Hi, everyone. I am an Asian American college student. I need advice for my friend who is also Asian. He is feeling extremely depressed and suicidal from pressure to succeed in school and in getting top jobs.
FYI, most Asian parents put a lot of pressure on their children to do well academically because they believe it is sure key to success. The problem is that some parents put more pressure than their children can handle, hence making the children feeling depressed and even suicidal.
My friend comes from family where a lot of his family members, cousins, relatives have graduated from top-notch schools like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton and work as a Wall Street stockbroker, MD, lawyer, etc.
He says he often feels left alone because he is nowhere close to them in terms of the status. He is only going to State Univ. and doesn't have great GPA. He says he feels extreme mental tortures everyday and life doesn't seem like a life anymore.
How can I help him?
2006-08-24
13:45:19
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