I totally agree. If this animation is 100% true, then I think its hugely courageous. However, I gotta admit that the "chameleon" part makes me question motivations here. But it doesn't matter. "Motivations" are mostly my own hang up . Go get em, Dr. Mike. Looking forward to your bout. Keep it poppin.
He’s really good at diffusing high-stress situations like with the bus bullies, the guy with the gun, and with saving his friend from getting robbed by those two guys. Definitely a desirable skill in the medical field too.
We need you to bring your dad one day to your channel and tell his story. His struggles of coming to USA and his med school journey for the second time. His relationship with family and even Roxy ❤
Doctor Mike literally has the best personality. He definitely sounded like someone so cool to hang out with in high school... Thanks for all you do and your willingness to share your moments with us,.
I just started 10th grade and I'm feeling so down because I have no friends but you talking about how you were in high school and seeing you now is so inspiring thank you
Find others that you notice might not have any friends then make friends with them. Then you’d have a friend and that lonely person also would have a friend. That’s basically what my group of friends did we just found people who maybe didn’t fit in to any of the groups so we were just kinda the misfit group but we all stuck up for each other through high school
Look for things that you can relate to about others and start talking to them about those things. You may end up developing some friendships that way, or at least improve your interpersonal skills in the process. High school is difficult for everyone, but I hope that you will make some friends soon because it makes the entire experience more palatable. 💗
I like your dad. My dad was also strict with us about our grades and going out. Never, ever were we allowed to sleep over. But his ways helped raised three kids in a very tough neighborhood in the Bronx, kept us out any serious trouble and got all three of us through college.
Transparency, I like. Everyone’s high school experience is unique and you’ve shared yours. I was the quiet, study hard finish first type that stayed away from cliques. If there’s anything to be learned as a teen and young adult, it is to always be yourself. The popular crowd isn’t always the nicest, honest, or most virtuous or moral. And often times, you aren’t missing out on much by not being a part of the popular crowd. But that’s me, being an introvert, and being adverse to any sort of crowd thought or groupthink. Glad you found your way, and you still aren’t chasing behind the “popular kids”. Often times they don’t like people who aren’t truly one of them, and they hate the fake people who beg to be accepted by them, even though they like the praise and attention. Your desire to help people and reach out to them and be a real friend almost cost you, but your heart was in the right place. Now you help people on a much larger scale through TH-cam and as a doctor. So your good personality traits only became more of who you are, and the fame and money haven’t made you a narc. Excellent glow up doc.
I agreed with everything except "narc" But I'm 13 yrs out of high school had no clue people still thought that lol The only the I can say is h.s doesn't end because u can see all the different characters irl The suck ups, airheads, know it all's, oblivious, bullies, lol So I've learned to just accept people and navigate the different personalities or avoid
I'm 16 and I currently am in my last year of high school! Hearing him talk, reminds me that I'm also the nerdy, awkward and studious girl. I just relate with the moments he had in high school so much! I really appreciate the fact that Dr. Mike is so comfortable speaking about his high school embarrassing moments!! And, I adore that Dr. Mike crushes misinformation so well that I'm the first person to watch his videos!
yeah he is really honest but he is highly talkative too, i liked his that🤣🤣😂 because i barely see when medical professinals are such like chatter box......
I'm glad your best friend was so close you called him a brother. It's really hard moving to a new country and trying to find your way through it, so I'm glad you guys had eachother :)
The whole Sophie thing I kinda relate to. I had a girl I kinda liked in high school named savannah, but since she was my first crush, I didn’t really know that’s what was happening, so I literally didn’t believe it for a while. The classes I shared with her were my favorite, and I always enjoyed the class outings where she was part of it too (the class was this thing called life skills where they would go on little outings in the community to difernt worksites or other various places), but I never admitted or even considered that I kinda liked her. There was a few instances during one or two of the outings where I found a flower or heart-shaped stone on the ground, and I almost considered giving it to her, but didn’t have the courage to do it with the other classmates around, so I didn’t, and I later on in life, after she graduated, I kinda regretted those missed opportunities. But still, so I kinda liked Savannah throughout my junior and senior year of high school, and then one day, on onna the outings, we were in the class van, and she mentioned that she had a boyfriend named Alan, and then she never seemed to mention him again (that I remember). So at that point I kinda stopped pursuing her, but my crush on her didn’t entirely fade though for whatever reason. Then after she graduated and later in that year, in like late November or something, the class decided to do a “thanksgiving event”, where they convoyed the students from my main class to it as well, and then they took the class to Haggens to get stuff for it, and then at the end as we headed back to class, the teacher asked if I wanted her to invite Savannah to it as well. Ofc I said I did, so they did, and then when the event day came, (it was a half day)l I arrived late because I had had an appointment earlier that day, but when I got there, i went to my main class and waited for life skills class to start, and once it did, I went down there and I was already kinda excited. Once I got down there, the teacher said that Savannah would be here in about an hour, so I wait, and then while the clsss starts watching A Vharlie Brown Thabksvibing, into the classroom comes Savannah. I smile, I get really happy and excited, and I turn around and head over (along with the rest of the class) to greet her. We exchanged greetings and stuff, and then she decided to give out hugs to the class. And who did she hug first? Me. I mean, it probly didn’t mean anything, but it was kinda nice. She had a big puffy white coat on and everything, it was nice.
You were being a genuine good human being. It is sad that people think we have to win people over instead of learning and finding common interest to be friends. You obviously fought through the diversity and have saved lives and now try your best to educate us on youtube! You are appreciated! 💖
I think that parents don’t want to be the ones that let their kids sleep over with their boyfriend or girlfriend. Like everyone’s gotta know that’s not the determining factor, but allowing that may be seen as a parent fully allowing that to happen, which they don’t want to do
@@kiroto7429 Where I live yes. Ik a lot of ppl with parents like that. I live in Rhode island and even my best friends parents are like that. They really dc
@@GlorifiedGremlin definitely, but I didn’t miss the part where if you didn’t socialize properly you’re stuck with people who pick on you everyday and you can’t choose to leave
I did the same! On one hand it saved me from having to deal with the drama of immature highschoolers, but on the other hand I later did end up dealing with the drama of an immature 26-year-old who I probably would have known to avoid if I'd dealt with that sort of stuff in high school. 6 one, half a dozen another.
