what's up everybody it's Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the
problem but focus on the solution and I'm gonna do my best I'm going to do my
best to rock this thing back around to focusing on the solution okay you guys
this is a different video real different video you're gonna meet a very ranty
Chris a tough-love Chris and I'll try to remember to repeat this at the end but
don't worry about me I'm gonna do a video for one of my best friends on
earth Kay from the channel bipolar pug she just lost somebody to suicide
recently and I promised I would do a guest video which I'm gonna record that
will be a lot more tame that would be a lot more solution-based that will be a
lot more about how to deal with grief and loss loss but with my situation with
my platform I need to get this out okay this morning I'm sitting there drinking
my coffee replying to all of your comments like I usually do and I get a
message on Facebook I get a message on Facebook that I've known all too well
and it's that another person that I know just lost their life to suicide okay in
my world in my life what I've dealt with for the three and a half years that is
number 76 that is the 76 person who I have lost to mental illness okay whether
it be addiction whether it be suicide whether it be health issues based on
substance abuse whatever it is 76 people okay I don't know how many people you
know who have dealt with that and I'm not special a lot of this has come from
me working in a treatment center and knowing a lot of people okay this this
woman who I just found out who lost their life I had a lot of great
conversations with them there was somebody I thought was doing really well
I haven't talked to him in a while and I find out about this but I'm pissed I'm
pissed you guys like you wonder why I hustle so much you wonder what I'm doing
two three videos a day okay six and a half years ago I had a 10% chance of
living and I wanted to die my parents were begging me to quit doing what I was
doing with my substance abuse but I wanted to die
okay and I have turned my life around I live an amazing life you want to know
why comments and other youtubers talking about my channel doesn't bug me because
I've been in the darkest place that most people can't even imagine and what I've
turned my purpose into is helping other people I've started on this platform to
help out friends okay I used to have a bunch of friends message me ask me about
mental health advice and stuff like that like you know what I'm just gonna put on
YouTube you guys all keep asking me the same question but then I found a greater
purpose I was like I want to help more people I'm gonna help more people get
out of that pit of despair that I used to be in right so I started taking
YouTube a little bit more seriously and I worked hard at it I worked really hard
I was doing daily videos nobody was seeing the videos there were some people
sitting in the videos but nobody was seeing the videos okay and then I took a
look at YouTube and I see how messy it is I see how messy it is I see so so
much untreated mental health issues going on on YouTube and how many people
are just watching it just spectating it not understanding what it's doing to
their mind not understanding how it setting up for them for false
expectations of oh look you'll be a youtuber and you'll be happy or these
examples of extremely toxic relationships I'm like how could I turn
that negative into a positive and that's what my channel pivoted that's what my
channel pivoted and I started taking YouTube topics and relating it to
examples so recently I've had you know some youtubers start to notice my
content I'm getting bigger I have people who are stands of them coming to my
channel being pissed off of what I'm doing and I want to let you know right
now I don't give a fuck alright as long as there are youtubers with millions
upon millions upon millions of views every single month being a bad example
to people about what mental health should look like I'm gonna be right here
I'm gonna be right here in my apartment trying to take that and teach people
what not to do I'm gonna take that and teach people how to improve on their
life if they can relate to that situation so if people want me to quit
making videos in the style that I'm making
we need to start setting better examples we need to start setting better examples
of what mental health should look like okay because there are so many people on
this platform who are running around with tons of money and not taking their
mental health seriously okay so yeah some people are gonna get a little
butthurt along the way sorry if you don't want to be an example of what you
shouldn't be doing start being a better example alright now in no way shape or
form am I saying that this is a cause of mental health issues but you guys mental
health issues are insidious okay what I'm trying to teach you guys on my
channel is that mental health is different than a lack of mental illness
you don't need diagnoseable depression you don't need diagnosable anxiety you
don't need diagnosable PTSD okay like one of them one of you amazing
subscribers introduced me to a channel called philosophy tube and this man
shared his story about how he's attempted suicide multiple times but he
brought up a very great point using statistics that you don't need to be
insane to commit suicide and that's such an important point to make okay a lot of
people that we lose to suicide or people who have just been in a rut and and you
guys like I'm trying to teach you guys about perspective and all these other
things like if you're sitting there on YouTube watching toxic relationships I'm
thinking that it's healthy that's a problem if you're self-medicating with
substances that's a problem if you're taking advantage of other people for
your personal gain that's a problem and one of the reasons that's a problem is
because we all have morals and values and things like that and the more you
feel like a piece of crap human being the more likely you are to do something
stupid because you're gonna have not like yourself alright so yeah as long as
people on this platform or being a terrible example your boy Chris is gonna
be right fucking here to discuss it all right and I know I know I need to do a
better job I need to do a better job putting out good examples all right but
I don't know like one of the issues with YouTube is we all know one of the issues
with fuck it one of the issues with YouTube
is is that it promotes bad examples alright I have done videos are people
like jacksepticeye with this positive mental attitude movement that video has
less than a thousand views alright I've done videos about Anna Akana who's
a great example alright those videos are getting a little bit
more traction now that I'm growing but you know what gets the most views people
running around looking like hot messes refusing to get help even though they
know they need it alright and check it out like I'm not
mean I'm not malicious well I might be mean I don't know I get it this month
mindset but I truly hope the best for everybody I made a video about amberlynn
read where I talk about I don't think anybody's a lost cause you know and some
of my comments have said you know maybe I'm striking a nerve with people because
I'm not I'm not here to spill tea I'm here to talk truth you know what I mean
and as I get bigger if youtubers see that cool like I've had other youtubers
message me and thanked me for my content alright so yeah there's gonna be some
people along the way who get pissed off but it's not pointing out the bad
example there being four people but as long as you the viewer can relate to
what they're going through I'm gonna try to offer you solutions I'm gonna try to
offer you solutions so you don't get to a place where you think that suicide is
an answer alright so I'm gonna in this video by saying this like never lose
hope we're here for you like if you haven't yet join the Facebook group joy
the discord server I'm still in tough love mode like I love that you guys DM
me and I try to mess I try to get back to you but you guys you've gotta join
the Facebook group you've gotta join the discord server I'm
only one person I have only one fucking person we have thousands of people we
have thousands of rewired soldiers who are here for you on a daily basis from
all over the world 24/7 you hop in the facebook group you hop in the discord
server you talk about what you're going through and people will be right there
for you okay I know you have excuses like oh I don't like using Facebook I
don't like using discord make a fake all right your mental health is more
important than you being uncomfortable talking to strangers about what you're
going through okay whatever is going to save your life whatever is going to save
your mental state you need to do it all right now if you are at a point where
you're depressed and you know taking your life seems like an option please
check out the description down below okay I have put a list of suicide
hotline numbers from all around the world please give them a call if you
don't feel comfortable about calling text up don't feel comfortable about
calling ataxia you know you need to go talk to somebody all right but never
lose hope never lose hope yeah I talk about my past quite a bit on
this channel because if a scumbag like me who's six and a half years ago wanted
to die wanted to no longer be on this planet can live an amazing life today
and I'm nothing special you could do it too
all right so I will be doing a video over on case Hannah bipolar plug the
only link up in the info card and at the end screen it's gonna be the case
channel go subscribe to her I'm gonna do a video about how I deal with all this
fucking grief and loss but it's gonna be a little bit more upbeat and again don't
worry about me I'm gonna be recording a video with my
son later today it's gonna be fun and you know I've dealt with this so much
and I have to keep pushing forward because well what drives me is to help
all of you who are still here still struggling and still want to get well
alright so thanks so much for watching I'll see you soon