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When seeking mental health support feels like cultural abandonment

I feel like I am betraying my culture by going to therapy but also betraying myself by not getting help and I am stuck between these loyalties.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Help-seeking behavior conflicts with cultural norms around family privacy and self-reliance, creating double-bind around healing.

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