Had a row with my mum about my mental a few days back.

It started off as her asking about how were my therapy sessions going, and then it eventually spun out of control

She thinks I'm using depression as an excuse to not fix my bad sleeping habits.

I've ascertained it's more of psychological than physical causes, since I really have no drive to wake up in the mornings

While I used to be a morning person like about years back

And what I'm working is to develop myself to be able to like mornings or feel alive in the day.

There's also her going you're just lazy and whenever you don't feel like doing something you just bring that up as an excuse

Her being anxious for me to get better has good intentions behind it but it doesn't help when she's also impatient

She's thinking why the hell do I take so long to get better like why am I not making leaps and bounds

Because she only speaks Chinese and I don't know how to translate mental health jargon its also hard to convince her too

Plus she also mentions a distant friend who had a serious case of anxiety and how she got better so fast that she's looking for a part time job now.

I'm just ignoring her because honestly she's being an insensitive, ignorant bitch who doesn't even bother to do proper research on the subject.

I'm very sorry you have to go through that..

please let me know if I can do anything. Even if it is just to listen.

lunenightingale

i just need to find someway to get the message across, maybe if its from a professional it'll be more convincing...

Do you think maybe it's cultural? I know I run into that problem sometimes at work with students when we talk to parents...