<s>[INST] Hello doctor. Im emailing you about my concern for my mother. Im an MBBS graduate from Amritsar. My mother suffers from a couple of chronic diseases and a degenerative disorder. Shes 47 yrs old. Which means she young to have the cocktail of conditions shes suffering from. Although we have a loving and caring family, Im pretty sure that most of the problems come from her incontrollable need to absorb the stress flying in the air and to take everyones stress as hers. I have been trying to get to go to therapy for the past one year. How I could convince her to go for therapy. As you know the word therapy, psychologist and psychiatrist are looked down upon in our Punjabi society, or the indian society for that matter. I would like to know what you could do for her. What plan would be best for her. [/INST] Elemental illnesses and consulting a Psychiatrist is considered as stigma even in present times. This is the main reason that most of the patients of depression or anxiety disorder don't want to consult a psychiatrist instead they visit physician with somatic complaints. She is having chronic disease and degenerative disorder, both these are risk factors for depression. This is the reason that she is having habit of taking stress on her. Try to take her to a Psychiatrist for opinion or ask her to do relaxation exercises. Thanks </s>