 Hello everyone welcome to another video if you'd like any of the recipes of the food that is featured in this video check out the Video I made yesterday, and you can see how I cooked it all but for now enjoy the discussion What I want to discuss with you guys is Why I've been having a Little bit of self-care. I thought I'd use this opportunity now in between planning tours and stuff to just do some work on Myself everyone knows that I've had a very harsh past Gangs violence and drugs. I'm very open about that. I don't care what anyone says about that. I'm very comfortable where I'm at now I have um progressed so far. I've come so far like if you've seen me before different joey, so There's some clowns out there Excuse me Who say joey you're mentally ill because of your veganism. I'm mentally ill because of veganism Veganism is a moral principle against the exploitation of animals okay Against the unjustified Harm and use of animals and animal products treating animals like resources when we don't need to How do I derive mental illness out of that? My brain is not deteriorating. Where's your evidence of that? I'm not deteriorating. Where's the evidence of that my mental health? Has gotten Magnitudes better than where it was Magnitudes better. I made a post here Has your mental health has your mental health improved or deteriorating since being vegan? I said mine has improved it massively now. Is that because of the veganism? I think it could have something to do with not putting suffering and violence and flesh and animal product into my body Now I eat plant foods and fruits and vegetables and I feel much better within myself and I have a sense of purpose now But what can cause vegans some mental health issues? Okay, I'll give you this is witnessing the pure magnitude of the suffering and cruelty that happens to animals on a daily basis and the cold Hardened people who turn their backs to it and do nothing but criticize vegans for speaking up about it So that could cause some mental mental Sort of problems and some anxiety and some depression in vegans I've got people saying massively improved mine did not improve not because of the type because of facing all the suffering Definitely improved. It gives you a greater sense of purpose improved at first and Then deteriorated after seeing probably the animal suffering Everything has improved since going vegan physical psychological emotional and spiritual some people are exactly the same So they had mental health issues before Okay, like I did and now they're vegan and they've still got them So is there a correlation between being vegan and having mental health issues? Where's your evidence? Absolute nonsense. If you go through these comments on this post Many people's mental health has improved and some hasn't some has gotten worse after seeing what happens to animals PTSD and things like that There's something called witness trauma where you witness what happens to animals and it makes you upset Vicarious trauma, but for me I've had breakthroughs in therapy breakthroughs I'm feeling So much better than I know you see I've got to the bottom of a lot of my things that actually led me into Addiction when I was 14 led me into all of my drug use 14 15. I was a meat eater then He's saying that that meant that my mental illness back then my addiction back then was because of my meat eating I wouldn't even say anything so stupid I don't know where people get these nonsense ideas from like are you saying that every meat eater? That's got mental illness right now in hospital has mental illness because they eat meat That's I would never even say that that's insensitive and just immature And people will use any excuse Any excuse? Oh, Joey's got PTSD. That's because he's vegan You know that sounds like a small child with no idea My addiction stemmed from things that happened in my childhood that had no control over my way of dealing with that was to leading to Drugs and then leading to gangs then led into the violence and then led me to prison Now I spent a week in a mental health ward Was I vegan then? No, I wasn't no, I wasn't I wasn't vegan I had no sense of purpose and I was a violent drug addict I have not committed an act of violence since I've been vegan Okay, not committed an act of violence against the human since I've been vegan Which is huge Absolutely huge. I've gotten magnitudes better Anyone who says you've got mental winners because you're vegan is just silly because Every mass murderer, that's not vegan. What about all the rapists that aren't vegan? Is that because they meet their rapists? Is that because they meet that they've got psychological issues schizophrenia? My mental health issues were drug-induced most of them and the other ones Were stem back from my childhood and the other ones were from being in such a violent environment for so long My mental health issues have gotten so much better. I feel like a new person Look at those pancakes this break that I've taken one of the best things I've done I feel so enlightened and I've been meditating so much and I want to Remind people if they do have mental health issues to reach out for help. Okay. It's nothing to do with veganism veganism So healthy. I mean there was even a study. I think Dr. Greger had it on his channel We'll see if we can flash it up here. Can an anti-inflammatory diet help prevent depression? We didn't know until about 43,000 women without depression were followed along with their diets for about a dozen years to see who became depressed And it was those who ate a more inflammatory diet pattern characterized by more soda, refined grains, and meat Suggesting that chronic inflammation may underlie the association between diet and