Tag: depression

  • 6 Ways To Avoid Celebrating Your Birthday

    6 Ways To Avoid Celebrating Your Birthday

    Our birthday comes around once a year. It’s a day that marks another year we have lived, another year we have experienced. Some of us see it as day to celebrate. Some of us see it as a day to not celebrate, and last year I wrote about this in a post called 7 Reasons…

  • Why Mental Illness Is Stigmatised in Asian Cultures

    Why Mental Illness Is Stigmatised in Asian Cultures

    Metal illness is usually a taboo topic many Asian cultures. It’s an unspoken topic that is stigmatised, shunned and hushed among many of stereotypical Asian background. I was born in Australia to Chinese-Malaysian parents. No one in my family brought up the subject of mental health when I grew up. At some point in my…