Stories written by Meera Varma
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How Being Indian Shapes My Conversations About Mental Health
Being raised by immigrant parents shaped the conversations around mental health that we had as a family. I’m an Asian-Indian woman and mental health is not talked about openly in my culture. Mental health, as a concept overall, is generally seen as taboo.