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When suicidal ideation feels culturally unspeakable

I have been having suicidal thoughts but in my culture suicide brings eternal shame to your family and I cannot tell anyone

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Life-threatening internal states are being silenced by inherited shame codes that prevent life-saving intervention.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mental health across cultures — stigma and access?”

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