their emotions have names

Original link: https://sehseh.substack.com/p/8bd

good afternoon,

In the past two weeks, World Travel has released these good articles:

• “Mabao Psychologist” Zeng Xinyi: It’s good for mothers to let themselves cry sometimes

• Do you have to compromise if you take up the motherhood? They return to the workplace and find their self-worth at work

• Confession of a K-POP fan: Please face up to the “smiling melancholy” of the South Korean idol industry

• “Does My Pain Have a Name? “: They are good at pretending to be fine, and one day they exploded with a “bang”

• Before “forgiving”, try to “accept”: “What we are afraid of is always only ourselves”

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Herstory｜ Is it necessary to compromise after carrying the motherhood? They return to the workplace and find their self-worth at work

“After being a full-time mother for N years, is there still a chance to return to the workplace?” This is the question in the minds of many mothers.

Many talented professional women encounter difficulties in finding a job after giving birth. Whether it is the two-year career gap in childcare considered “useless experience” by the interviewer, or feeling unconfident and self-doubt during the process , these are the challenges of working mothers. This year’s Mother’s Day, Zouzou interviewed two women who had temporarily left work due to childcare and returned to the workplace. Let’s take a look at how they walked out of their own way between childcare and job hunting. ⋯⋯ read more

Quote of the Week

“The premise of our consideration must be that we are safe.”

After women become mothers, they often put the needs of their families before their own, suppressing their own needs and emotions. This kind of distress and pain caused by motherhood is often indescribable and difficult to recognize. It was not until the psychologist asked “Are you okay?” that I realized that I also needed to be cared for. Not only taking care of children, but “taking care of yourself” also needs to be practiced. Psychologist Zeng Xinyi, who is also a mother of twins, how does she look at the troubles of mothers from the perspective of parenting and counseling? Come and read the interview… read more

Topic point of view｜ A K-POP fan’s confession: Please face up to the “smiling melancholy” of the South Korean idol industry

In the middle of the night on April 19 this year, news of the death of Moon Bin, a member of the South Korean boy group ASTRO, came out. In total, he reported 30 suicides in his career, according to The Guardian .

The special author Cai Yuyan pointed out that entertainers are glamorous on the stage, but under the stage is a high-pressure and strict industrial structure, and the phenomenon of “smiling and melancholy” makes it easier for people to ignore the warning signs of physical and mental health. In this regard, the South Korean government has proposed reform measures… read more

Collection Box of Good Works｜ “Does My Pain Have a Name? “: They are good at pretending to be fine, and one day they exploded with a “bang”

Also in South Korean society where depression is widespread, Ha Mina, a female writer with experience in physical and mental disorders, is not satisfied with the pain of young women only labeled and explained by disease names such as “depression” and “manic depression”. She interviewed 31 20 and 30-year-old female depression patients hope to redefine their own pain in the patient’s language, and gather their stories into “Does My Pain Have a Name?” “This book.

“The way to explain suffering will vary according to the cultural and intellectual resources that a person has,” she said.

In 2020, South Korea has 515,000 women and 256,000 men receiving treatment for depression, and women patients are more than twice that of men; as a country with the highest suicide rate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), South Korea has as high as 60.7% of suicide attempts are women, which correlates with the country’s high gender inequality. In He Mina’s observation, what do women who suffer from physical and mental illnesses look like? What do they have in common? ⋯⋯ read more

• Further reading｜ Chronic femicide in the Suicide Republic: Why are young South Korean women more likely to be depressed?

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