Psilocybin and Asian identity work
If you’re part of the Asian diaspora, psilocybin can help you work through challenging cultural identity issues.
What does it mean to be Asian? And what does it mean to an Asian person living in a predominantly white and westernized society?
I am an ethnic Chinese Singaporean who lives in the United States. Singapore, the country of my birth, is a highly anglicized, post-colonial nation. It’s a young country that only gained its independence from Britain in 1965. The language of instruction in Singapore schools is English and kids from my generation (I’m a Gen Xer) grew up watching “The Wonder Years”, “21 Jump Street”, and MTV, and listening to Guns N’ Roses and Madonna. Many of us learnt Mandarin as a second language at school, but most of us knew very little about Chinese culture or the “middle kingdom” where our grandparents, great grandparents and ancestors came from.
In my teens and twenties, I lived in Australia and the United Kingdom and have spent many years of my adult life in America (first in Boston, then Portland, where I now live with my Caucasian, American husband). I have many Asian friends who, similar to me, find themselves straddling two or more cultures, constantly trying to find a balance honoring both Eastern and Western values and worldviews.
