Ep 108: 8 Years of Struggle, Healing, & Saying Goodbye to Korea

We've had a, I've had a therapist or a licensed therapist, but she was licensed in America come on the podcast.

And we did discuss how mental health is so different in Korea where it's more like medication is the first thing they're doing.

They don't really talk to their patients or try to figure out, oh, maybe I should talk to you for an hour and see what's, what I can diagnose you with.

But I've said this before, even my friends who've gone to like get mental health help, they just give you medicine and they're like, just take this.

You'll be fine.

After five minutes, you're done.

And it's like, that's, how do you know what's wrong with me in five minutes?

Exactly.

And this is same with the medical treatment per se as well.

So I do have problems.

Same like Nomi, my parents are doctors.

So we know how the doctor service should be like.

You know, we grew up in the environment seeing our parents fighting for somebody's life.

You're coming to doctor here.

He pretty much like, oh, I'm not like dermatologist.

I'm going to prescribe you drugs.

I'm like, but you didn't check what I asked you to check.

You didn't actually check my skin.

Why is it allergic or it's stress or it's like because of XYZ reasons.

You're just like, let me prescribe the allergic, like anti-allergic whatever cure for you to actually, you actually sort of feel okay for a couple of days.

And I'm like, but this drug will make me sleepy.

I will not even be able to cope with reality.

So what is the point of you being a doctor getting like, okay, after I walked out, I didn't even obtain those like drugs from him.

But I said to the front desk lady, like I clearly addressed you the problem.

problem.I said like, "I need the dermatologist."