Pride Month Special: Why are queer youth more at risk for mental illness? | Health Wealth, Ep 47
Growing up with a sexual or gender identity that is different from the world around you is an experience that is hard to put into words.
From a very young age, many in the queer community face intense bullying, restrictions, confusion and rejection. The fear of being forced to attend barbaric pseudoscientific conversion therapies like electrotherapy or forced sex by one's own birth family is still very much a reality for many in India today. The result of such trauma is depression, suicidal tendencies, substance abuse tendencies, anxiety and insomnia. Studies estimate queer youth to be at…
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