I feel like channels like yours and Faye and Rafi have helped in stopping the stigma around medical school. Like as someone who wants to go to medical school one day, I've been really scared about not having a normal life because of medicine, especially as someone who did a degree first. I'm excited to make studying medicine my own
Yess samee! This is something that my uncles and parents etc stigmatised as well. I got the idea from them that once I start medical school I won’t have any free time to pursue my other hobbies. Watching this video and other medical ytubers tho showed me that no, you can have a life outside of medicine!! Good luck to all of us starting medicine this september!
Thanks for this Lydie. As a 1st year med student, I've also been taking things easy like getting at least 6½hrs/day regardless, cooking new dishes& sharing them with friends(might start a lil' biz soon😁), watching movies unapologetically🙈, and spending time with God. It's been tough but rewarding.
Medicine is the first to preach about being a 'multifaceted' individual, but then creates a nasty stigma towards anything that deviates from the extreme academic lifestyle that top students have. I'm going to be a doctor, it's a job. It's not a personality trait or something that holds value over me as an individual, beyond a job and an interesting field. Agreed and well put!
This video puts it so perfectly. As a first year med student I have loved med school so far but it hasn’t been my top priority, I went to med school to become a doctor but also to make friends, improve myself and gain life experiences, I’ve joined societies, church and gone out with flatmates, is all about balancing. I get a more backlash from people on other courses than my medic friends, they think med students only ever study then see me going out to events and talking about work we have. Thank you for this video, I was feeling guilty that I had made it into med school and haven’t been studying all of the time with this opportunity!! Now I understand there is no reason to feel guilty! Love u girls xx
No reason at all to feel guilty!!! You can go to medical school and acquire more than just a degree so LOVE the fact that you won't be limiting yourself ❤️❤️❤️
I remember my family members telling me before i started med school that I had to drop everything and sacrifice everything for medicine. My mental health, my physical health, my health all round was destroyed. And if I failed exams, they told me it was because I was busy doing useless things. I was always the type that assimilates well when I read in the morning after waking up, for few hours. What I read, I understand immediately. People made me feel bad for not being able to stay up all night reading. They told me I shouldn’t eat, take my bath, I shouldn’t do anything, not even go to Church, and that’s where I come alive and feel the most peace. That all I should do was to read. 24/7. Well, as we all know, I listened. Even though I had doubts. I still let them think for me and direct my life. And guess what happened. It ended in tears. And still, they put all the blame on me that I should have tried harder. When I denied myself food to read, denied myself sleep, denied myself so many things. I always asked myself if I couldn’t have hobbies anymore. I always felt my hobbies were misplaced priorities as they always told me. Now I’m trying to get back on my own feet and start afresh, I’ve decided to not kill myself, destroy myself or sacrifice my peace and sanity for anything. I’ve decided to listen to my body. I know better what it wants and when it needs what it wants. I won’t let myself break down again. I’ve decided to be sane again.
Wow, medicine is not your identity that's good sis! It is an important component of your life but you can not find identity in it. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
This video articulates perfectly my mindset lately. This semester I decided to prioritize my peace and mental health over uni. I can say that it's one of the best decisions I made this year!
As someone who is hoping to go into Medicine in September, I love watching your videos - really gives a great insight into life as a medical student. There’s a lot of worries I have about potentially working in the NHS one day (the show ‘This is going to hurt’ was extremely eye opening). I’m going to go into it making sure I don’t tie my self worth to academics, and ensuring that it doesn’t consume my whole life. Thank you.
You are preaching today sister! I'm basically a fake CZcamsr (I talk to myself a lot and pretend I'm behind a camera) and everything you touched on, I say all the time! I love how you're destigmatizing medicine and touching bases on some really important topics. Such a meaningful discussion!!
Yea I totally agree with u with the “ideal med student picture of being in the library all day” and the “ideal doctors” but on the flip side we kind of already know the pitfalls of this unrealistic standard! Like doctors, at least in the US are twice as likely to commit suicide than the normal population! Like that’s insane considering how they obviously have to be decently smart to become a doctor, and then ur usually making much more money than the normal population and with all these bonuses they’re not even on par with the normal population for suicide rates. These standards are harmful! When u put all ur self worth into a job, cause a lot of stuff that happens in this job is completely not under ur control, like my mom is a psychiatrist and has had patients die on her watch and I’ve seen how horribly it affects her mental health and it’s quite sad.
really needed to hear this! i’m currently getting ready to apply to med school in the US and have been struggling with feeling like medicine has to always come first and that i’m losing parts of myself in this process. you made so many great points that i’ll definitely be carrying with me!! so glad i found you and Faye’s channels. i love seeing people being so true to themselves while pursing their dreams
So glad I saw this video. I’m a pre med in the US and trust me the competition is toughhhh! I’m just trying to be a doctor but here’s everyone having multiple publications and doing the absolute most and I’m like urm.
