Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, where we focus on all things mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions

of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

To find more information and to get resources, visit the website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

And while I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant

to be a substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, thank you so much for joining me for a session four of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

I just want to start by saying thank you for everyone who has been sharing the podcast

and giving me feedback, subscribing, and sharing it with your friends.

I really appreciate all of the love that you're showing.

You know, this has definitely raised my anxiety levels and ways that I really didn't

see before releasing the podcast.

But I'm super excited to continue giving Black women a platform to discuss their mental

health and prioritize their mental health.

So this is one of these exercises in feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

But I'm very encouraged by all the feedback I've been getting from you, so I really appreciate

it.

So today in the no-copy needed segment, I want to talk a little bit about depression and

what it is, and also some reasons why we might sometimes miss the signs of depression.

So not just talking about the symptoms and signs of depression, but also why we miss

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