 I know there's a lot of people out there who struggle with talking about their feelings so today I brought over a very special guest to talk about why he finds it so important to talk about his feelings. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel my channel is all about mental health so if you're into that make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell so before I introduce my buddy Patrick make sure you check down in the description below and sign up for my email list one I keep forgetting to tell you get a free copy of my ebook but two I'm going to be sending out like mental health motivation emails so that's like something free you get a little extra Chris and it helps me so I don't gotta make a million videos a day all right so that is linked down in the description probably put it in the comments as well but anyways yeah I'm about to introduce you to Patrick. Patrick is from Canada and he is also a veteran and he also has been diagnosed with PTSD so like I know I have a very large female audience but I can relate to Patrick and one way I connected with him is like we we know how hard it is for guys sometimes to talk about their feelings and I'm very open and honest like that's the only way I can improve my mental health but yeah I forgot how I came across him or met him I know it was on Instagram but he also has a YouTube channel his Instagram is huge but he does a ton of mental health stuff over there and he invited me over to a live stream and we talked for like an hour just about mental health stuff and he's just like very practical about mental health so like make sure you follow him on Instagram he's also doing a lot more on YouTube you know he got a new dog and he like built a you know this van that him and his dog are gonna travel in it's awesome but yeah I love Patrick he even like has this little song that he sings about like talking about your feelings I'm gonna try to find a clip of it don't forget to talk about your feelings outro don't forget to talk about your feelings because no one's gonna do it for you but yeah Patrick's awesome he's gonna share a little bit of his experience and how he works on his mental health and what he does and his his awesome dog is in this video so make sure that you stay tuned and I'll be back in a minute hi my name is Patrick Valencourt and I'm a 24 year old veteran who's been diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression and this is my non-official therapy dog Rhea she's a puppy she's a Malamute Husky and we are just about to transition into living in my van full-time and so that's that's a whole different story but for me just focusing on the mental health converting my own van that was an excellent project that lasted the whole summer and little into past summer and that's been great for distracting me from my own problems so instead of like focusing on things that keep me up at night mentally you know like my own thoughts it's like okay well there's a leak in my roof so now I'm focused about that so mental health wise the the project of the van has been a great distraction I got her purely for mental health reasons and she's been doing a very good job of kind of helping me combat you know my my illness and things like that I am currently in Tefino British Columbia right now I live on Vancouver Island I am setting off next week for just about a month's trip down to California and then back up and yeah I do mental health stuff on my YouTube channel as well as my Instagram I do kind of like non-conventional things I have this little series thing bother that I'm doing where it's talk about my feelings because I realize hey I go to therapy every couple of weeks it was good to talk about it and that's kind of why I started social media was just to talk about my experiences and try and find common ground with others and you know be as relatable as I can because it's it's good to not be know that you're not the only person that's going through some stuff right so that's what I do I talk about my feelings on the internet doesn't matter how many people watch it sometimes five people sometimes there's 500,000 right not too worried about that I just like to live the best possible life for me and that's by being out here you know out of my comfort zone you know I'm at a secret beach secret beach I actually don't know how to tell you how to get here so it is a little secret and you know we don't have snacks with us we got like a bag that has some water and stuff but like you know I'm in shorts a little chilly I just ran here so if I'm getting a little cold might run around on the beach a little bit with the puppy just like I really I sacrifice a little bit of comfort for things like this and that's was good for my mental health and that's why doing the whole van life thing is excellent for me because it gives me the opportunity to just go to like off the grid places like this so that's what I'm about uh pvj valent court yeah you know I'm I'm doing pretty good taking care of myself and I hope that through showing my experiences and being very transparent about my emotions and what I'm doing and the relationship between both of them uh that is able to kind of help others and not just like motivate others to see someone who's doing well and that makes them feel good but just to be like okay this average Joe is able to build a van without any experience is able to get a puppy without really knowing what he's doing take good care of her and these are all things that are steps towards improving his mental health so if I can do it I am 100 confident whoever's watching this you can start to start a journey towards bettering your mental health just like I have so that's what I'm about all right transitions are weird have a great day all right thank you so much Patrick for coming over and doing this guest video I love Patrick so much and Patrick actually recorded this a few weeks ago so he's probably already in California can't remember which part of California he was going to but yeah it's awesome like fun fact about Chris I always wanted to like take like a cross country drive and Tristan doesn't want to because he's already had to do that because she moved here from like New York when she was a kid but I've always wanted to like just drive and just like see everything I love to travel and everything but anyways Patrick's awesome and Patrick if you see this and you can swing by Las Vegas let's hang out let's hang out buddy but yeah anyways I'm gonna link to Patrick's Instagram as well as his youtube channel down below in the description and in the pinned comments and it'll be in the end screen all right but let me know let me know down in the comments below do you struggle with talking about your feelings is it difficult for you to talk about your feelings whether it's online or with friends or with families it's hard for you to open up let's talk about it down in the comments below all right but anyways that's all I got for you with this video if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and a huge huge shout out to everybody supporting the channel over on patreon you're all amazing oh yeah don't forget to sign up for my mailing list but as promised boom you can click the top right there to go subscribe to Patrick all right thanks so much for watching talk about your feelings and I'll see you next time