|E35| Doq talks (pt. 1): Dealing with Social Anxiety, Beating Cancer & Finding Creativity in Humour

2021-09-28

If you don't already know who Doq is, check out the bonus episode before this, where I spend 30mins with him talking about all the weird and wonderful so that we could ease him of his initial nerves. In this episode, we talk: Deal with anxiety of meeting new people. Accepting my insecurities in social settings. What does it mean to be ‘well read’? Appreciating video games as a form of art. Growing up in a household (and family culture) that lacked a focus on art & cre...

If you don't already know who Doq is, check out the bonus episode before this, where I spend 30mins with him talking about all the weird and wonderful so that we could ease him of his initial nerves.

In this episode, we talk:

Deal with anxiety of meeting new people.

Accepting my insecurities in social settings.

What does it mean to be ‘well read’?

Appreciating video games as a form of art.

Growing up in a household (and family culture) that lacked a focus on art & creativity.

Issue with Asian parenthood culture and the future careers of their children.

The limitations of the English language in poetry.

Dropping out of university in 3rd year.

Lack of mental health awareness and education in our parent’s generation.

Being driven to humour in an attempt at pleasing his devout Muslim dad and wanted to make him laugh.

Dealing with cancer - physically, mentally and socially - and realising his fortune in surviving, where others didn’t.