Talking about Mental Health in AAPI Communities

By Dr. Pata Suyemoto

I am an Asian American woman with lived-experience with chronic major depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  I have lived with mental illness since I was in junior high school, when I used to sit in the dark at my mother’s desk watching the snow fall and wondering how long it would take to die if I went outside in the frozen world.  I am lucky, in that I got treatment and have learned to live with my conditions. However, I have to navigate the world differently than those who do not have mental health issues. ​

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