Dear Life: Mental Health and wellbeing as an ALT

[wellnesswithdeb]

Excellent advise. Five stars.

[kikee332]

hey ur awesome ;D

[ThatGurlTara]

You are sooo inspiring..... How do you get around if you don't know Japanese? Like I'm learning it now, and I bought a dvd, and it's all in japanese and I still get lost trying to understand word from word? lol my hats off to you girl you are soooo inspiring....I would probably be stressed everyday as soon as I leave my apartment lol

[NagoyaGA]

I'm all about having my personal days!

Thanks for the helping hand, Alafia! You are definitely inspiring me during my stay here in Japan with your videos and kind words!

~A-chan

[JamConcerned]

I start to wonder if due to the appearance of a closed society we aren't let in to know how they deal with each other since they don't share with others outside of their society.

I guess suicide is an option if you can't act out, probably drinking, drugs. I have lived where I was the outsider and also where I was the majority. It was strange seeing someone so totally different, you wonder why they are there and as a child you look and stare. I have a lot of respect for you it can be very lonely

[sailorxxc]

o dear youn girl dont turn into an alki am glad your doing well

[blutres]

Your insight and intelligence is amazing! Stay strong sista!

[GrapplerJMo]

thank goodness jet has that hotline. the companies don't officially have a separate support system, but they are free to help you out in any way for emotional support. but yeah, i feel that by occupying yourself with something you can be passionate at, i think you'll be fine in japan. when i worked in tsuchiura, i had my jiujitsu friends there for me and one of the guys there spoke perfect english and they were always there for me

[fomiz]

great video!

[avernikas]

let me add; I don't expect the same from others, especially women. Women are beings with odd sensibilities, and this is fine, that's how a woman is made. But even if it was a man; my method is for me, i don't expect that method to work for others. Had I a wife or girlfriend, if she suffered from such, i'd do all within my power to lighten her mental chafing, after all; depression assaults us all. Though I'd do my best, as I do now, to cover my mental feelings. Anything less would be weak.

[avernikas]

the best way for me to deal is read the bible. That helps, I don't depend on people for anything even if I'm suffering three or four weeks of depression. i don't trust people that much, not even my family. As a man, I'm a firm believer in sink or swim; either you fight for stability or you fall into apotheosis. Though I feel crazy don't necessarily mean I should act crazy; I feel tired, yet i don't sleep behind the wheel, i feel hungry, yet I don't eat the soap while bathing.