About Me

I am Just Another Person. I am Japanese. I was born and raised in Hong Kong. I went to high school in Thailand. I have never lived in Japan. My first language is Japanese. I did not know English until I was in middle school and I changed to a English speaking school. Now I know English more than Japanese.

I had an abusive father. He only hit me a few times in my life. I was terrified of him growing up. The most scary part about him was his short-temperedness and his attitude. I didn't realize he was an abusive father until recently. I realized a parent can be pretty abusive without physical violence. 

I thought I had a perfect family. I realized that that is not the case. My dad's temper problem has affected everyone in my family. My mom is pretty depressed and so is my younger brother. I found out recently that he is cutting himself. 

             *"Was My Dad an Abusive Father?"

I have a new family. I got married to a beautiful wife in January 2010. She had a really rough childhood. She is a very strong person. She writes on my blog sometimes as Just Another Person's Wife.

             *"Interracial Couple"

I suffer from depression and social anxiety disorder. I fight it through weekly therapy and marriage therapy, medication and a whole lot of trying on my end. I quit my full-time job as of July 2010. I am focusing on taking care of my mental health. My wife works as a salesperson to support us financially. I am a house husband. 

My depression has gotten significantly better after I quit my job. I lived depression-free for about three months then the severity of my brother's depression started to affect my life negatively. I relapsed into having depression again. I am fighting it everyday. 

               *"What do I tell myself when I find out that my brother is..."

I have a part-time job teaching high school students art class. I am an aspiring artist. I sell some stuff through galleries. I make little money as an artist. 

I started writing this blog after I quit my full-time job. It is a way for me to express my inner thoughts. Writing my emotion out helps with depression a lot. I discover new things about myself once in a while through writing this blog. I am grateful of my readers for leaving such a heart-warming comments. I write down things that I do to cope with my depression. They are in the "My Coping Skills" and "My Dos and Donts" section. I just want to share what I learnt to the world. Also I read those sections myself occasionally to remind myself what I have to do to stay on top of things. 

                 *"My Coping Skill (Have my wife push me off the bed)"

That's about it. Thanks for visiting my blog, and for the first-timers, please leave a comment if you read something on my blog. Just say that you read it. It means a lot to me. Thanks!

*(suggested readings)