My wife comes from a culture where depression is seen as a spiritual imbalance that requires prayer and family support, while I've been raised to see it as a medical condition that needs therapy and possibly medication. We're both struggling right now but can't agree on how to help each other or ourselves.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are caught between fundamentally different cultural frameworks for understanding and addressing mental suffering, making mutual support nearly impossible.
“Where Are You with Depression — across cultures and traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.