My husband is depressed, and like many American men, doesn't want to hear about it or acknowledge it. Additionally, his family and cultural background is such that he doesn't want to believe depression is a real thing -- having anxiety or stress is acceptable, but "depression" is another "made-up" American disorder which too many Americans just take pills for and so on.
Problem for me is that he is getting crankier and constantly critical of me, and he isn't exactly a sweet rose to me to start with. I don't want to -- nor do I have means to -- leave him. but he's hard to live with. And I don't know how to approach this matter since it's unacceptable to him if I call it depression. He has plenty to be depressed about, so I see it as not surprising. but he needs help. He doesn't belong to a religious group nor does he go to a doctor regularly, since he's lost his job and our health insurance, so I can't turn to a pastor/priest nor a doctor. And when I've called his family in S.E. Asia, they say that any problem between us is between a husband and a wife, even when I've insisted that's not the problem -- I just want him to get help because he's being mean to me. Of course, the family had a very abusive father, so it's a little easy to see why that is their approach.
Any ideas for how to approach depression with a Southeast Asian, Punjabi male living in America and married to an American?
How can I help my Punjabi husband get help for depression?
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I'm pretty sure men in other countries do the same thing.
FYI, there are plenty of American men I know who I would consider very honorable.
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I'm pretty sure men in other countries do the same thing.
FYI, there are plenty of American men I know who I would consider very honorable.