appreciate you sharing!! @Blackcloud definitely can relate to having my parents not understanding why i reached out for support too. 

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Seeking for help does not make you look 'weak', no matter what culture you're raised in. It's a sign that you're strong enough to wanting to improve and better your life emotionally and mentally.

 

Another one I wanna share is that you don't need to always follow in everything that your parent (or any other loved one) tells you to do, because what you choose to do and that you KNOW feels right for you, is your choice. And its best that you follow your own gut instead of always following on what someone else tells you otherwise that would or may make you to hold back onto it otherwise.

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LOVE this so much!! omg i read Growing Up Asian in Australia for school too. i think reading that was one of the first times i realised that other Asian cultures overlapped with my own, and it was really nice to hear stories where Asian people were the main character and not just the side one.