Perhaps it's time for an update
So, here I am in the United States for another Summer, although it won't be as long as my usual Summer trips. Of course, a lot has happened before I came here, judging by my last post on March 1st:
1// I quit therapy after I came back from Hong Kong.
2// After quitting I felt worse, when I thought I was getting all better.
3// By the end of March, I was seeing a doctor to prescribe me some anti-depressants after I had thoughts of wanting to crash my car into another car; I wanted to head to the kitchen and grab a knife; social skills were suddenly going pear shaped and I was losing track of not only myself, but my friends and family.
4// I'm still on anti-depressants and I think I'm a lot better than I've ever been. It's been hard for my mum to cope with it - maybe it's hard for Chinese families to understand why this happens. Is depression more of a Western thing?
5// It took a while to get used to them but after a while I have coped and remembered things and smiled and laughed and socialised more. It's been scary, yet exciting.
6// My brother is off to Hong Kong next month to start a new job. It's been good to see him since he's been home and I just hope he copes ok out there.
I'm not sure what else has happened but I've pretty much summarised everything important.
1// I quit therapy after I came back from Hong Kong.
2// After quitting I felt worse, when I thought I was getting all better.
3// By the end of March, I was seeing a doctor to prescribe me some anti-depressants after I had thoughts of wanting to crash my car into another car; I wanted to head to the kitchen and grab a knife; social skills were suddenly going pear shaped and I was losing track of not only myself, but my friends and family.
4// I'm still on anti-depressants and I think I'm a lot better than I've ever been. It's been hard for my mum to cope with it - maybe it's hard for Chinese families to understand why this happens. Is depression more of a Western thing?
5// It took a while to get used to them but after a while I have coped and remembered things and smiled and laughed and socialised more. It's been scary, yet exciting.
6// My brother is off to Hong Kong next month to start a new job. It's been good to see him since he's been home and I just hope he copes ok out there.
I'm not sure what else has happened but I've pretty much summarised everything important.

2 Comments:
At 9:38 pm,
Anonymous said…
I think it is a Western thing. My mom has always felt that counseling/therapy and support groups invade the family's privacy and it's no one's business but our own.
And it sucks I didn't get to see you this time around in MI.
At 2:13 pm,
Jen said…
blog more....k thx.:-p
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