LOOOL 'urm' literally story of my life, you do you! the competition is really tough with med anywhere I feel, that's why it is so important to give yourself a break once you've crossed that finished line 🥲
@@LydieandHazal I mean I would soon go to med school around July or August and there is so much medical student don't do this, medical students reads a lot , medical student focus, they don't have time to play, the course is hard, you have to study 24/7.
Love love love this video! This is such an important video. I totally agree (and dont get me wrong I am guilty of this as well) Studying medicine is not a personality trait. It is just a profession! Thank you for sharing and just reminding and challenging me on this topic 🙌
Lmao, med school student’s CZcams channels always doing these “controversial” videos. Click-baity titles like this, implying some depth in their pretty cliche videos. Boring.
@@themarathoncontinues4211 and I got my comment off my chest? I think it’s a win-win? I don’t know why you’d assume because she posted a recycled cliche that it means I don’t want her to win?
If you enjoyed this video, let me know what other thought provoking topics you want to see me discuss next!
I feel like channels like yours and Faye and Rafi have helped in stopping the stigma around medical school. Like as someone who wants to go to medical school one day, I've been really scared about not having a normal life because of medicine, especially as someone who did a degree first. I'm excited to make studying medicine my own
By God’s grace you will start this September!!
Yasss ! I fell like that tooo . By Gods grace you will start and you will finish medical school !
Good luck with your application and AWHHH thats soo sweet
All the best as you begin this med school journey in September😊
Yess samee! This is something that my uncles and parents etc stigmatised as well. I got the idea from them that once I start medical school I won’t have any free time to pursue my other hobbies. Watching this video and other medical ytubers tho showed me that no, you can have a life outside of medicine!! Good luck to all of us starting medicine this september!
Thanks for this Lydie. As a 1st year med student, I've also been taking things easy like getting at least 6½hrs/day regardless, cooking new dishes& sharing them with friends(might start a lil' biz soon😁), watching movies unapologetically🙈, and spending time with God. It's been tough but rewarding.
LOVE THAT FOR YOU!! Literally medicine is such a long journey, might as well make it an enjoyable one ;)
Medicine is the first to preach about being a 'multifaceted' individual, but then creates a nasty stigma towards anything that deviates from the extreme academic lifestyle that top students have.
I'm going to be a doctor, it's a job. It's not a personality trait or something that holds value over me as an individual, beyond a job and an interesting field.
Agreed and well put!
PERIoDDD!! Its a job not our identity ‼️
This video puts it so perfectly. As a first year med student I have loved med school so far but it hasn’t been my top priority, I went to med school to become a doctor but also to make friends, improve myself and gain life experiences, I’ve joined societies, church and gone out with flatmates, is all about balancing. I get a more backlash from people on other courses than my medic friends, they think med students only ever study then see me going out to events and talking about work we have. Thank you for this video, I was feeling guilty that I had made it into med school and haven’t been studying all of the time with this opportunity!! Now I understand there is no reason to feel guilty! Love u girls xx
No reason at all to feel guilty!!! You can go to medical school and acquire more than just a degree so LOVE the fact that you won't be limiting yourself ❤️❤️❤️
I remember my family members telling me before i started med school that I had to drop everything and sacrifice everything for medicine. My mental health, my physical health, my health all round was destroyed. And if I failed exams, they told me it was because I was busy doing useless things.
I was always the type that assimilates well when I read in the morning after waking up, for few hours. What I read, I understand immediately.
People made me feel bad for not being able to stay up all night reading. They told me I shouldn’t eat, take my bath, I shouldn’t do anything, not even go to Church, and that’s where I come alive and feel the most peace. That all I should do was to read. 24/7.
Well, as we all know, I listened. Even though I had doubts. I still let them think for me and direct my life. And guess what happened. It ended in tears. And still, they put all the blame on me that I should have tried harder. When I denied myself food to read, denied myself sleep, denied myself so many things.
I always asked myself if I couldn’t have hobbies anymore. I always felt my hobbies were misplaced priorities as they always told me.
Now I’m trying to get back on my own feet and start afresh, I’ve decided to not kill myself, destroy myself or sacrifice my peace and sanity for anything. I’ve decided to listen to my body. I know better what it wants and when it needs what it wants. I won’t let myself break down again. I’ve decided to be sane again.
WOW 🥺 Wishing you the best of luck with venturing into a place of putting you, your happiness and your mental health first!!
Thanks for Sharing I wish you the best of luck. Take care of yourself - listen to yourself ♥️
Thank y’all for your kind words. I appreciate it a lot. ❤️ I’ll look at this often to remind myself. Thank you.
Wow, medicine is not your identity that's good sis! It is an important component of your life but you can not find identity in it. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
I totally agree! 🥰Thank youuu
This video articulates perfectly my mindset lately. This semester I decided to prioritize my peace and mental health over uni. I can say that it's one of the best decisions I made this year!
