Depresion over racial related topics

[Volo vent]

Im race mixed and during all my life i have been depressed over my skin color, i always wanted to be fair skinned but im cursed to be brown and disgusting all my life and the fact that some of my siblings got white skin and i dont makes me really sad, its not the main reason reason i want to CBT but is a problem i have been dealing with since young age i cant find a way to cope this

 

[Dysgenic Pup]

My cousin (who was my best friend for most of my childhood) is mixed black and white and I was always jealous of the way he looked when I was younger, so this is kind of ironic.

 

[stellabelle]

Brown skin is not disgusting! Skin is beautiful regardless of the shade. I always envied it. I wish you didn't doubt the beauty in your appearance.

 

[L-L]

Someone somewhere will think you've got the nicest skin tone they've ever seen.

 

[Apricity]

Im race mixed and during all my life i have been depressed over my skin color, i always wanted to be fair skinned but im cursed to be brown and disgusting all my life and the fact that some of my siblings got white skin and i dont makes me really sad, its not the main reason reason i want to CBT but is a problem i have been dealing with since young age i cant find a way to cope this

I am biracial as well. Black and white. Growing up in a farm town in the 80s and 90s wasn't easy for me. None of the white kids wanted to play with me because I was simply black to them, and the black kids wouldn't play because i was white to them. I've often found myself wishing i was one or the other as well, but now as an adult I'm proud of both and always choose mixed/biracial on forms when i can. Be proud of who you are and where you came from. One day, there won't be very many people that are "pure", and I think the world will be better for it.

 

[Darkmoon Queen]

Be proud of who you are and where you came from. One day, there won't be very many people that are "pure", and I think the world will be better for it.

This seems contradictory. By 'pure', you presumably mean completely black or completely white? Sooo.. if you're black or white, be proud of who you are but be aware that when your kind die out, the world will be better?

 

[Apricity]

This seems contradictory. By 'pure', you presumably mean completely black or completely white? Sooo.. if you're black or white, be proud of who you are but be aware that when your kind die out, the world will be better?

I mean completely anything. And it'll be better because people won't be so hateful toward each other over something so silly as race or skin color if everyone is similar. But for now, accept who you are.

 

[Darkmoon Queen]

I mean completely anything. And it'll be better because people won't be so hateful toward each other over something so silly as race or skin color if everyone is similar. But for now, accept who you are.

Yeah, they will. Colourism is a thing and I don't see religion dying any time soon. And if it wasn't those things, it would be something else.

 

[lyles]

The racism in society is horrible but it is not a reflection of your worth. You are deserving of love and your race is nothing to be ashamed of. It is an aspect of you that people can love and respect, it's just a matter of finding those people and community. I'm sending you my best wishes for your future, where ever it leads you.

 

[Makko]

Never got this politicized idea that you should be vicariously proud or ashamed of race, national origin and other things you have no control over and practically nothing to do with. Because I share squinty eyes with like 3 billion people I also share a permanent association to everything they are and do. Since I live in the west at the moment I guess I'm glad that I'm not black or white because this black vs white war and superiority/inferiority complex crap that started in the US is spilling over everywhere while asians are sort of spared.

 

[WrongPlaceWrongTime]

while asians are sort of spared

Not anymore unfortunately, given that Asians (elderly in particular) are being attacked more frequently. Maybe the Rooftop Koreans might make a comeback if it escalates.