Asians NEED To Talk More About This...

got a really serious topic for you guys uh suicide rates amongst Asian-American youth sees alarming rise over two decades this is a Boston University study shout out to Rebel yellow I got this uh article from there long story short from 1999 to 2021 the Asian-American male suicide rate rose up 72% from 1999 to 2021 the Asian-American female rate jumped up 125% now the Dem graphic splits for every single ethnicity in America also went up to be fair it wasn't only asian-americans but asian-americans had the lowest default number like Baseline so it means that their percentage increase obviously uh can be much larger right so here are some of the key findings guys basically that they were saying that um a lot of aapi Youth you know maybe they're theorizing due to the model minority stereotype the pressure to excel they don't really give any sort of ideation like warning signs before attempting they have like less warning signs but they also may feel less likely to seek help due to this pressure to be Su uh successful uplift the family bloodline etc etc and definitely one of my main things that I want to encourage everybody there is like you can still get help with your mental health and it does not mean that you've already failed on this path that I know a lot of us feel like our grandparents are counting on us our parents are counting on us to to be successful make this new brand this new whole new way for ourselves in America but we got to not we got to normalize getting help earlier in the journey because a lot of times when you get it way later it's different than getting it way earlier right because things snowball they're talking about the rise of social media I think that that's obviously something that is probably impacting everybody across ethnic ethnicities but differently right um a lot of Asians feel more bullied than for example like Asians generally obviously I'm not speaking on everybody's situation they're not they're not necessarily coming from as often from broken homes and bullying other kids as a result of needing to channel that anger but a lot of asian-americans they're the ones oftentimes getting actually bullied right um you know they talk about tailored Solutions sought out you know whether that's in the community because uh a lot of Asians have you know the hidden ideation also there's actually a lot of disparities between Asian subgroups Filipino Vietnamese and Korean youth have higher rates whereas Chinese and Indian youth have lower rates so real quick guys basically you know we've gotten through the article right here and one thing that I wanted to tell people is that I want to normalize talking about mental health and depression and ideation it's even hard for me to use this word because I just don't even want to get demonetized but basically uh there's a lot of different ways to sort of break down helplessness and I know I've been through therapy myself I've been through bouts of Depression years ago in and out has been a roller coaster ride and I finally feel like I'm at a point now where I could tell you guys about it uh through my own experience I'm not an expert everybody should go seek expert help but but even if you just need to talk to somebody I think talking to chat GPT is not wrong Chad GPT is never generally going to steer you in the wrong direction um it's a good way to get the ball rolling I think that the key thing here is to identify that there's different people in the same situation everybody needs help everybody needs therapy but it could be for a different situation like for example number one you could be a trauma Survivor somebody who suffered abuse assault or extreme loss and you feel trapped by the PTSD which is the post-traumatic stress syndrome so you know for example if you do that you're going to need the trauma therapy you know what I mean and there's like a variety of different types you're going to need long-term support because you've actually gone through something that's super harsh I have people in my own family that have been through super harsh things especially from the older generation you know there was a lot of wars in Asia and stuff like that and from two generations back but we don't have to get into that but basically I've seen that style that's not the style that I was subject to myself okay number two this is something I'm more familiar with situational hopelessness there's those are the people who feel feel stuck with the options that they can realistically manifest in their mind whether that's Financial ruin divorce career failure no way out this is probably something that is one of the more uh easy types of depression to tackle right uh because you can just expand your options you can get into new environments experience some mindset shifts and you know that's like something that I definitely feel like in terms of my material or the things that I want to put out forth into the world I want to be able to address people who fall in a Camp number two there's people camp number three chemical imbalance and hormonal issues some people are really suffering from Bad diet no sleep no sun low testosterone chronic inflammation messing with their brain chemistry you know this is like even something that like doctors talk a lot about you know obviously you see all this stuff right out right now about saas and cold plunges and um sun therapy and stuff like that all the huberman stuff you know and often times this chemical imbalance and hormonal issue this gets thrown on top of whatever else everybody's already going through and that's really bad right so that's almost like a physical thing this is involving like science right Point number four chronical mental illness you know people may have issues like bipolar BPD schizophrenia you know they cause reoccurring thoughts so you know this in this case it could be medication it could be therapy it could be Psychotherapy it could be just lifestyle stability you know what I mean you need to get out of the situations that you're in point number five you could be going through cultural and social pressure for example you could be rejected because of a certain identity that you have you have really high academic pressure really extreme loneliness you know the solutions to this are Community social belonging leaving toxic environments number six you could be an existential or nihilistic thinker so there's that I might be victim to this too guys you know there's people who are super deep thinkers and they kind of struggle to find the meaning in life and uh there's some very famous ones throughout history right and you know you have to build purpose you have to fight for a cause create personal meaning because I do think there's certain people maybe for whatever reason that makes them such a hyper big thinker they're like they're such a big thinker and they're like thinking about life like what's the point of even doing this what are we all in this like theater play for right Point number seven impulsive and destructive types for example you could be engaging or one could be engaging in a lot of hardcore drugs Reckless Behavior thrill seeking or acting on an extreme version of their emotions at the moment right you have to get go through impulse control therapy Deo detox emotional regulation because obviously a lot of drugs they going to lead to a lot of hyper erratic behavior and that's going to lead to a lot of downside outcomes Point number eight euthanasia irrational you know situations where you may be in terminal illness for example chronic pain loss of autonomy obviously this is uh more of the Dr Koran type of debate and uh yeah obviously the there has to be a lot of ethical