Month: April 2020

Hello My name is Keng and I will be posting up posts for the next few months!

During this Pandemic, I have find more things about myself. Things that I never had the chance to sit back and really have a talk with my own conscious. Being in quarantine I found it to be a good and a bad thing, for most they look it as a negative way, but for others it’s also a way of helping them. As this pandemic still going on, In a time like this, it really shows the true colors of people out in the world. Many has been hurt, killed and hospitalized. Emotionally, physically and emotionally. Instead of helping each other in a time like this, we tend to hurt, blame and accused. To have furthermore situations like this, I think we should all educate ourselves and others who doesn’t know much and give them them the most knowledge and resources provided as much as possible.

Here is a website I checked and read about Covid- 19. Great tips here that may help you, so check them out!

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html

During quarantine I try to reach out and help others as much as I can. Once, I was sick for about 4 weeks and had a sore throat. I took every medicine I could think of, but nothing had really helped. I stayed calm and decided to wait of for a bit and just continue taking my meds. Even when I wasn’t in a good condition, I sometimes message my friends and family to see how they’re doing. I would do my best to avoid distance when I go outside to buy groceries. Being stuck here at school has been tough, but I’m glad I have upper class mans who is willing to help students like me get to places or if we need help with anything. They were like heroes. Heroes who doesn’t wear capes, but with a good heart.

Stay safe, be aware and make sure to wash your hands! Remember to reach out for help and check up on your love ones!

[ Part 1 ]

Story told by Nancy Thor. 

(A Hmong American womxn in the Twin Cities)

Growing up, not knowing what Mental Health was nor knowing how the way I feel means something. I tend to always listen to my parents and think that I’m just “overthinking” or that I am just “crazy.”

At one point in my life, during my depression around the age of 14, I was told that “a ghost has got into me” so I should seek, “shaman help.” When really, I was depressed because my parents got divorced during that time and I wasn’t able to accept that, yet. 

But then, did I mention that to my parents? No. I wasn’t able to. The 14 years old me, was so afraid of being misjudged or let my situation be spread around my families and relatives. So, as simple as it sounds, I end up shutting myself away and ignoring my feelings after that. 

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(2019)

“Project Tshav Ntuj is focused now on preventing suicide among youth, Xyooj said he wants to see them grow “deep and wide” in promoting mental health as a whole.” – Sanhan Journal

You can check out “Project Tshav Ntuj” on Facebook below on this link: https://m.facebook.com/ProjectTshavNtuj/ 

You can check out a story about Mental Health within Hmong youth on this link: https://www.mprnews.org/amp/story/2020/01/22/new-generation-pushes-hmong-mental-health-concerns-into-the-light

Hi, my name is Lucy.

For a short while, I’ll be posting some things onto this blog!

When news of the COVID-19 first become common knowledge to me, many people were saying that the symptoms were similar of the Flu: fever, sore throat, tiredness and that, “It’s not that serious”. This was mid-February. (Around the time I got sick too).

More information here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html

Then as little as a month that goes by, numbers grew all over the world and well, that “It’s not that serious” turned into, “Stay at home!” “Wash your hands!” “Social Distancing!” that people still don’t take too seriously, because numbers are still growing tremendously in America.

As soon as COVID-19 spread, another type of virus did too. This virus has been around much longer than COVID-19, and just like the current virus, it can be mild, severe, and a bit different for everyone and can affect anyone.

Main symptoms are: irrational fear, hatred, and aggression towards Asian Americans. Calling anyone of Asian decent, Chinese-even calling the virus itself, “the Chinese virus”.

What should you do when you are confronted with racial discrimination?