Do most people's parents let them sleep over at their bf/gf's house in high school? I feel like that's a cultural thing because my Black parents also absolutely wouldn't have allowed that either lol. My guy friends weren't even allowed in my bedroom with the door open let alone someone sleeping over! Your dad was not weird for that haha.
God bless for siblings because no matter what I can always say that my siblings were my best friends growing up. It was so sweet listening to you say "my brother/best friend."
Thank you for sharing some of your life's experience. I also remember trying to go in between a couple outraged boys in middle school who were about to fight each other. Guided them to go in seperate directions. I would try to do good in that sense to keep peace at times, when I potentially could have actually gotten hurt instead.
give it a few years and you'll forget most of them. I know there were times I thought were super embarrassing from school but going towards 20 years afterwards I am having trouble remembering more than like two.
Yikes I was so on edge nervous for highschool Mike at points! It's also crazy weird how much my husband was you in HS. Nerdy, wanting so badly to be cool and accepted, but heart of gold underneath.
Well yes, if someone doesn't get into trouble in teenage then what are you doing with your life. A certain amount of problems, risks must be faced by adolescents to discover their strengths & weaknesses which helps in later life. Also it gives us so many new experiences. I noticed throughout this journey you have a good presence of mind & equanimity. Keep it up ❤
I don't know, you can't be too awkward if you are able to fit with everyone and even talk your way out of situations like that. What a good dude though to use that to protect others, and even encourage people to stay in school.
I had a similar experience to what you had with your dad on the phone. I was at my boyfriend's house, my mom was out of town and my mom's partner at the time said I couldn't sleep over. I wasn't really rebellious either, so I knew I had to go home at some point. We ended up falling asleep and I woke up at like 2 am....oh no, gotta go home! Tried to go home, the power steering belt on my car blew (car was older than me). I pulled over on the side of the road, was helped by two older guys (rural farm Town, was dumb and naive to accept help from two strange men at 2 in the morning...thank God they were genuine!). Ended up having to call my moms partner to say that I tried to come home, car broke down, didn't want to cause worry. It was a lot of drama that could have been avoided if I was just allowed to stay over. Just sayin. 😆
I was a little confused when he was talking about how ubiquitous knives and guns were in his high school, then he reminded us he was in Staten Island and it all made sense
@@GlorifiedGremlin If you think weapons are seen with a stigma in the US you have been watching news channels and not actually talking to anyone. The overwhelming majority of Americans are still ignorant to the point where they don't see how weapon restrictions will help with school shootings.
@@brothersandsistersofvalhalla my dad grew up in Jersey and regularly took payments from gang members in his high school to keep weapons in his locker since theirs got checked often!
Your dad was super strict. But maybe that's also how you were able to learn how to be truly disciplined and studious. So despite him not allowing you things that should have been allowed, in the end everything turned out just fine. You're now a famous doctor :)
Mike, you have such a warm heart. And yes, as a Scorpio myself, my friends also tell me that I can be "chameleonic". So interesting to learn about your life! 😊
as an eastern european / middle eastern i totally get ur dad being like that ahahaha its amazing how different cultures and experiences are in growing up in different places of the "civilized world"
The fact that he was like “okay so I’ll sleep like three hours and then go to my home so my father would thought that I didn’t” 🤣 priceless! XD He was always very smart and brave, wow! 🥰✨
Your dad was on point. No sleepovers with the opposite sex was NORMAL PARENTING. Not good to let teens of the opposite sex have overnight anything. He shouldn't have yielded with the "can't sleep, but come home" part because in the south, bruh, you'd be toast for trying it. Parents down here don't play that.
I relate to a lot of this. I mean I was super uncool and definitely never dated in high school. I so badly wanted to be popular and desired and I tried to be a chameleon but it just never worked. Grew up poor around middle to upper class people but tried to pretend like I was rich. I was raised by my Mexican/indigenous side of the family but am also half Jewish and grew up around all white people. So much if this rang so true to me. But now I’m an emergency and critical care vet tech finishing my senior year of undergrad studying pharmaceutical chemistry with a minor in neuroscience and an emphasis in neurophysiology at one of the top schools in the states, getting ready to apply to graduate school. I’m finally starting to realize who I am because I spent so long trying to be like other people who are popular with tons of friends and boyfriends. I’m not popular nor do I have men chasing after me, but I save lives every day, study very complex subject matter, am amazing at what I do, and truly have made an impact on the world. I can go to bed every night knowing I made a difference in hundreds, if not thousands of peoples and their pets lives. Now onto grad school then PA school because of my passion for patient care. Glad to know I’m not alone in a lot of what he described.
I grew up in south Georgia, in the 80's. In Elementary school, boys were allowed to carry knives if the blade was 3" or shorter! Funny how things were so different back then!
I can totally relate to the rollerblade thing. When I was in middle school, I used to ride my bike on the street a girl I liked lived on and do all manner of stunts, hoping she'd see.
