How I Overcame my Cultural Identity Crisis

In this video, I break down the concept of culture and identity, my personal challenges growing up feeling like I was stuck between cultures, and how my realisations and the concept of intragroup marginalisation helped me acknowledge and overcome these thoughts.

Growing up in an international community in local Hong Kong, I struggled to identify with a culture my whole life. I perceived myself to be different from others because of my upbringing and ethnicity. But the reality is that cultural identity does not define your personality; it only makes it stronger. Accepting ambiguity helped me take my first steps towards acceptance, and to see my differences as a blessing. And nowadays with the world so interconnected, can you truly still be unicultural?

I hope that this video can provide comfort to others going through something similar, and hope that it resonates with some of you.

Table of Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Growing up in Hong Kong
2:22 - Feeling stuck between cultures
3:52 - Overcoming differences
4:03 - The concept of intragroup marginalisation
5:01 - The courage to be disliked
6:15 - My personal realisations
7:10 - What even is culture?
8:47 - Outro

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A bit about myself:
Hey guys! I'm Matt, a junior doctor 👨‍⚕️from Hong Kong working in London in the UK. I've had so many incredible experiences as a doctor and my journey to getting where I am today and so I decided to try put them somewhere: this channel is it! I mostly post about my life as doctor but I put out educational content about things that I think I have something worth sharing, such as about studying, medical school or productivity.

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