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When wellness communities promote harmful ideas about mental health

I started going to this meditation group for stress relief but they keep talking about manifestation and positive thinking in ways that make me feel bad about my depression.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spiritual seeking can lead to environments where pseudoscientific beliefs create shame around legitimate psychological struggles.

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