I found it so funny that when Dr. Mike was talking about when he hung up on this dad (8:37), you could hear the shake in his voice when he said, "I'm a man". My parents were the exact way growing up. My dad, who was also a doctor, was super, super strict about education because that came first in my family. My mom was the same way. It was the most important thing. My parents never let me sleepover at boys' house either growing up. My twin sister and I never minded this as not only did we have each other, but also, our best friend growing up lived literally lived right door to us, so we would hang out often. (We didn't have many friends growing up because my sister and I had to wear leg braces a lot of our lives because of health complications years prior, so we were bullied for that, and every person that was friends with us received the same treatment.) In our senior year in high school (keep in mind, my sister and I were 16 at the time because we skipped two grades prior), my sister and I had started hanging out with boys, and eventually, we started to have a couple guy friends. We wanted to all go to the mall together, and then afterward, we would go to our guy friend's house to study for an upcoming exam. My dad got furious. He wanted us to study before hanging out with friends which was a main rule established in our house, plus, he hated that it was a boy even more making it less convincing. My sister got really mad at this. I knew never to fight with my dad like my sister did, but she really didn't want to ruin our plans as we were going to some movie theater. Since we were in high school, all the people we knew were 18, and that is when everyone started getting tattoos and being independent from their parents. As Lynn and I weren't old enough to do that, we always felt like we never got to participate in high school fun especially since we almost NEVER went out because I was almost glued to my exam and language books. My parents, however, looked at us like 16-year-olds, not seniors in high school, so we didn't have that "independence" sort of say in our senior year because we weren't adults yet. For the first time in 16 years, my sister said, "F- you!" (However, the real way (I don't want to type the real way as younger audiences watch this channel.)) to my dad. I had never seen him so angry. My sister and I got grounded. Yes, you may be wondering why I got grounded, well, being a twin has amazing upsides I have always loved throughout my life, however, a downside is that when one twin gets in trouble, the other is following that same path. Later, I found my sister actually had a crush on him which is why she was so persistent to go to the mall. This video seemed so relatable, and I loved it! Keep up the great work, Dr. Mike!
I remember going to the wrong class for a week and mom confronting asking me why I was absent for a week and I was so confused lol. I did that twice once freshman year and senior year
I was the weird girl in school i sat alone worked at the cafeteria, skipped a lot of school just because i hated being there because i was picked on sometimes and had anger issues because of the things going on at home .. once i wasn't in school and i was working I use to put myself in debt or use all my savings every Christmas i would have 25+ even around 50 people on my list each year once you added adults and their children ... i was young i worked hard but then i realized what the hell am i doing ...looking back i feel like i was trying to buy love/affection/friendships that i didn't get from my family but i realized after doing this for so long i was like wtf am i doing i work like an animal 2-3 jobs just to buy gift for people and i had to learn to stop this habit .. gifts and money won't buy you love or real friendships ! The things we learn... i would have done things so differently looking back . We all have our growing up stories and having someone like Dr. Mike talk about his problems growing up makes you feel like your not alone most of us had problems.
I found the last bit funny but a bit too relatable, I used to be like that with my dad. I didn’t dare hang up on him, argue or anything like that until I grew a spine one day and shouted back.
Another awesome vid. Looking forward to seeing the next one! I’d also love to see a collab with you and @Izzy Kornblau about living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and how to ensure we get the best care. I live in the UK and had to battle until I was 38 to get taken seriously and was diagnosed with the hypermobile variant. Still struggle to get taken seriously by the older doctors within the NHS who think it’s just about being overly flexible, and ignoring the impact on the GI system, urogynaecological system, blood vessels, etc… I know Izzy lives with EDS and helps spread awareness and is also training as a genetic counsellor, so would love to hear how you both think things could be improved in general and help her raise awareness too 😊
Meanwhile my high school story is mainly trying to overcome my lack of confidence with girls. In the 1st year everything went smoothly (but more in a friendzone) and when I started actually getting some feelings, nope, corona. This feeling was eating me from inside as after I switched the class seats the next year we didn't have much contact, especially because of corona, then the next year, finally got to walk around with her, but I think I got the weirdo patch by not being fast enough with telling my affections, so it all fell apart to the point she didn't want to talk to me and I decided that the only thing it may save something would be to let out my feelings, and it turned out she was never interested in me as it wasn't her goal at all at any priority. Good I ended that or by postponing the moment of a talk it would eat me from inside, affect my grades and all of that. Now I try my best with other girl, but I have worries about that she may already have a boyfriend, but soon I may get the occasion to know everything.
High school... A tough time I graduated high school a couple months ago When I was in high school, you were my idol, I looked up to you. But now that I couldn't make it to med school, your videos just bring back bad thoughts.
Dr. Mike is like a breath of fresh air when he said his father is like super strict and particular because usually the Asian community especially Indian diaspora (from my experiences) were always going on really hard on their children to do well academically. I guess, every parent no matter where from worries for the better life of their offspring. 😊 PS - Never hang up on your parents' call. 😂
Thanks for sharing, Dr Mike! This video made my day & got me thinking of all the silly/wacky things I got myself into, back in the day, too! 🤯😲😅😂 Have a wonderful week!😊
Oh my goodness. 😂 I feel your pain Dr. Mike. I was never allowed to sleep over at my friend's houses that were girls because they had brothers and their fathers living in the house. I never snuck out of mine until I was 19.
i love this! your last draw my life was so good, and this was really good too! it’s amazing how much you have progressed. thank you so much for being comfortable with talking about very embarrassing topics such as this story! as a student in somewhere in Britain, it is SOO weird for me to see people not being in detention or being severely punished if you are not in class.
Doctor Mike, thank you for these awesome videos!! Because of you, I’m want to become a physical therapist! I never even considered going into the medical field before finding your channel.
Yeah…. I don’t think I’d let my daughter’s boyfriend sleep over either Dr. Mike. If said child moves out, then they’re grown enough to decide for themselves who they bring home. Having my daughter’s boyfriend over, would just give me anxiety. Not under my roof 😂
Lmao! Dr.Mike just opened my eyes I work some odd jobs too, and whenever I get the money (which is not enough at all) I try to give treats and gifts to other even though I know I'm poor just cuz I wanna look kind with be lovable. When actually I'm just trying to buy others affection..
I only did one kind of cool thing in highschool. The earth science room had just got burgled, so half of it was roped off, and everyone was squashed into the other half. I was standing behind one of the jock kids, and they spun around and to emphasize something in the conversation he was having, he threw this punch that hit me right in the jaw. I looked at that kid in a way that caused him to shrivel up like I 'd stuck a gun to their head or something. Then I just laughed at him because it was funny seeing his tough guy facade crumble like that. The story of me getting walloped and laughing it off spread like a Californian Forest Fire, and it gave me a "don't mess with him" reputation for the remaining 2½ years of high school. This girl I really liked saw it too, and it never got me in her pants, but she did talk to me sometimes after that.
