There's Still A Huge Stigma Against Therapy for Asian Americans. This Needs To Change.

"Studies have shown that Asian Americans are the least likely racial group in the U.S. to seek mental health services."

My friends used to tell me all the time, ”maybe you should talk to someone.” While I appreciated their concerns, I could never actually fathom the idea of going to therapy and sharing my deepest, darkest secrets with a complete stranger.  In my family, our unspoken family rule was that no one and nothing else were allowed in, and we weren’t allowed out. So much so that the thought of sharing such personal details of the most intimate and precious part of myself felt violating and wrong.  I thought I was doing what all Asians were supposed to do — bottle up your feelings and pretend like nothing’s wrong, avoid the problem and don’t rock the boat. I eventually hit my rock bottom and ended up seated on a couch in Santa Monica in front of the woman who was about to change my life forever.