11/10/2025
If you grew up in a South Asian family, you probably didn’t talk about emotions.
You learned to stay strong, not to feel.
No one said “I’m sorry.”
No one named sadness or fear.
And now, as adults, we crave closeness, but shut down the second things get hard.
That’s not a lack of love, it’s emotional survival.
Your nervous system learned that feelings weren’t safe, so it protected you the only way it knew how: by numbing, overthinking, or pretending you’re fine.
Healing doesn’t mean blaming your family.
It means re-learning what you were never shown: that emotions are safe, human, and sacred.
If this hits home, tell me in the comments-were emotions talked about in your family growing up?
