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Shiva's entire family is in Iran while she is a student in Canada. Every morning she wakes up to check her phone to see if her family is still alive. The Iranian people are currently protesting the Islamic Republic, including members of Shiva's family. Over 18,000 people have so far been detained by the Islamic Republic since the start of the anti-regime protests in September, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). Of those, 506 had been killed (including 69 children and teenagers) as of Dec. 21, 2022. With already living with challenges like depression, anxiety, home sickness, pressures from school, work and living in a foreign country, Shiva must now live with the fact her family's lives are being threatened. However, Shiva has hope the regime will fall and Iran will be free again.

Topics in this episode include trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, ADHD

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