Draw My Life - My High School Journey 

Let’s just appreciate Doctor Mike for having the courage to openly speak about his embarrassing moments.

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 ❤

Meanwhile Sophie realizes she made the worst mistake of her life 🤦‍♀️

The Fact He Blended In With His Literal Bullies And Protected Other Students is amazing.

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

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 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.

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

I love how honest he is! Getting street cred on the bus to avoid bullying is so wholesome. Love the man you’ve become! 👏🏽

Hearing that, it’s no surprise he became such an excellent doctor. He’s always been empathetic, smart, and selfless.💚

7:00 Guy: "Empty your pockets!" Me, a girl: "Jokes on you I have none"

I just graduated highschool and there are tons of embarrassing moments I can’t even count them or even remember some of it.😂

I want to know about Alex as every time Mike refers to him it’s as his best friend/brother. Seems significant.

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.

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.

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” ?

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 :)

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 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 think most parents wont let their kid spend the night at their boyfriends or girlfriends house, probably mostly worried about teen pregnancy

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.

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 RU-vid 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 love these videos where you share your past with us (no matter how embarrassing 😂) Also, the animations are AMAZING!

I saw many of my teenage students not liking themselves very much, but this amount of hatred towards one's younger self is remarkable.

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.

Props to whoever put together "You're tearing me apart Sophie"

I appreciate how he didn’t cut out major details of his story.

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"

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 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

Really loved this video. His ingenuity in how he tells his embarrassing stories in such a heartful manner is really impressive.

Thank you for being so vulnerable, doctor Mike. Teenage years are tough on us all!

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!

Can we just appreciate the animations for a sec! They're amazing!

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'm so proud to see Dr. Mike open up about high school, especially when they can be really bad. 🙂

Thanks for communicating to us in a human level. You are truly amazing.

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! 💖

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! 😊

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 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.

I’m trying to process a very sudden and unexpected breakup, and this helped me feel so much better. Thank you! 😊

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. 😆

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."

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’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!

Doctor Mike, thank you for speaking up on these moments!! It must have been hard so we appreciate you so much :) 💕💕

You were a very singular, good hearted and brave kid

Dang. Dr Mike, you deserve every good thing that comes to you. Thank you for sharing so vulnerably

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 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

Love the storytelling. Nice and straight to the point 💯

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 :)

What a nerd. 😄❤️😂 One of the best videos yet.

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.

8:30 That feeling of hanging up on your parent for the first time and truly claiming independence is so scary!

Hi dr. Mike, thanks for sharing it was fun to hear your school experiences. I'm interested in your med school experiences! Would love a draw my life digging into your experience there! Thanks mike

Love the honesty and authenticity 💗

I love how the animator references doctor mike’s spiky hair form when he was younger

Doctor mike “I was that kinda silly nerdy guy” Carry’s on “Beep-whoop” 😂😂

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!😊

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! 🥰✨

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. 😂

Hey Doctor Mike. Great video. In the next video could you potentially do a mail time segment. Love those so much. Ciao

I just love these draw my life stories of you growing up.oh boy was I awkward back in high school and so quiet as well (still am to a degree) and definitely was more comfortable in the nerdy group too lol.this was fun to watch, thanks for sharing 🤗

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 😊

Thank you for Your courage to share these stories you are truly inspirational and hilarious 😂

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.

Mike's personality is everything. He's such a sweetheart 🥰

Hell yeah!! Dr. Mike video for high school after I’ve already graduated

Love these new animations!

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!

Thank you for sharing this openly to us

Hej doktor Mike dina videor gör alltid min dag! Tack för alla skratt!

Aww Doctor Mike. Now do a part 2. I really enjoyed this video. You are too good to be true. 🙂❤

Let’s all appreciate how he has the courage to talk about his most embarrassing moments

was so tired & drained from school today but leave it to dr. mike to put a smile on my face 😩❤️❤️

Middle school and High school are the most embarrassing years of a person's life tbh.

What!?! You're gonna leave this on a cliff hanger!?!? 😲 haha Well played man! Can't wait for a possible continuation!

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.

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.

Excellent job Doc!!!! 👏👏👏👏 Great life story and excellent animation

mike your hair is absolutely perfect again

Omg this is amazing. This is the story of someone who has benefited from lots of therapy and self-growth. 😄✨

Omg early, you are literally the coolest for sharing this with us ❤️💖

I am soo happy you made this man

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.

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.

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

Wow wow amazing video you are a amazing person coming out and talking about your hard situations in life so people could see that their is a end to every thing bad really amazing keep up❤❤

Honestly though, I feel like teenagers not sleeping over at your girlfriend/boyfriend’s house isn’t that abnormal of a rule.

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 was not ready for that Room reference. I laughed so loud.

Thanks for talking about this embarrassing moment

😭 This is so great as a person attending with these stories- It's so funny!!! *and the hair* ✋️💀

Your stories are awesome. And Sophie, you done screwed up on this one girl.

Love these stories Mike. It sounds like you were really 'on top: of things at such a young age, making a lot of situations your responsibility like on the school bus, making sure people went to class etc by reaching back into your brain, find what' personality' was needed and what the other people would respond to and change the outcome that way. It's an amazing skill, Mike, a skill not a lot of people have. I can imagine it does have its downsides too, being that good at playing so many roles. We got to see a little bit of how Mike became the Mike we all love today. 🦎

This was soo fun to watch, you must do more!!