I can relate with the part you said your dad didn’t allow you to sleepover at your girlfriend’s. My dad is old compared to my friends dad’s, I’m 25 and he is 74, so growing up he was super strict with me about school and when I started dating at age 16 everything start to go wrong between us, because till then our relationship was good. The thing is, I was never allowed to go to my boyfriend’s house and when he went to my house, we couldn’t be together if wasn’t the living room where my dad used to sit kinda behind us, watching us all the time, I could see his reflection on tv. And on New Year’s Eve, past 1 am he made my boyfriend go home even though my old brother was staying at our house with his family and we had space for him. He doesn’t know but I went to my boyfriend’s house every Wednesday and would meet him some other day at the club I used to go so we could hang out in peace. We broke up after 1 year dating lol
I had such a good laugh and cringed so much. 😂 I mostly cringed because it brought back so many memories of my dumb stubborn teen years. 😭 And, kudos Dr. Mike for staying true to yourself! Es la única manera.
I’m so glad you have a healthy view of yourself from back then, I have two polar opposite’s from my time in high school between my first two years and last two years and I’m not sure if I’d be around right now if it weren’t for the last two because the first two were so bad that I was beginning give up on life but thankfully my circumstances changed and as a result so did I in the process and I’m much better for it now!
Loved this video. What struck me the most is that you dint just let things drift away, instead you tackled them with some plan or strategy to bring about a change or to solve something. Also I like your dad's rule - stay late as long as you want but also keep crushing the school tests LOL
if you check his videos at the beginning of him starting his channel he used to be very serious knowledge-oriented type a guy, now he looks like he's having fun making those videos along with the knowledge , cute 😊 keep going and good luck 👏🏻
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Let’s just appreciate Doctor Mike for having the courage to openly speak about his embarrassing moments.
Ok dont read my name.....
I totally agree. If this animation is 100% true, then I think its hugely courageous. However, I gotta admit that the "chameleon" part makes me question motivations here. But it doesn't matter. "Motivations" are mostly my own hang up . Go get em, Dr. Mike. Looking forward to your bout. Keep it poppin.
@@TheBigBoy_1357 yes, Dr. Mike is swimming in pune....... but that's kinda why I hate him. *(Some guys get all the luck...)
I love how honest he is
you guys praise people for anything. hes making content and of course hes going to get a good response. Please stfu
He’s really good at diffusing high-stress situations like with the bus bullies, the guy with the gun, and with saving his friend from getting robbed by those two guys. Definitely a desirable skill in the medical field too.
That was his brother
Yeah I also don't panic in these situations cause I don't know why. I think it's inbuilt in me so I relate to him
Tell him to put that on his resume…
@@gentletop8910 do you want a cookie?
@@crazysnakes1237 👍
We need you to bring your dad one day to your channel and tell his story. His struggles of coming to USA and his med school journey for the second time. His relationship with family and even Roxy ❤
Yes we need to hear his side and also hear any extra embarrassing stories.
I believe his dad passed away.
@@beatrizs527 i think it was his mom that passed away
@@camel6848 Oh that’s right I remember the beautiful Mother’s Day tribute. You’re right!
Imagine his dad, Mike and Roxy all together telling stories! Gonna be so cool
The Fact He Blended In With His Literal Bullies And Protected Other Students is amazing.
Meanwhile Sophie realizes she made the worst mistake of her life 🤦♀️
yea, that's it💔😉😆
Lol
I don't feel bad for her at all
She is probably with a banker rn
she lost a good 1 fr fr
Doctor Mike literally has the best personality. He definitely sounded like someone so cool to hang out with in high school... Thanks for all you do and your willingness to share your moments with us,.
Whoa,. So you knew him in highschool? That's cool.
He probably wasn't
Honestly it’s kind of therapeutic to think about your embarrassing moments and cringe your way through. You realize they were just part of growing up
I just started 10th grade and I'm feeling so down because I have no friends but you talking about how you were in high school and seeing you now is so inspiring thank you
Find others that you notice might not have any friends then make friends with them. Then you’d have a friend and that lonely person also would have a friend. That’s basically what my group of friends did we just found people who maybe didn’t fit in to any of the groups so we were just kinda the misfit group but we all stuck up for each other through high school
Look for things that you can relate to about others and start talking to them about those things. You may end up developing some friendships that way, or at least improve your interpersonal skills in the process. High school is difficult for everyone, but I hope that you will make some friends soon because it makes the entire experience more palatable. 💗
@@byuftbl that is the same thing that happened to my friends and I. We didn’t fit into the other groups, so we all became close friends overtime.
I like your dad. My dad was also strict with us about our grades and going out. Never, ever were we allowed to sleep over. But his ways helped raised three kids in a very tough neighborhood in the Bronx, kept us out any serious trouble and got all three of us through college.
Yeah, tough parenting becomes necessary in tough environments. It's unfortunate, but it maximizes the probability of long-term success.
Transparency, I like. Everyone’s high school experience is unique and you’ve shared yours. I was the quiet, study hard finish first type that stayed away from cliques. If there’s anything to be learned as a teen and young adult, it is to always be yourself. The popular crowd isn’t always the nicest, honest, or most virtuous or moral. And often times, you aren’t missing out on much by not being a part of the popular crowd. But that’s me, being an introvert, and being adverse to any sort of crowd thought or groupthink. Glad you found your way, and you still aren’t chasing behind the “popular kids”. Often times they don’t like people who aren’t truly one of them, and they hate the fake people who beg to be accepted by them, even though they like the praise and attention.
