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00:00No content creator's mental health is good, guys.
00:02Is it not?
00:03It's not good for anyone.
00:04When you grow up without friends,
00:06without validation from people around you
00:08and you get a lot of external validation
00:10suddenly you attach yourself to it.
00:12100%.
00:19Health, mental wellness
00:22and the balance between that.
00:23I've said everything.
00:26Sorry, what?
00:27I love how candid you are being right now.
00:29It's good, what else?
00:31No content creator's mental health is good, guys.
00:33Is it not?
00:34It's not good for anyone.
00:35I'm telling you.
00:36No matter how much you say,
00:37everyone's mental health is at stake.
00:40Okay, fine.
00:41So at least to balance,
00:42you must be doing something, right?
00:44What do you do?
00:45I lie that it's balanced.
00:48No, I've started therapy.
00:50I've started therapy and I'm hoping it'll help me.
00:53So, yeah.
00:54My therapist has basically told me
00:55you need a break, Ankush.
00:56You're going too fast in your life.
00:58Yes.
00:59You need a break.
01:00Yes, what?
01:01No, no, no.
01:03I'm not agreeing with the therapist.
01:05I'm agreeing with like
01:07sometimes
01:08a lot of something can
01:10also be bad.
01:11Yeah, because my brain works 24x7 about
01:13as a content creator,
01:14you don't have any boundary
01:15what's your work, what's your personal life.
01:17Even when you're hanging out with friends,
01:18you're thinking of making a mini-vlog.
01:19Nowadays, everyone's making mini-vlogs.
01:20Let's make a mini-vlog.
01:21Nowadays, everyone's making this.
01:22Let's make this now.
01:24So, I feel like that boundary
01:25plus you get so attached.
01:26When you grow up,
01:28without friends,
01:29without validation
01:30from people around you
01:31and you get a lot of
01:32external validation
01:33suddenly you attach yourself to it.
01:35100%.
01:36Because I'm so engrossed in my work.
01:37Because Rose's,
01:39what is it called, dopamine?
01:40What is it called?
01:41Serotonin?
01:42Yeah, serotonin, dopamine.
01:43Whatever it is,
01:44which makes you happy.
01:45Happy hormones.
01:46Yeah, happy hormones
01:47which you get from the internet.
01:48So, you get so addicted to it.
01:50Now, for example,
01:51I made a reel today.
01:53Now, it's not going so well.
01:54So, I'm constantly thinking
01:55that man,
01:56now I'll make this next reel.
01:57People will be impressed with this.
01:58So, I feel like
02:00it's a very toxic loop.
02:02Yeah, and it's always the
02:03next thing.
02:04The next thing, man.
02:05I mean, there was a time
02:06when I didn't think
02:07I would have 10,000 followers.
02:08The biggest thing in my life
02:09was that I should have
02:1010,000 followers.
02:11It would be fun.
02:12I never thought
02:13how 10,000 people
02:14would look in a room.
02:15So many people.
02:16And even 10,000 people
02:17is not less.
02:18I mean, 10,000 is a lot of people.
02:20But in terms of
02:21nowadays world
02:22in social media,
02:2310,000 followers means
02:24eh.
02:25Because people have bought it.
02:27Oh.
02:28No, you put this
02:29in the first 15 seconds.
02:30It will be a good controversy.
02:31No.
02:32Kidding.
02:33So,
02:34I mean,
02:35the thing is
02:36at one time,
02:37I used to think that
02:3810,000 followers will be
02:39the biggest thing.
02:40Now, I have about 2.2 million.
02:41Even now, I feel
02:42that man,
02:43he has 4 now.
02:44In all this time,
02:45he has 4 followers
02:46in my life.
02:47Yeah.
02:48So, I feel like
02:49you are constantly
02:50wanting more.
02:51Do you still compare yourself
02:52with like
02:53other content creators?
02:54No.
02:55Look, I have stopped
02:56all the creators.
02:57How many views
02:58do they have?
02:59Yes, man.
03:00I mean, I do.
03:01I mean, there is no way to
03:02there is no reason
03:03to lie about it.
03:04I do.