Ditto! 💙HAPPY FOR YOu
As someone who is hoping to go into Medicine in September, I love watching your videos - really gives a great insight into life as a medical student. There’s a lot of worries I have about potentially working in the NHS one day (the show ‘This is going to hurt’ was extremely eye opening). I’m going to go into it making sure I don’t tie my self worth to academics, and ensuring that it doesn’t consume my whole life. Thank you.
Makes me so happy to hear how I positively influenced your perspective! Good luck with it all💙
You are preaching today sister! I'm basically a fake CZcamsr (I talk to myself a lot and pretend I'm behind a camera) and everything you touched on, I say all the time! I love how you're destigmatizing medicine and touching bases on some really important topics. Such a meaningful discussion!!
Thank you so much!!! Appreciate it❤️ and definitely these things NEED to be addressed
Yea I totally agree with u with the “ideal med student picture of being in the library all day” and the “ideal doctors” but on the flip side we kind of already know the pitfalls of this unrealistic standard! Like doctors, at least in the US are twice as likely to commit suicide than the normal population! Like that’s insane considering how they obviously have to be decently smart to become a doctor, and then ur usually making much more money than the normal population and with all these bonuses they’re not even on par with the normal population for suicide rates.
These standards are harmful! When u put all ur self worth into a job, cause a lot of stuff that happens in this job is completely not under ur control, like my mom is a psychiatrist and has had patients die on her watch and I’ve seen how horribly it affects her mental health and it’s quite sad.
This is SO SO true! Like these standards are too harmful to be glamourised the way they are smh
So sorry to hear that🥺
I absolutely LOVE this video, I'm blown away with how well put together and how much this resonated with me. You've absolutely killed it Lydie ❤
AWHhH LIZ!!🥺❤️ tysmm baby
Fellow med student here! Thank you for sharing this beautiful video💕
Of course! So important to have these discussions 🤩
Finally , someone who is realistic with medical school ! I can’t come and kill myself
LOOOl do you get!!?
This video was really helpful
Will go a long way in changing my perspective starting medical school
really needed to hear this! i’m currently getting ready to apply to med school in the US and have been struggling with feeling like medicine has to always come first and that i’m losing parts of myself in this process. you made so many great points that i’ll definitely be carrying with me!! so glad i found you and Faye’s channels. i love seeing people being so true to themselves while pursing their dreams
that makes me SO HAPPY ❤️ Good luck with your medical application process!
So glad I saw this video. I’m a pre med in the US and trust me the competition is toughhhh! I’m just trying to be a doctor but here’s everyone having multiple publications and doing the absolute most and I’m like urm.
LOOOL 'urm' literally story of my life, you do you! the competition is really tough with med anywhere I feel, that's why it is so important to give yourself a break once you've crossed that finished line 🥲
Thank you for sharing this Lydie. I found it hard to separate my identity from my educational background, but now I am in a happy place ❤️
Love that for you Bobette!🥰
Also going to med school and I feel like there is a lot of pressure on medical students
Tell me about it!😅
@@LydieandHazal I mean I would soon go to med school around July or August and there is so much medical student don't do this, medical students reads a lot , medical student focus, they don't have time to play, the course is hard, you have to study 24/7.
going into my 3rd yr of med school & I completely agree with this!
110%
Preach! 3rd year med student in US
Yessss❣️
as a Mechanical Engineering major, I can still relate to this.
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You are going to be a wonderful physician! Balance is key and you live it!
Awhhh ☺️Thank you so much!!
This is so true! Definitely something I've also been thinking about as a medical student. Thank you for sharing x
You are so welcomeee🥰
Good for you for staying true to yourself! So refreshing. Thanks for that.
Always💙
This video is on point! Thank you 😊
THANK YOuU🥺❤️
Love love love this video! This is such an important video. I totally agree (and dont get me wrong I am guilty of this as well) Studying medicine is not a personality trait. It is just a profession! Thank you for sharing and just reminding and challenging me on this topic 🙌
Thank you!!! And honestly LOVE the way you worded it! It's a profression not a personality trait
I wanna do biomedical science 😭
Then do it💕
First time on your chanel, your room looks beautiful!
Thank you!! 😊
nice
Lmao, med school student’s CZcams channels always doing these “controversial” videos. Click-baity titles like this, implying some depth in their pretty cliche videos.
Boring.
You clicked though
@@themarathoncontinues4211 yes, to say this.
@@lucascaruso7275 still worked for her. Gave her view + comment, which is money
@@themarathoncontinues4211 and I got my comment off my chest? I think it’s a win-win? I don’t know why you’d assume because she posted a recycled cliche that it means I don’t want her to win?
LMFAOOO not the ‘you clicked tho’ 💀 its so embarrassing right?