Your desire to help people and reach out to them and be a real friend almost cost you, but your heart was in the right place. Now you help people on a much larger scale through TH-cam and as a doctor. So your good personality traits only became more of who you are, and the fame and money haven’t made you a narc. Excellent glow up doc.
I agreed with everything except "narc"
But I'm 13 yrs out of high school had no clue people still thought that lol
The only the I can say is h.s doesn't end because u can see all the different characters irl
The suck ups, airheads, know it all's, oblivious, bullies, lol
So I've learned to just accept people and navigate the different personalities or avoid
Hearing that, it’s no surprise he became such an excellent doctor. He’s always been empathetic, smart, and selfless.💚
I'm 16 and I currently am in my last year of high school! Hearing him talk, reminds me that I'm also the nerdy, awkward and studious girl.
I just relate with the moments he had in high school so much!
I really appreciate the fact that Dr. Mike is so comfortable speaking about his high school embarrassing moments!!
And, I adore that Dr. Mike crushes misinformation so well that I'm the first person to watch his videos!
I love how honest he is! Getting street cred on the bus to avoid bullying is so wholesome. Love the man you’ve become! 👏🏽
yeah he is really honest but he is highly talkative too, i liked his that🤣🤣😂 because i barely see when medical professinals are such like chatter box......
I didn’t realize you were a doctor Mike fan Khalilahd! I love all your book content.
I'm glad your best friend was so close you called him a brother. It's really hard moving to a new country and trying to find your way through it, so I'm glad you guys had eachother :)
Really loved this video. His ingenuity in how he tells his embarrassing stories in such a heartful manner is really impressive.
I love the “Draw My Life” style videos and I’m glad you did another! Thank you for sharing this type of stuff with us!
I want to know about Alex as every time Mike refers to him it’s as his best friend/brother. Seems significant.
The whole Sophie thing I kinda relate to. I had a girl I kinda liked in high school named savannah, but since she was my first crush, I didn’t really know that’s what was happening, so I literally didn’t believe it for a while. The classes I shared with her were my favorite, and I always enjoyed the class outings where she was part of it too (the class was this thing called life skills where they would go on little outings in the community to difernt worksites or other various places), but I never admitted or even considered that I kinda liked her. There was a few instances during one or two of the outings where I found a flower or heart-shaped stone on the ground, and I almost considered giving it to her, but didn’t have the courage to do it with the other classmates around, so I didn’t, and I later on in life, after she graduated, I kinda regretted those missed opportunities. But still, so I kinda liked Savannah throughout my junior and senior year of high school, and then one day, on onna the outings, we were in the class van, and she mentioned that she had a boyfriend named Alan, and then she never seemed to mention him again (that I remember). So at that point I kinda stopped pursuing her, but my crush on her didn’t entirely fade though for whatever reason. Then after she graduated and later in that year, in like late November or something, the class decided to do a “thanksgiving event”, where they convoyed the students from my main class to it as well, and then they took the class to Haggens to get stuff for it, and then at the end as we headed back to class, the teacher asked if I wanted her to invite Savannah to it as well. Ofc I said I did, so they did, and then when the event day came, (it was a half day)l I arrived late because I had had an appointment earlier that day, but when I got there, i went to my main class and waited for life skills class to start, and once it did, I went down there and I was already kinda excited. Once I got down there, the teacher said that Savannah would be here in about an hour, so I wait, and then while the clsss starts watching A Vharlie Brown Thabksvibing, into the classroom comes Savannah. I smile, I get really happy and excited, and I turn around and head over (along with the rest of the class) to greet her. We exchanged greetings and stuff, and then she decided to give out hugs to the class. And who did she hug first? Me. I mean, it probly didn’t mean anything, but it was kinda nice. She had a big puffy white coat on and everything, it was nice.
Aww man that's such a wholesome story, thanks for sharing😁
Good for you man.
You were being a genuine good human being. It is sad that people think we have to win people over instead of learning and finding common interest to be friends. You obviously fought through the diversity and have saved lives and now try your best to educate us on youtube! You are appreciated! 💖
I think most parents wont let their kid spend the night at their boyfriends or girlfriends house, probably mostly worried about teen pregnancy
Nah tbh I feel like most parents (except mine) don't even care anymore. They let their kids come home at whatever time they want and im lowkey jealous
@@ThiccZuccy no lol I don’t know a single person with parents like that.(thas just me tho)
I think that parents don’t want to be the ones that let their kids sleep over with their boyfriend or girlfriend. Like everyone’s gotta know that’s not the determining factor, but allowing that may be seen as a parent fully allowing that to happen, which they don’t want to do
@@ThiccZuccy this aint disney channel parents dont do that at all
@@kiroto7429 Where I live yes. Ik a lot of ppl with parents like that. I live in Rhode island and even my best friends parents are like that. They really dc
When you started being a doctor, have you ever thought of; “Being in highschool is way better than what I am currently in right now” ?
Ok dont read my name.....
High school was hell for me. Digging ditches would be better than the psychiatric abuse HS put me through
@@maenad1231 really sorry for you bro :( high school was lit for me personally but i can completely understand how it can be like hell for others
@@GlorifiedGremlin definitely, but I didn’t miss the part where if you didn’t socialize properly you’re stuck with people who pick on you everyday and you can’t choose to leave
The way I avoided a lot of embarrassing situations in high school was to be the quiet kid everyone knew but didn't talk to.
I did the same! On one hand it saved me from having to deal with the drama of immature highschoolers, but on the other hand I later did end up dealing with the drama of an immature 26-year-old who I probably would have known to avoid if I'd dealt with that sort of stuff in high school. 6 one, half a dozen another.
Yeah that’s how I am now and my parents hate it but I also just don’t really want to talk to anyone
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That's me! Not invisible but not popular either.
Do most people's parents let them sleep over at their bf/gf's house in high school? I feel like that's a cultural thing because my Black parents also absolutely wouldn't have allowed that either lol. My guy friends weren't even allowed in my bedroom with the door open let alone someone sleeping over! Your dad was not weird for that haha.
