Comedy Star Opens Up About Being Taken from Her Parents | Atsuko Okatsuka
Mental illness carries severe stigma in their culture, leading to secrecy and lack of professional help until the family moved to the US.takeaway“I wish my grandpa was never killed. And my grandma had to raise three kids on her own. And then my mom got mental illness because she's the one that found her dad's body.”quoteThe conversation reveals how trauma, humor, and family duty shaped her life, leading to her success in the US while she continues to care for her mentally ill mother and aging grandmother.summary














