How Being Asian-American Affected My Understanding of Emotional/Mental Health

Jen Xu
7 min readAug 28, 2018

I do have to make several disclaimers, of course. 1: I’m mainly speaking from my personal experience, which is a female first-generation Chinese-American, raised in a pretty diverse area, at least in the city. I don’t really know how it might be different for males, for Southeast Asians, or people who are beyond first generation. 2: It’s a really grey area. There are some people who had a great environment for this growing up, and some who have not had such luck. 3: My parents were quite easygoing/understanding compared to…

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Jen Xu

Athletic trainer, PhD student, coffee lover. I write about fitness, mental health, being Asian-American, and personal growth.