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| Barriers and risks | Coping strategies |
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| Tense relationships with biological family | “It took me a long time to get used to living with my father in the first place, and then suddenly COVID arrived, and I needed to be with him all day long and help him with all his medicine. It was hard to be on lockdown…” | A desire to be different from their biological families and become a role model | “The thing I want most is to show my brother that things can be different. I want to show him that I am succeeding in doing something in my life, that I have a life and a future. I don’t want to end up like my mother…” |
| Fears that triggered mental health issues | “I’ve always had to cope with food and self-image issues. I would tell myself: Just lose 2 kilos and it will be fine… and then, when the pandemic started, we were doing our studies on zoom, and I was scared. The story of food was taking me over again, and I lost a lot of weight” | Personal strengths and abilities | “I have high emotional intelligence and general intelligence that allows me to communicate and understand people well. I think I have passion and energies that are mine and that were always there inside me” |
| Difficulties in attaining independence and autonomy | “It’s hard to develop in Sderot [a city on Israel’s periphery]. It is hard to find a regular job even for a limited time…I’m looking to work, earn money, travel... I want to study, and I’m stuck because there aren’t any jobs and I can’t save money for my studies” | Leaning on formal and informal support figures | “I think that today my therapist is meaningful to me. I was missing someone to talk to about everything and to share with. I couldn’t do it with my father; he is sick, and he doesn’t have the patience…” |
| Loneliness and isolation | “I found myself alone, I broke up with my girlfriend, I had no money or support, nothing. I don’t have anybody who can show me what is right or wrong, who will listen to me. Believe me, if my parents would have accepted me, it would have been way easier” | | “My sister is very helpful. I adore her. We talk a lot, every day. She supports me” |
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