I don´t agree. Everyone I knew was allowed to, but not me.
@@leiciKeksfan yeah think it's just a protective thing not necessarily cultural considering SSSniperWolf wasn't allowed to go to other's houses either
It depends on the family. My mom and dad has always told me it's okay, and even gave me condoms O.o
@@d3l_nev you're US Citizen it cause wouldn't happen anywhere else but I'm ready to be surprised
@@kaiser9109 In most Europe country's it's the same, for example Germany
God bless for siblings because no matter what I can always say that my siblings were my best friends growing up. It was so sweet listening to you say "my brother/best friend."
Thank you for being so vulnerable, doctor Mike. Teenage years are tough on us all!
Thank you for sharing some of your life's experience.
I also remember trying to go in between a couple outraged boys in middle school who were about to fight each other. Guided them to go in seperate directions. I would try to do good in that sense to keep peace at times, when I potentially could have actually gotten hurt instead.
I just graduated highschool and there are tons of embarrassing moments I can’t even count them or even remember some of it.😂
Same 😂
Ok dont read my name.....
I can relate I just graduated as well and there’s a bunch of stuff my brain won’t ever let me forget
give it a few years and you'll forget most of them. I know there were times I thought were super embarrassing from school but going towards 20 years afterwards I am having trouble remembering more than like two.
Same. You never forget them 😭
I'm so proud to see Dr. Mike open up about high school, especially when they can be really bad. 🙂
Yikes I was so on edge nervous for highschool Mike at points! It's also crazy weird how much my husband was you in HS. Nerdy, wanting so badly to be cool and accepted, but heart of gold underneath.
Well yes, if someone doesn't get into trouble in teenage then what are you doing with your life. A certain amount of problems, risks must be faced by adolescents to discover their strengths & weaknesses which helps in later life. Also it gives us so many new experiences. I noticed throughout this journey you have a good presence of mind & equanimity. Keep it up ❤
I don't know, you can't be too awkward if you are able to fit with everyone and even talk your way out of situations like that. What a good dude though to use that to protect others, and even encourage people to stay in school.
I’m trying to process a very sudden and unexpected breakup, and this helped me feel so much better. Thank you! 😊
I saw many of my teenage students not liking themselves very much, but this amount of hatred towards one's younger self is remarkable.
I had a similar experience to what you had with your dad on the phone. I was at my boyfriend's house, my mom was out of town and my mom's partner at the time said I couldn't sleep over. I wasn't really rebellious either, so I knew I had to go home at some point. We ended up falling asleep and I woke up at like 2 am....oh no, gotta go home! Tried to go home, the power steering belt on my car blew (car was older than me). I pulled over on the side of the road, was helped by two older guys (rural farm Town, was dumb and naive to accept help from two strange men at 2 in the morning...thank God they were genuine!). Ended up having to call my moms partner to say that I tried to come home, car broke down, didn't want to cause worry. It was a lot of drama that could have been avoided if I was just allowed to stay over. Just sayin. 😆
Props to whoever put together "You're tearing me apart Sophie"
I appreciate how he didn’t cut out major details of his story.
Can we just appreciate the animations for a sec! They're amazing!
7:00 Guy: "Empty your pockets!"
Me, a girl: "Jokes on you I have none"
fr tho
I was a little confused when he was talking about how ubiquitous knives and guns were in his high school, then he reminded us he was in Staten Island and it all made sense
@@GlorifiedGremlin Aha. No. It's an American thing to have weapons in High School. Literally nowhere else has that problem nearly as much.
@@GlorifiedGremlin If you think weapons are seen with a stigma in the US you have been watching news channels and not actually talking to anyone. The overwhelming majority of Americans are still ignorant to the point where they don't see how weapon restrictions will help with school shootings.
@@brothersandsistersofvalhalla my dad grew up in Jersey and regularly took payments from gang members in his high school to keep weapons in his locker since theirs got checked often!
Yeah lmao Staten island is a warzone.
Your dad was super strict. But maybe that's also how you were able to learn how to be truly disciplined and studious. So despite him not allowing you things that should have been allowed, in the end everything turned out just fine. You're now a famous doctor :)
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LOL. I was thinking that wow, his parents weren't strict at all.
You were a very singular, good hearted and brave kid
Mike, you have such a warm heart. And yes, as a Scorpio myself, my friends also tell me that I can be "chameleonic". So interesting to learn about your life! 😊
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Thanks for communicating to us in a human level.
You are truly amazing.
as an eastern european / middle eastern i totally get ur dad being like that ahahaha its amazing how different cultures and experiences are in growing up in different places of the "civilized world"
I love these videos where you share your past with us (no matter how embarrassing 😂) Also, the animations are AMAZING!
The fact that he was like “okay so I’ll sleep like three hours and then go to my home so my father would thought that I didn’t” 🤣 priceless! XD
He was always very smart and brave, wow! 🥰✨
Let’s all appreciate how he has the courage to talk about his most embarrassing moments
Your dad was on point. No sleepovers with the opposite sex was NORMAL PARENTING. Not good to let teens of the opposite sex have overnight anything. He shouldn't have yielded with the "can't sleep, but come home" part because in the south, bruh, you'd be toast for trying it. Parents down here don't play that.
I relate to a lot of this. I mean I was super uncool and definitely never dated in high school. I so badly wanted to be popular and desired and I tried to be a chameleon but it just never worked. Grew up poor around middle to upper class people but tried to pretend like I was rich. I was raised by my Mexican/indigenous side of the family but am also half Jewish and grew up around all white people. So much if this rang so true to me. But now I’m an emergency and critical care vet tech finishing my senior year of undergrad studying pharmaceutical chemistry with a minor in neuroscience and an emphasis in neurophysiology at one of the top schools in the states, getting ready to apply to graduate school. I’m finally starting to realize who I am because I spent so long trying to be like other people who are popular with tons of friends and boyfriends. I’m not popular nor do I have men chasing after me, but I save lives every day, study very complex subject matter, am amazing at what I do, and truly have made an impact on the world. I can go to bed every night knowing I made a difference in hundreds, if not thousands of peoples and their pets lives. Now onto grad school then PA school because of my passion for patient care. Glad to know I’m not alone in a lot of what he described.
