What can you do if your culture and family view showing emotion as weak?

Seek out resources, even online resources, where you can let your real self shine. Not everyone is going to be accepted by every culture, environment, or family. If you are not getting the support you need in your current environment, seek a new environment.

Seek support from resources which encourage you to express your emotions. Talk about your feelings with someone who does not judge you. Be gentle with yourself and engage in positive self care techniques daily to help cope with self esteem and emotional well being.

Holding in your emotions is unhealthy, and can cause issues later on in life, you should talk to someone about your feelings or even write a diary/journal.

That is a fail concept. Our emotions are part of us, and for a good health (mental and physical) we have to let them go out. Cry is not for weaks. Laught is not for stupids. Be yourself and show what you feel.

That can be difficult to deal with. Expressing emotions is a good way to let them go and move on , instead of bottling them up and waiting for it to explode. I think that if you feel expressing your emotions helps greatly, you should find ways to express them , other than confiding in your family who sees it as weak. You can always vent to listeners on 7cups or your close friends .

Remind yourself that having and showing emotions are what makes us human. Don't let anyone tell you how you should be feeling or be experiencing a situation. Try to notice as often as possible these emotions and keep reminding yourself that they are a part of you and are there to lead you through life. You will understand yourself much better if you follow them. I say the best thing is to just stick to being your true self, that way you'll be much happier.

You can still be emotional if you want to, but always know that there is a place and time to do so.

This is different depending on your issue. If you just feel like letting go of some emotions, you can do so to a person who don't share this view (such as someone on 7 cups). If you have a specific struggle you want to talk about, try doing so without being overly emotional. Or just try to normalise emotions and debating why it is not weak!

Emotions are necessary to make healthy social connections, promote and enable social interaction, emotions are natural and necessary for survival. Sometime the settings might make it difficult for us to display them, but as humans it's never bad to display them! You can still be your own self!