life as an asian psychologist 🇨🇳 

I can relate to wanting to be different from other asians. When I was younger I tended to stick to asian friend groups. Then getting older I noticed this and started avoided befriending other asians and began isolating myself. I'm also really selfconscious about speaking without any hint of an "asian" accent. This video really resonated with me...

Hi Ro, thanks for your honesty in this video. I am one of the "mature-aged" people studying psychology after calling time on my previous career. I also grew up in the Sutherland Shire and was one of a handful of non-white kids in my school. I also eventually recognised my own internal racism and am still coming to grow into a mixed-culture identity. Very courageous of you to make this video.

I love the unfiltered honesty that flows through everything you share on this channel.

I think this length of about 15 mins per video is a good idea 🎉

This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your story ❤

Thank you for sharing your experience! I’m half Chinese half white and over time I’ve realised just how many nuances there are. People like to group me into boxes but in reality, the history and story is so complex because I am the result of double immigration (my nai nai was Chinese but moved to Vietnam as a child and my ye ye was the product of a Vietnamese mother and Chinese father). They both moved to Australia when my dad was about 5. Then my dad married my mum who is white Australian. That’s so complicated and carries so much intergenerational trauma from the experiences of my dad and grandparents being refugees and immigrants. How am I supposed to even answer people when they ask, “what’s your background?” I’m starting to learn that I don’t have to fit into a box and really, I don’t think anyone does. I volunteer by meeting up with international students to help them practice English and most of them are Chinese. Even though we are from a similar ethnic background and I can pass as Chinese to some, the difference between us is vast. In psychology, we always speak about our parent’s influence on us. But I haven’t heard as much about how it goes to even further generations before that. It’s awesome that’s it’s being recognised more in indigenous health but I think this kind of thinking should also extend to refugees and immigrants. Particularly ones where collectivism is ingrained in the culture and where family structures are close-knit and imperative and trauma runs through generations because of it.

I am soooooo SOOOOOOO SOOOOO happy to come across you❤ I found my people🥺🥺💕💕✨✨

Hi, Ro, every time I watch your video I was like, is she Chinese, but she speaks such good English. That's just my curiosity. Thanks for sharing so much of your insight, I really can relate what you said and peole need courage to share their deep thoughts. Anyway, I am thinking to study psychology and I am encouraged by you and learning journey quite a lot.

I remember that scene in the movie Harold and Kumar go to White Castle 🍔🌽🍕 Where it was said Your a Twinkie Yellow on the outside White in the middle. ❤ Anyways treat all humanity as one family.🎉

I love your vulnerability. Am a black girl in my first year of my Masters of clinical psychology, and it's interesting thinking about how my culture influences how I show up and is perceived.

Hi Ro! Curious to know if being a psychologist affects how you interact in your own relationships? Do you find yourself being in therapist mode even after work?

Hi, thanks for addressing this issue. Many Chinese had mental health issues after the Pandemic. Could you please do one episode to talk about that? I have always wondered if you are Chinese or ABC. Did you say you are ABC? If you were born in China, could you please share tips on reducing accent? I am a psych student, and there are no Asians in my class :(

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your story reminded me of my experience of unconscious sexism. i was told by a guy that i was a "cool girl(particular way of expressing manly girl in japanese)" as a compliment. i think there's the stereotype of women being non assertive and submissive behind this particular words. i feel like over stereotyping is everywhere and i understand it makes it easier for people to understand the world but they do overlook important details of the world and people along the way...

you are my favorite girl psychologist...

Canto!

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