depression The most anti-inflammatory diet is plant based Which can cut C-reactive protein levels by 30% within two weeks People ago you got mental health issues because you're vegan It's absolute nonsense unless it's because of the vicarious trauma vegans are victims To because of witnessing what animals go through then I understand that Some things can be due to being isolated from the crowd We're tribal animals, but if you've got a good sense of community around you and you're eating lots of healthy Whole foods lots of flax. I'm going to have an oatmeal later with some flax seed on there Just the really good wholesome diet sunshine rest water All of those things in harmony spiritual health You're gonna be fine. I find it so hilarious that people will use anything To to try to criticize the philosophy of veganism And they they think veganism is a diet which is ridiculous. So my mental health has gotten so much better I'm going to finish these pancakes, but let me just give you a little money shot. Look at that. Oh my god Look at that Do you want these pancakes see what see what I mean? I'll just put you down there for a sec So, yeah, I'm feeling so much better. Some people aren't some people still have issues They might have had pre-existing mental health issues. It's not because of veganism That's ridiculous. Only one who believes that nonsense without evidence You're very easily fooled if you're meat eating you think veganism causes mental illness Look around in your family. Look around at your friends And they got as anyone got anxiety or depression Or some type of mental health issue that that isn't vegan. Okay How did they get it if veganism causes mental health issues? Huh, or is it just a human issue? Is it just the society issue? It's got nothing to do with Um, what philosophy you adhere to if anything more nutritious plant foods waking up To what's going on to animals having a purpose to help I'm feeling part of a community making change. These things are all fantastic for mental health And that's coming from me Someone who was suicidal in the past And now every single day I wake up with a sense of purpose I've got so much more empathy and compassion towards human beings every day I'm striving to make a change before I was a relentless violent Drug addict. Okay, and now I'm a spiritual empathic human being who wants to help animals who can't defend themselves And I have no way I don't have any anxiety. I rarely get it. Okay rarely get depression. I sleep like a baby I've just recently given up the the coffees and stuff and I feel even better. I'm putting on muscle. I feel Stronger than I've ever been and yeah, still waiting for that protein deficiency still waiting for my brain to deteriorate I'm still waiting I'm gonna be waiting forever. Yeah, so I just thought I continued the discussion out here My camera went flat in there. I just got some oats with some flax in there omega-3s Um, I put some PB2 in there a bit of cinnamon and some maple syrup Interesting how people try to use anything from your past Against veganism as a whole the vegan movement is a huge movement made up of millions of people by now And mental mental illness is systemic throughout society to say there's some type of correlation between veganism And mental illness without evidence It's just such a nonsense thing to say if anything there's a correlation between non-veganism And mental illness Because people who eat meat, dairy and eggs a pain for slaughterhouse workers to stab animals in the throat Shoot them in the skull electrocute them Gas chamber them clean up their feces in their guts and entrails these human beings are brought up in a violent society that offers them jobs that cause PTSD and now that is verifiable You go look up the amount of PTSD systemic within slaughterhouse workers I've been in slaughterhouses People say what are you doing in slaughterhouses if you've got PTSD? I'm there to bear witness to the reality of animals animals have to go through that Slaughterhouse workers have to go through that every single day to feed you And you're saying that I'm mentally ill because I'm vegan how ridiculous I bear witness to the reality of animals because I'm strong enough to and then I can Describe what they're going through To other people to get to influence them to stop causing this And when you talk about the mental illness that animals are subjected to locked in the cage factory farms You know the distress pigs gnawing at the the barrowing crates Squashing their young having their calves taken from them in the dairy industry maternal trauma day after day year after year and then the trauma of being In the waiting line of a slaughterhouse pigs can smell blood Just chicks just raised in hell Imagine the pure suffering mental trauma animals go through so you can eat them Yeah, and some vegans Depression probably has got worse because they're faced with a harsh reality every single day and might feel helpless as to what's happening to animals That's why I encourage people to be active to speak To do something to feel like you're doing something to stop what happens to animals so that will help You falling into depression. Some people just generally have um mental illness from Their past, you know and veganism isn't a magic bullet that's going to solve all your problems. Okay, it's a philosophy It's a moral principle. It's a moral stance. It's like you have a moral stance against child abuse Whether you've got mental illness or not You don't abuse children because that's your ethical framework. That's the same with veganism. You don't partake in industries that enslave exploit and kill animals for an unjustifiable reason I thought I'd just elaborate on that just