 Bro, I appreciate searching for content in mental health that will reach a large amount of people, but maybe stay away from YouTube drama BS, i.e. TanaCon and this stuff. I know where you're coming from, but I feel you may lose credibility to new potential subscribers, just a thought. That is a very valid point in my comment section, so let's talk about it right now. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution, and welcome back to another video where this week we're diving into the topic of how to be a better person. And this is actually like a really, really important topic, and I'm glad that some people are kind of pushing back on some of the other videos I do about YouTube drama and stuff like that, because I haven't really fully explained why I do that. And it's interesting too, so some of you may know my buddy Kay from the channel BipolarPug. She just put up an awesome video about what's been going on with Fuzi, because Fuzi has struggled with bipolar disorder, and he seems like he might be going through a manic episode. So Kay actually made a video about this, and it's very well done. I'm going to link to it down in the description in the comments, like please go check it out, because Kay talks about her lived experience being in manic episodes and kind of breaks down some different aspects of what Fuzi says and things like that. So please, please, please go check it out, subscribe while you're there, and let her know that I sent you over. But anyways, I was talking to Kay because when things come up, I try to talk to my mental health community YouTubers, and I say, hey, this might be a topic that you can touch on. Because me, I'm not that well versed in bipolar disorder, but Kay is. Kay works in the field of mental health, Kay has struggled with bipolar, but she said, she's like, I don't really like jumping into YouTube drama and stuff like that. She didn't really say she didn't like it, but she doesn't want her channel to turn into a YouTube drama channel. So I talked to her a bit about it, and her video is doing very well. Not because of me, by the way, but because she did such a great video. So anyways, let me start out by saying this, let me give you some of my experience, and this I hope you can relate to and understand why I make these videos, okay? So back in the day, back when my mental health was just terrible, I was the most pessimistic, depressed, anxious person on earth. I used to be obsessed with the news, and I would sit there and I would watch the news. I would watch the news constantly. What's going on? What's going on, right? And I would just sit there and be like, these people, what is wrong with this world? What is wrong with these people? What is wrong with everybody? I can't stand it. I would watch reality TV and just laugh and laugh and laugh at all these crazy people on TV. But meanwhile, I was a loser. I was a mental mess, right? I was struggling with my addiction, but I would just watch these things and look at how messed up everybody else was. So it's really important that when we're watching things, we've got to sit back and say, oh my God, do I do that? One of my biggest fears in life is being a hypocrite, okay? So for example, the comment that that video came from was my Trisha Paytas Jason Nash video, like I could relate to their drama in their relationship. I used to do that. I used to be that. I was watching those videos with my girlfriend. I'm like, dang, I used to be messed up in relationships. So rather than just watching these things and judging everybody, I try to see how it can actually relate to my life. And if I'm doing something, maybe it's something that I can improve. But like, I think one of the biggest things is 2018 and millennials are constantly, constantly talked down to because of how we use technology, how we go through Instagram and Facebook and Snapchat and Twitter. And all we do is watch YouTube and stuff like that, or we watch too much TV or Netflix or movies. Well, one of the reasons why, one of the reasons why this stigma is out there about technology is because we do it in such a passive way. Okay? We sit back, we watch these things, and we don't let any of it sink in. Like, how many times have you watched a movie and taken a lesson from it and put it into good use, right? So what I'm trying to get at is we need to quit looking at all these things passively. Like, look at how much time you spend on YouTube, look at how much time you spend on Twitter, look at how much time you spend on Instagram. Okay? If we can take every single thing that we're doing in our life and turn it into a learning experience, we gradually improve as people over time. So we start to recognize, oh, I'm acting like that. I'm doing that. Or I have a friend who did that. All these other things. And we can start helping ourselves as well as helping each other. And that's the main reason why I touch on this YouTube drama stuff because I know most of you are watching it. I know that you know about what's going on. So I take that and I try to flip it into something that you can understand and say, oh, maybe I need to reflect. Maybe I could take some of the advice that Chris is offering in this video. But I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. My main goal of this channel is to help as many people as possible. One of the uphill battles that all of us mental health channels have is that it's really hard for us to be visible on YouTube because of the algorithm, blah, blah, blah, blah. So I would be lying to you if I didn't say part of the reason I touch on these trending topics, I'd be lying if I if I told you that it wasn't to get new subscribers and new views. So I do do that. But it's to bring them to the channel and then they watch the video and they're like, oh, this guy actually dives deep into these topics. He unpacks it. I can maybe improve my mental health or they come through the funnel of one of those videos. Then they look around my channel and like, oh, this guy talks about depression and addiction and anxiety and all these other disorders. So it is a gateway to to get some new audience. All right. But the main moral of this video, the main moral of this video is to quit watching things passively, quit reading books passively, see what you can adapt to your own life, see what lessons that you can learn. And I guarantee not only will it improve your mental health, but it will make your life better because you won't be wasting time. We got one life to live. Do not waste a single moment. OK. But if you know somebody who just waste time, just passively watching stuff, go ahead and share this video. All right. I would also like to hear from you in the comments. Like, do you feel that you just watch videos passively or do you try to take lessons from everything that you watch? Go ahead and leave a comment down below. OK. Anyways, if you like this video, please give it a thumbs up. And if you are new here, I'm always making videos to help you out with your mental and emotional well-being, click that little round Subscribe button. And big, big, big thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on Patreon. And if you would like to help me spread a message of hope, go ahead and click or tap on that Patreon icon right there. All right. Thanks so much for watching. Make everything a learning experience. And I'll see you next time.