How do you cope with having emotions when you live in a culture that believes they should be hidden ?

Write down how you feel on paper or even your phone. This can help understanding your emotions better and makes you reflect on them. Talk to people you can trust and tell them how you are feeling. Sometimes talking to someone feels nice and makes you understand you are not alone. Take some time for yourself to let it all out. Keeping your emotions bottled I can be harmful sometimes. It's good to let it our once in a while. Focus on. Your hobbies and keep yourself busy but don't work too herd. Try to talk to your family about how this is affecting you.

I cope by talking to friends and engaging in self care. I am lucky to be surrounded by supportive friends and family, but I love spending time on my own, exercising, cooking and baking, and watching my favorite shows. I can assess my needs at the moment and based off of that I can better understand what I need. From there, I either ask the help of my friends and family, which can be hard sometimes because I don't want to burden them, but then I think if roles were reversed I would be more than happy to help them as well.