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When Mental Health Patterns Hide Behind Family Language

Three generations of women in my family have struggled with depression but we all pretend it's just being tired or stressed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Euphemistic family language around mental health symptoms can prevent recognition and treatment across multiple generations.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Generational trauma — identifying and interrupting?”

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