https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/asian-american-mental-health I have noticed this isn't up for discussion in most Asian American homes, and as a result, people suffer greatly, quietly, until it's too late. The stigma needs to end.
Stigma
When You Come Out Of The Grips…
“When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to celebrate. Instead, the feeling of victory is replaced with anxiety that it will happen again, and with shame and vulnerability when you see how your illness affected your family, your work, everything left … Continue reading When You Come Out Of The Grips…
People Assume…
“Mental illness. People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin, like scars forming a map of all the ways you’re hurting. My heart is a prison of, Have you trieds. 'Have you tried exercising? Have you tried eating better? Have you tried not being sad, not being sick? Have you … Continue reading People Assume…
One Of The Things That Baffles Me…
“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in … Continue reading One Of The Things That Baffles Me…
People Assume…
"People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin, like scars forming a map of all the ways you’re hurting. My heart is a prison of 'Have you tried's? Have you tried exercising? Have you tried eating better? Have you tried not being sad, not being sick? Have you tried being … Continue reading People Assume…
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 