Lately I’ve been feeling very lonely and anxious. I’m Indian and my parents have never really expressed their feelings while growing up so I guess I also learned from them to bottle up everything. But lately it’s been too much, I feel like I’m about to explode. Yesterday I was feeling extra sad and my brother picked up on it; he tried to cheer me up but I just got upset and started bawling. I guess that was the first time my mom had seen me (or probably anyone) have a mental break down.  I will never forget that look, it was almost like she was scared of me. Worst of all, she told my brother that “something is happening to her, let’s leave her alone.” Since then it seems like she’s scared to approach me, I guess she’s scared I’ll have another mental break down in front on her :(