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Sometimes I Feel Like
I Could Crawl Into A Hole!
Dear Carole:
Sometimes I feel like I could
crawl into a hole and stay there.
Everything I do seems to fall
apart. No matter what I try to
do, it just doesn’t work out. If I
told you everything that has
happened to me it would fill a
book. But during the last 5 years
I have had 2 marriages fail. I
have also just lost my third job in
5 years. For a while I blamed
everybody else and everything
else for what was happening. I
have been so angry at everyone
that 1 felt like exploding almost
all the time. Well, now I don’t
blame anyone else but myself.
And I find that now I stay angry
with myself. Lately, I’ve been
getting headaches. I was think
ing of going to the doctor. But
then I thought that maybe
I’ll ask you first. What do you
think is wrong with me?
R.O.
Dear R.O.:
I suggest that you go to a
doctor for a complete physical
examination as soon as possi
ble. After you have talked to the
doctor and obtained the rmdts
of your examination please
write me again or ask for me
through The Charlotte Post.
Feelings you have expressed in
your letter tell me that you are
blaming yourself for situations
which may have been beyond
Please visit your doctor soon.
The information you receive
. from that examination will
help to determine what is
bothering you. Ask your doctor
to consider referring you for
brief counseling.
Carole
Confidential to
“Punching Bag”r
No. You don’t deserve to be
punched by someone who claims
to love you. Abusive behavior
cannot be ignored. If hitting you
has become a habit in your
relationship, you heed lodecide
how much longer you’re going to
let the habit continue. Ignoring
the abuse will not make it go
away. An abusive environment
is a life-threatening environ
ment.
You and your spouse may need
some time away from each
other while you both begin to get
professional help.
Carole
Editor’s Note: Carole B. Ricks,
an M.S.W., AC.S.W social work
er, has a private practice in
Charlotte as a counselor.
If you have personal adjust
ment, parent-child or marriage
problems that concern you,
write:
Carole’s Corner
P. O. Box 37107
Charlotte, N.C. 28237
Will Blacks Save Mondale?
By Tony Brown
Special 16 Hie Post
“Many Black Jesse Jack
son convention delegates
left San Francisco with the
feeling that Mondale had
not given Jackson’s Black
agenda enough -v to use
JacJtSdiTs^TJwn—word
respect. On the other hand,
those Blacks loyal to Mon
dale all along wonder if
making peace with Jack
son will cost them their
power base,” concludes
Tony brown as he poSes the
question on the next edition
on “Tony Brown’s Journal,
“Will Blacks Save Mondale
In November?”
Joining Tony Brown to
grapple with this question
in a lively and fast-paced
discussion is Hazel Dukes,
a Mondale delegate, a
national director of the
NAACP and a member of
the National Democratic
Committee. Joining Dukes
and Brown is Percy Sutton,
Finance Chairman for the
Jackson For President
Campaign and former
Manhattan Borough
President of New York.
The program reveals
interesting insights into the
Democratic Convention;
-explores whnt gains Blacks
made at the convention;
examines the reasons why
the Jackson delegation
booed Andrew Young and
Coretta King; and analyzes
the impact that the Black
vote will have on a Mondale
victory.
“When the Jesse planks
were lost, there were a
number of people who were
saying that they weren’t
going to work with the
Mondale people," explains
Percy Sutton. “Well, some
time has passed and I think
we are not hearing as much
of that now. But I still think
there is a distance that
Mondale-Ferraro must go
to get the Black vote that
will give victory to Mr.
Mandate **_ _
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is America’s longest-run
ning and top-ranked Black
Affairs television series. It
has been sponsored by
Pepsi-Cola Company for
nine consecutive years.
The program will be seen
in this area on WTVI-42 at 5
p.m. on Sunday, September
9.
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