Hello guys, welcome back to my channel. Thank you so much for tuning in today. This video wasn't planned, it's an impromptu thing. Sadly I woke up today to see in news that a young man who is pursuing his PhD has committed suicide. He has committed suicide as a result from reports from family and friends says that he did complain of depression and inability to sleep for some time now due to the fact that his publications are not going to plan, he's been rejected multiple times and also his graduation thesis is also not forthcoming and so he found himself in a depressive state only for them to find out a few weeks later that he has committed suicide in his university where he is dead. This comes as a shock but then it's also sadly not so shocking to me because on discussing with so many discussions I've had in many post-graduates students you find that many people find themselves in a space that is not healthy at all in terms of their mental health. And finally enough I actually did film a video about post-grad to eat depression but I didn't delve into that side of post-graded depression because I myself am new to it and I'm still experiencing it. I spoke more on what you experienced on the other side as in other parts of it and it was actually supposed to go up yesterday but I was able to finish with the editing and so the video did not go up. Only to wake up and see this news, I'm so sad about it. It's devastating because he's a person like me pursuing studies abroad, post-graded studies abroad, it could be me, it could be anyone else pursuing post-graded studies abroad. And it's quite interesting to know that it was just yesterday that I was having a conversation with my colleague about this actually and we're talking about post-graduates and how it's stressful and experiences we're going through the good, the bad which is mostly bad our experiences with professors and all of that and to wake up to see this news just goes to confirm that this is getting out of hand. There are so many post-graded students around the globe who have reported or are reporting. You sort of can't report it because you expect it to be at the top of your game irrespective of what advice going on with you. Just recently I did read a tweet or I think from Lane D&I joined and I saw a post by one of the post-graduates I followed who is studying and he was recounting stories of colleagues and friends who I'm to post-graded education and some of them had to drop out because it wasn't good for their mental health. Some of them have to struggle to even get acceptance of their professors in moving their families over to where they are. Some of them do not have a very core their relationship with their professors. Most of the time these professors or these research groups that we do join they do care about us. Of course I do understand the professional environment and of course it's your job as a research assistant or whatever position that you're holding in that post-graduates body to do your job. You know get your research done get your publications going and all of that but sometimes I feel like the human side of us is being neglected. We are first humans before we are researchers. We are first humans before we are doctors. We are first humans before we are anything you want to fill in the space with and show to find out that they are an array of students or the number of people complaining about bad relationships with their colleagues during their post-graduates education bad relationships with their professors. Some of them don't even care to find out how they do. So they don't even care to find out how their families are. It's basically oh how far are you with your research having published yet? What are you doing next? You know there is we are not asking you know asking that you ask us every day or nanana we understand that we need to maintain that professional relationship but at the core of it I believe that we are all humans and so it is imperative for us to look out for the well-being of the people under our care especially our students in this scenario. And so I just wanted to put this video out just to talk about this. I've actually already filmed the video that one is going to come out soon but this was just it I think it's that message or is that post that pushed me off the cliff that made me see that it's high time we start talking about this it's high time we start talking about this it's not talking to most post-graduates I know most of my colleagues doing masters PhD master PhD combined the stress that they do undergo and trust me being in the research field is not an easy thing to even get a paper published it is no small feat people study for years I mean for any meaningful research to come out it takes about what a minimum of five years to get something substantial which can be published and most of the time our programs run for it three years maybe five years six years or less and you're supposed to publish in the situation where we have COVID nowadays most of us even lost sign because of COVID but then you're too expected to publish and then the golden medal put on it is your graduation and so if you're not able to accomplish these tasks within the given time you're not able to graduate that means you're losing your degree you wasted your time you wasted your resources your money it's just it's just a lot it's just a lot and I know that the many of you probably can relate to this if I don't know if you found yourself in such a place first of what I want is to be aware that post-graduate depression is real it is very existing it is happening all over people I talk to this is even beyond the medical field in and out of the medical field all those pursuing your post-graduate talk to them and they are dire challenges that they are facing in the academics not because they don't have the ability to or they can't but because they don't have a supportive environment to facilitate whatever they're trying to accomplish and this is very important for us to take note of next is for us to know how to deal with it to be on the watch out for it's to identify the signs and the symptoms check up on your post-graduates friends and family check up on your people you know who are studying PG somewhere abroad or even back in their home countries check on them every now and then it is not an easy feat let's try to identify the signs and symptoms the guy in the set story before then did tell his family and beloved ones that he was depressed and that he even couldn't sleep at night sadly there was no remedy and he's gone and so today I'm not going to talk much there is anything I just want as to first of all number one know that it exists number two protective mental health number three if the space is not working for you the environment is not supportive I believe you should choose your mental health you should choose your life over achieving that degree it's very important and also for those who are yet to get into post-graduates programs be sure to pay attention to the environment that you're signing up for of course it's good to get into the big schools it's good to get the the top professor in your research field but above all it is very important for you to be able to have a society a community a family that backs you up even in your pursuit of of your academics or your research work so please watch out for that as well watch out for an enabling environment so that the end of the day you'll be able to pursue your goals maintaining your health because that is very much important as well what is the point of any degree and your your mental health is as take I don't think it's worth it I don't think it's worth the price yeah so if you're undergoing this you can share below in the comments how you overcome it or ways that you specifically watch out for it and for those undergoing it it's going to get better that's what I say it's going to get better sometimes you just have to run it out and then think of the next month it's going to get better yeah I hope this video was helpful please and please check on your colleagues who are doing PG it's not easy and to those doing PG around the globe please prioritize your health it is very important if you have to I don't know do what you need to do that's essentially what I want to say today thank you very much for watching and have a good day please be sure to like subscribe comment below I want to I would like to know other people's experiences and maybe we could learn one or two from it if you've been able to find a way around the way to deal with it I'll also be glad if you can share down in the comments below it'll be very beneficial to the bunch that will come across this video thank you very much and have a good day bye