Dang. Dr Mike, you deserve every good thing that comes to you. Thank you for sharing so vulnerably
Doctor Mike, thank you for speaking up on these moments!! It must have been hard so we appreciate you so much :) 💕💕
I love how he was LITERALLY BEING HELD AT GUNPOINT and he was like "yo put that away lol" and the other dude was like "k"
I love how the animator references doctor mike’s spiky hair form when he was younger
I grew up in south Georgia, in the 80's. In Elementary school, boys were allowed to carry knives if the blade was 3" or shorter! Funny how things were so different back then!
8:30 That feeling of hanging up on your parent for the first time and truly claiming independence is so scary!
I can totally relate to the rollerblade thing. When I was in middle school, I used to ride my bike on the street a girl I liked lived on and do all manner of stunts, hoping she'd see.
I found it so funny that when Dr. Mike was talking about when he hung up on this dad (8:37), you could hear the shake in his voice when he said, "I'm a man". My parents were the exact way growing up. My dad, who was also a doctor, was super, super strict about education because that came first in my family. My mom was the same way. It was the most important thing. My parents never let me sleepover at boys' house either growing up. My twin sister and I never minded this as not only did we have each other, but also, our best friend growing up lived literally lived right door to us, so we would hang out often. (We didn't have many friends growing up because my sister and I had to wear leg braces a lot of our lives because of health complications years prior, so we were bullied for that, and every person that was friends with us received the same treatment.) In our senior year in high school (keep in mind, my sister and I were 16 at the time because we skipped two grades prior), my sister and I had started hanging out with boys, and eventually, we started to have a couple guy friends. We wanted to all go to the mall together, and then afterward, we would go to our guy friend's house to study for an upcoming exam. My dad got furious. He wanted us to study before hanging out with friends which was a main rule established in our house, plus, he hated that it was a boy even more making it less convincing. My sister got really mad at this. I knew never to fight with my dad like my sister did, but she really didn't want to ruin our plans as we were going to some movie theater. Since we were in high school, all the people we knew were 18, and that is when everyone started getting tattoos and being independent from their parents. As Lynn and I weren't old enough to do that, we always felt like we never got to participate in high school fun especially since we almost NEVER went out because I was almost glued to my exam and language books. My parents, however, looked at us like 16-year-olds, not seniors in high school, so we didn't have that "independence" sort of say in our senior year because we weren't adults yet. For the first time in 16 years, my sister said, "F- you!" (However, the real way (I don't want to type the real way as younger audiences watch this channel.)) to my dad. I had never seen him so angry. My sister and I got grounded. Yes, you may be wondering why I got grounded, well, being a twin has amazing upsides I have always loved throughout my life, however, a downside is that when one twin gets in trouble, the other is following that same path. Later, I found my sister actually had a crush on him which is why she was so persistent to go to the mall. This video seemed so relatable, and I loved it! Keep up the great work, Dr. Mike!
Mike's personality is everything. He's such a sweetheart 🥰
I remember going to the wrong class for a week and mom confronting asking me why I was absent for a week and I was so confused lol. I did that twice once freshman year and senior year
I was the weird girl in school i sat alone worked at the cafeteria, skipped a lot of school just because i hated being there because i was picked on sometimes and had anger issues because of the things going on at home .. once i wasn't in school and i was working I use to put myself in debt or use all my savings every Christmas i would have 25+ even around 50 people on my list each year once you added adults and their children ... i was young i worked hard but then i realized what the hell am i doing ...looking back i feel like i was trying to buy love/affection/friendships that i didn't get from my family but i realized after doing this for so long i was like wtf am i doing i work like an animal 2-3 jobs just to buy gift for people and i had to learn to stop this habit .. gifts and money won't buy you love or real friendships ! The things we learn... i would have done things so differently looking back .
We all have our growing up stories and having someone like Dr. Mike talk about his problems growing up makes you feel like your not alone most of us had problems.
We have always seen Dr.Mike love his dad so much that knowing that they dint talk to each other for a while seems unacceptable. 😅
Dr Mike is so sweet . Feels like such a 90’s kids story. The frankness and innosence is on point
I found the last bit funny but a bit too relatable, I used to be like that with my dad. I didn’t dare hang up on him, argue or anything like that until I grew a spine one day and shouted back.
Another awesome vid. Looking forward to seeing the next one! I’d also love to see a collab with you and @Izzy Kornblau about living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and how to ensure we get the best care. I live in the UK and had to battle until I was 38 to get taken seriously and was diagnosed with the hypermobile variant. Still struggle to get taken seriously by the older doctors within the NHS who think it’s just about being overly flexible, and ignoring the impact on the GI system, urogynaecological system, blood vessels, etc… I know Izzy lives with EDS and helps spread awareness and is also training as a genetic counsellor, so would love to hear how you both think things could be improved in general and help her raise awareness too 😊
Meanwhile my high school story is mainly trying to overcome my lack of confidence with girls. In the 1st year everything went smoothly (but more in a friendzone) and when I started actually getting some feelings, nope, corona. This feeling was eating me from inside as after I switched the class seats the next year we didn't have much contact, especially because of corona, then the next year, finally got to walk around with her, but I think I got the weirdo patch by not being fast enough with telling my affections, so it all fell apart to the point she didn't want to talk to me and I decided that the only thing it may save something would be to let out my feelings, and it turned out she was never interested in me as it wasn't her goal at all at any priority. Good I ended that or by postponing the moment of a talk it would eat me from inside, affect my grades and all of that.
Now I try my best with other girl, but I have worries about that she may already have a boyfriend, but soon I may get the occasion to know everything.
