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I lied because even though depression is so common in Asian American communities, we rarely talked about it. The message I grew up with: your mental struggles are our own; it’s up to you to find the inner strength to “ren,” to endure.
The character for “ren” 忍 is the character for “knife” over the “heart.” Endure even when there’s a knife in your heart.
In my thirties I discovered talk therapy, tried to get my parents to go. Their response was basically: “That’s for white people.” “They hook you in,” my mother said. “You can never be cured.”
I wish mental illness didn’t come with stigmas. I wish I could have told my parents that my mind had broken just as easily as if I had to tell them my arm had broken.
”Smiling Selfies and Other Lies (via pbnpineapples)
- boy: so u got any fantasies??
- me: ok so im 28, financially stable, living in a nice apartment and i dont hate myself and i have a job and also a dog
Toranomon, Japan
Artist: おた
Plays: 14999
【おた】girlfriend「ピアノアレンジ」
Piano arranged and performed by おた (Ota)
Original by 古川本舗 (Fullkawa Honpo)