going through my facebook posts and uh instagram posts and there's a lot of people that still are suffering with mental illness There's a lot of people whose mental health has gotten better including mine miles better Do people honestly think if I was the same person that I used to be I'd be able to put up with what I put up with I put up with so much. I see so much um violence and all I met with is cold-hearted, you know criticism and people mocking animal suffering and criticizing my past And I still pushed through it, you know, if you had met me seven years ago I was a mess You say one word to me would have flipped Nowadays, I'm very chill. I'm very peaceful. I'm very compassionate. I'm solving a lot of the issues that happened to me through my gang life and through my childhood And I've never felt better. I've never felt better. I feel really really strong in my mind and in my heart all those conspiracy theorists out there Who are looking for something to serve their anti-vegan agenda? It's so obvious and so obvious try having real data try having like real evidence instead of just You know trying to grab anecdotes and go oh look He's got PTSD from his past Veganism must have caused it. It hasn't gotten better absolute nonsense Okay, vegans are just human beings who have worked something out. We've worked out That hey if I can live a life that doesn't cause the maximum amount of slavery harm and murder to animals Why wouldn't I? Yeah, we're going to cause some some harm by existing. Yeah crop deaths are a thing Okay. Yeah, that's a shame. We we even to eat plant foods. There's some Some harm that happens doesn't mean we have to cause the maximum suffering slavery You know forcible breeding stealing animals from their mothers and just torturing and killing trillions upon trillions of sea animals For a sandwich when you can cause less harm many health benefits, too Let's talk about the mental health issues with people who are watching their father or their mother suffer from A heart disease or a heart attack in in hospital Because animal products are causing the number one killer killer of human beings. Let's talk about that as well The number one killer I'm not talking about mental illness. I'm talking about the number one killer of human beings heart disease cholesterol saturated fat, you know building up in arteries and just knocking people off left right and center Whole foods plant-based diet. The only diet proven to reverse the number one killer in humans The essel scenes uh codwell essel sting check out Prevent and reverse heart disease by codwell essel sting Amazing research they did they talk about veganism and mental illness It's crazy, you know if Anyone says that to you and you're a vegan Just point out the absolute logical fallacy Like point out the absolute contradictions in their logic How many meat eaters have mental illness how many meat eaters are child abusers or pedophiles or suffering from Schizophrenia does that mean that meat eating cause their schizophrenia? No, and I wouldn't even suggest that it's insensitive and it's absolutely outrageous Outrageous and whoever says that should be ashamed of themselves. Do I think people who are vegan should look after their health? Yeah, of course sleep water lots of whole plant foods make sure your carbohydrates are Are higher and you're exercising and you have a good social setting supportive social setting And if you need therapy go get therapy if you need temporary medication do that But I don't don't do that long term because it's very Detrimental I believe but yeah, like lifestyle issues can sort out a lot of this stuff and and really good therapy like leave your Your story down below has Have you noticed the change since you've been vegan and stopped consuming suffering and Violence? Have you noticed the change in your mental health? I feel 10 times better I mean I've had therapy for the last eight months and it's just been amazing to deal with a lot of the things that happened in my past and You know now I can move on and start spreading compassion And love for animals and just a more peaceful world So as you can see there's 740 comments just on instagram I can't read them all if you want to go over to my instagram and see there's not more people that have gotten worse in their mental health There's actually pretty much I would say close to 50 50 people say that generally Their body felt better But but because of the realization of what's happened to animals that could have been made it worse I'm seeing a lot of people who are saying That it's it's improved it saved them It gave them a sense of purpose and many people who say that Realizing how cruel human beings can be has just broken them So yeah, if you're saying people are mentally ill because they're vegan. That's a fallacy um I think there's different factors towards Adhering to this moral principle that either empower you or they can drain you But that's not because of veganism itself. That's because the world is a cruel place um Now many people have mental illness that aren't vegan too and the world is still a cruel place for them So for me, it's improved massively. Um, how about you down below? So I just thought I'd leave some of the stories Here at the end of this video you can read through or you can go over to my facebook and instagram and read them through yourselves Um, there's some really interesting ones here that I just thought I would flash up on the screen And tell me your stories in the comment section down below and if anyone needs support Please reach out for help if you need. Let's make my comment section One beautiful supportive community that we can all be there for each other. Okay. I love you all. Peace