Hard to relive this, no doubt. Had his dad been kinder to him, Mike probably wouldn't have felt the need to buy people's friendship.
Doctor mike
“I was that kinda silly nerdy guy”
Carry’s on “Beep-whoop”
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High school... A tough time
I graduated high school a couple months ago
When I was in high school, you were my idol, I looked up to you. But now that I couldn't make it to med school, your videos just bring back bad thoughts.
Have you ever asked your Dad why that was a hill he was willing to die on? Would be super interesting to find out.
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Love the storytelling. Nice and straight to the point 💯
Dr. Mike is like a breath of fresh air when he said his father is like super strict and particular because usually the Asian community especially Indian diaspora (from my experiences) were always going on really hard on their children to do well academically. I guess, every parent no matter where from worries for the better life of their offspring. 😊
PS - Never hang up on your parents' call. 😂
Thanks for sharing, Dr Mike! This video made my day & got me thinking of all the silly/wacky things I got myself into, back in the day, too! 🤯😲😅😂
Have a wonderful week!😊
Hey Doctor Mike. Great video. In the next video could you potentially do a mail time segment. Love those so much. Ciao
Oh my goodness. 😂 I feel your pain Dr. Mike. I was never allowed to sleep over at my friend's houses that were girls because they had brothers and their fathers living in the house. I never snuck out of mine until I was 19.
Honestly though, I feel like teenagers not sleeping over at your girlfriend/boyfriend’s house isn’t that abnormal of a rule.
i love this! your last draw my life was so good, and this was really good too! it’s amazing how much you have progressed. thank you so much for being comfortable with talking about very embarrassing topics such as this story! as a student in somewhere in Britain, it is SOO weird for me to see people not being in detention or being severely punished if you are not in class.
Doctor Mike, thank you for these awesome videos!! Because of you, I’m want to become a physical therapist! I never even considered going into the medical field before finding your channel.
Yeah…. I don’t think I’d let my daughter’s boyfriend sleep over either Dr. Mike. If said child moves out, then they’re grown enough to decide for themselves who they bring home. Having my daughter’s boyfriend over, would just give me anxiety. Not under my roof 😂
Dr. Mike genuinely sounded like the most fun guy to hang out with in school.
was so tired & drained from school today but leave it to dr. mike to put a smile on my face 😩❤️❤️
Omg this is amazing. This is the story of someone who has benefited from lots of therapy and self-growth. 😄✨
I was not ready for that Room reference. I laughed so loud.
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What a nerd. 😄❤️😂
One of the best videos yet.
Middle school and High school are the most embarrassing years of a person's life tbh.
Lmao! Dr.Mike just opened my eyes I work some odd jobs too, and whenever I get the money (which is not enough at all) I try to give treats and gifts to other even though I know I'm poor just cuz I wanna look kind with be lovable. When actually I'm just trying to buy others affection..
What!?! You're gonna leave this on a cliff hanger!?!? 😲 haha Well played man! Can't wait for a possible continuation!
mike your hair is absolutely perfect again
Why am I so excited to see a video about embarrassing moments when I've already had enough to last me 2 lifetimes
fr though, im excited to see this
To this day, nobody knows my embarrassing stories and it hunts me everyday.
I only did one kind of cool thing in highschool. The earth science room had just got burgled, so half of it was roped off, and everyone was squashed into the other half. I was standing behind one of the jock kids, and they spun around and to emphasize something in the conversation he was having, he threw this punch that hit me right in the jaw. I looked at that kid in a way that caused him to shrivel up like I 'd stuck a gun to their head or something. Then I just laughed at him because it was funny seeing his tough guy facade crumble like that. The story of me getting walloped and laughing it off spread like a Californian Forest Fire, and it gave me a "don't mess with him" reputation for the remaining 2½ years of high school. This girl I really liked saw it too, and it never got me in her pants, but she did talk to me sometimes after that.
Your stories are awesome. And Sophie, you done screwed up on this one girl.
I can relate with the part you said your dad didn’t allow you to sleepover at your girlfriend’s. My dad is old compared to my friends dad’s, I’m 25 and he is 74, so growing up he was super strict with me about school and when I started dating at age 16 everything start to go wrong between us, because till then our relationship was good. The thing is, I was never allowed to go to my boyfriend’s house and when he went to my house, we couldn’t be together if wasn’t the living room where my dad used to sit kinda behind us, watching us all the time, I could see his reflection on tv. And on New Year’s Eve, past 1 am he made my boyfriend go home even though my old brother was staying at our house with his family and we had space for him. He doesn’t know but I went to my boyfriend’s house every Wednesday and would meet him some other day at the club I used to go so we could hang out in peace. We broke up after 1 year dating lol
In an ordinary African home, you can't even dare mention that you have a boyfriend 🤣🤣🤣
I had such a good laugh and cringed so much. 😂 I mostly cringed because it brought back so many memories of my dumb stubborn teen years. 😭 And, kudos Dr. Mike for staying true to yourself! Es la única manera.
I’m so glad you have a healthy view of yourself from back then, I have two polar opposite’s from my time in high school between my first two years and last two years and I’m not sure if I’d be around right now if it weren’t for the last two because the first two were so bad that I was beginning give up on life but thankfully my circumstances changed and as a result so did I in the process and I’m much better for it now!
Thank you for trusting us with your embarrassing moments! I have some that will NEVER see the light of day 🤪.
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Loved this video. What struck me the most is that you dint just let things drift away, instead you tackled them with some plan or strategy to bring about a change or to solve something. Also I like your dad's rule - stay late as long as you want but also keep crushing the school tests LOL
never thought dr mike would reveal his fursona as a chameleon in this one
Thanks for talking about this embarrassing moment
loved this video!! i'm genuinely so impressed by how you always manage to keep your content entertaining and fresh, keep up the good work :)
if you check his videos at the beginning of him starting his channel he used to be very serious knowledge-oriented type a guy, now he looks like he's having fun making those videos along with the knowledge , cute 😊 keep going and good luck 👏🏻