Wow! Thanks for all your feedback. I really appreciate what you guys have posted.

Melody_Bells: The privacy of Asian culture is definitely way old fashioned. To be fair, I don't go around advertising my mental health issues... I hardly even talk about it with anyone besides my treatment team and my parents (I censor myself when I talk to my siblings). So I can't take too much credit for being a pioneer in raising awareness... I'm basically just accepting that I have a problem and getting outside help for it.

tealbumblebee: yeah, that was my general feeling. I thought that it might relate back to the private nature of Asians... I feel like Asian people only want to talk about their accomplishments instead of reality. I definitely do feel isolated The majority of my friends are Asian American (I don't know why, I guess I just gravitate towards them?) but they don't have (or don't talk about) any significant struggles/problems.

unlockingsanity: thanks so much for referring me to that blog. I'm definitely going to book mark it! It's refreshing to know an Asian is blogging about her struggles w/ mental health.

blur: That's really good to hear. Half of me wants to speak out about it but I'm afraid of the stigma/don't want to be publically associated with the disease. My parents are super supportive and understanding but they still make up excuses to their friends about me (ie: where was I this summer? why aren't I graduating on time?)