THAT THEY CAN FLY OR STOP A BULLET OR ETC.

SADLY ENOUGH IT IS MOSTLY THESE SORT OF VERY EXTREME CASES WHERE GREAT HARM HAS COME TO SOME ONE THAT MAKES THE HEADLINES OF NEWS PAPERS AND IS BLARED ACROSS OUR TV SETS - THUS FURTHER PERPETUATING THE STIGMA THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
MENTAL ILLNESS ARE DANGEROUS.

IN FACT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ARE NOT DANGEROUS.
AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE THE TARGET OF VIOLENCE DUE TO THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISABILITIES.
QUESTION: DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS DO NOT APPEAR TO?

IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT MANY CELEBRITIES BOTH PAST AND PRESENT - ACTORS, SINGERS, ARTISTS, PRO ATHLETES, PRESIDENTS AND FIRST LADIES HAVE SUFFERED FROM SOME FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SEVERE DEPRESSION, PARANOIA OR OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS BUT BECAUSE OF SHAME AND FEAR OF STIGMA WON'T SEEK HELP.

MENTAL ILLNESS CAN AND DOES HAPPEN TO ANYONE. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE WEAK MINDED OR THAT IT IS SOMEHOW YOUR FAULT IF IT HAPPENS TO YOU.

MENTAL ILLNESS IS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT CAUSED BY A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE IN THE BRAIN AND / OR GENETICS - OCCURS WITHIN FAMILIES. MY UNCLE LIVED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MY AUNT SUFFERED FROM MAJOR DEPRESSION.

MENTAL ILLNESS MAY ALSO BE CONTRIBUTED TO BY SEVERE TYPES OF STRESS OR TRAUMA EXPERIENCED EITHER IN CHILDHOOD OR AT ANY POINT IN LIFE.

MANY MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE IN MANY CASES WITH EFFORT AND PATIENCE TREATABLE AND MANAGEABLE VIA; MEDICATION, COUNSELING, PEER SUPPORT, FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE SAME WAYS THAT MANY OTHER PHYSICAL DISABILITIES ARE.

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU CAN LEARN TO MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN YOU CAN THEN LEARN TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR LIFE.

IN THIS WORLD ONE CANNOT BE TOO PROUD - AS THAT WILL GET YOU EXACTLY NO WHERE!

IF YOU NEED HELP - DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR IT.
TE QUIERO MI GENTE.
I LOVE YOU MY PEOPLE.

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