Atsuko Okatsuka
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Yes.
Just like being a kid going to, yeah.
Going through the American, you know, education system.
Did you ask questions of your family?
Like, were you like, when are we going back or, or did you?
Yeah, I did.
I did.
But also I was scared of my mom, you know, my mom, um, yeah.
When I would ask sad questions like that, she would get upset.
And also she would get... My grandma raised me, mostly.
So she was there.
But my grandma was also like, don't upset your mom.
We moved here.
So, like, sorry, we didn't tell you, you know, but I didn't really know why.
I was afraid to ask questions.
And so, yeah, I just kept going to school.
I later found out, you know, my mom...
My mom's mental illness got really intense towards the last years in Japan.
She was very depressed too.
She has no friends.