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I Was Taught that Therapy Was “Para Locos”—But the Pandemic Pushed Me to See It Differently

By Thatiana Diaz — 2021

Eso es para locos. Esta generación... siempre inventando. These are the words I’d hear anytime I mentioned therapy or mental health growing up. As with most things throughout my life, my Dominican family believed that we could figure everything out at home, as long as we had each other, that would always be enough.

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