discussions that really surround every individual situation going through these and um basically what I wanted to do by pointing out these different eight layers today is I wanted to normalize just my understanding of this because I think every time that these studies come out we come out and we're like oh yo we need to make Asian-American therapy available on a more Reg level absolutely true we need to make talking about it within our community more normal but nobody's really breaking it down in this sense but I think when we break it down in this way it just more normalizes it because I think a lot more of us go through these things and have been through these situations not at every level like we said that that was just eight and I'm sure there's like eight more but um it kind of goes to show you that you could fall into one of these categories and you don't even know it and and just me even spelling out these eight categories it could help you sort of identify what you may be going through or somebody around you may be going through and it just more normalizes because it basically speak it just makes it less of a taboo topic and it makes it less of a mysterious Topic in the sense of that you can actually pull the veil from behind it and uh anyway back to the basics though that that we've stated in previous videos I will say this we got to normalize getting therapy I think start talking to chat GPT Plus in the voice mode is a great way it's $20 per month I think that that's a great way to point you in the right direction for most people because what I realize is a lot of people they're just not really comfortable stepping into getting professional Psychotherapy okay even for myself I used to cringe at telling anybody that I was thinking about getting Psychotherapy or that I got Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is is literally just talking to somebody who's been professionally trained and obviously understanding a wide variety of issues and it really did help me to get an Asian therapist um number two I think you just got to sleep right guys if we sleep right it's going to reset cortisol levels and it's going to boost serotonin serotonin is really a natural chemical mood stabilizer you know like we said sometimes it's physical too I mean guys I've been pushing you know sauna work breath work getting your androgens into check like please guys this is so crucial the reason why sometimes people feel so cranky is because they haven't gotten enough sleep and their cortisol levels are just surging all out of control and that's why people say you know that's why there is even that joke of like have a Snickers bar because the Snickers bar is supposed to like calm down some of the hunger angriness right uh I I I I like terms like hangry but it doesn't fully explain the physiology behind why the hunger is turning into anger right please guys we got to we got to not only consume sad music or sad movies or at least not overly depressing ones you guys know what is overly depressing movies and music and themes and memes and like listen I'm not saying everybody isn't entitled to indulge a little bit sometimes because that that does satisfy an itch but guys there's got to be a limitation to it and we also got to know you know we got to listen to more uplifting things uh brighter moods and things like that um we got to take care of even what we eat real Whole Foods I mean this kind of goes back to the thing like I said I think therapists and I've been through therapy Professional Therapy IV League therapists expensive ones they're great they do a great job of pointing you through you know what may or who may have failed you earlier in your childhood which leads you to certain emotions that sort of fester and snowball throughout your life I never would have been able to figure that out without my professional therapist however I will say that sometimes they're not necessarily uh qualified or maybe they don't feel comfortable or maybe I don't even know if they believe or not to mention all the other things that I just mentioned about you know sleep and everything else like that uh like we said I'm not saying you know the anti-depressants and everything else I'm not saying obviously there's medical science and research to back all that up but you got to take a look at your own situation and see what is fit for you and you know even if you are a friend watching this video video and you are completely fine you're super happy with your life legitimately and not just showing it if you have somebody else in your circle who's not this hopefully this video even UPS your IQ and even gives you at least a few more questions to ask like we said we're not all trying to be WebMD and diagnose people I get it people have degrees for a reason um and I just think the reason why it's so important to make this video and I wanted to be so Lucid with you guys hopefully you can feel the real emotion in my voice is because this is as a Asian our lack of mental health awareness and often times our lack of even having anybody around us in our circles that's going to be helpful to speak to about mental health is our version of poverty like a lot of asian-americans statistically they do have their parents you know what I mean we have a community we know where we came from we know what part of the world we're from and what ancient civilizations we came from but I would say that mental health is absolutely an Asian-American poverty blind spot and it's different for every Community I think a lot of as you know communities they struggle with mental health but in different ways and I just think that a lot of Asians they don't have somebody useful to speak to within their Inner Circle where they can just move the conversation in a real Direction I'm not saying you don't have somebody that you talk to but other people might be oh man I hope you feel better like it's going to be all right I don't know if it's going to be all right for somebody who's actually been through some multigenerational trauma or actually some sort of actual physical trauma is really going to be the right answer to be honest you know what I mean they're going to actually going to need to work through things like real PT real Physical Therapy you know what I mean but it's Physical Therapy of the heart and of the mind and not just of your hamstring muscle and things like that and uh listen guys we can either address the issues or not I know that mental health is a blind spot for Asian culture but now we're living in Western society and you could be across the world outside of the West physical West still living with Western Society right so these issues are going to present themselves and we like we said as a community we're either going to confront these issues or we're not and hopefully this video can just raise more awareness because uh and we're going to continue to raise more awareness because I I thought about it and there was a time like I said that I wasn't even feel I didn't even feel comfortable talking about myself going through psycho therapy and getting therapists or psychologists and things like that prior so um let me know what you guys think of this study in the comments section below and let me know what you guys think are techniques that would work within the Asian-American Community or are just in general you know what I mean like I think it is applicable to every single Community but it is true that of course every community in terms of what's driving it or in terms of The Messengers that people relate to or the tonality or the messaging style that people relate to is going to vary let me know what you guys think in the comments section below till next time I'm out peace