 So, Adele is getting divorced and people are blowing up on Twitter about this whole situation and it's actually pretty gross and we're gonna talk about it in this video. 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, what I try to do is pull them in topics from pop culture or society in general and see what we can learn from it. So if you're into that kind of stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell because I make a ton, a ton of videos. So yeah, I'm just chilling this beautiful Friday evening and Twitter is exploding because apparently Adele is getting separated which may lead to a divorce and Twitter is blowing up about it. And Adele is known for you know just amazing, amazing vocalists. I'm not like a gigantic Adele fan but I do get down to some of her music. I'll dig it, right? And yeah so it was announced that they're separated and yeah people on Twitter are acting pretty ridiculous about it because they're, they're rather than being sad for her and what she's going through, people are like stoked about a new album coming out where she can pour all of her emotions into it. And that's kind of ridiculous like here's some of the tweets that are going around. So on the screen as you can see like I'm just flashing some of these up here. Like people are saying like oh my god this new album is gonna be awesome. Oh cool Adele's getting divorced so this is gonna be a great album. Like what? What? So I wanted to make a video about this because this is something that I've just been curious about when it comes to musicians or even just various types of artists, right? Because like we live in a world where this is going on for years where we kind of like romanticize the idea of like the depressed and sad artists and those of you who don't know me I am huge huge huge on mental health. I've had my own personal struggles. I've worked in an addiction treatment center and like yeah like I look at these artists and everything and I've had a lot of clients who came through my treatment center who were musicians, who were artists, some were writers and things like that and I look back at my own depression and everything and I thought I thought that staying in that state was actually helping me right? So when I look at somebody like Adele or other artists I'm just like man like is this is this something where you know they you know I don't I don't think that you know she's getting divorced because it'll make her sad but is it something that either helps them or hurts them and I'd love to know your your thoughts on this because yes you can turn that into good music but I grew up listening to like emo music and sad music and things like that and it connected with me and I can't help but you know bring up Lincoln Park, Chester Bennington, who took his own life because I'm constantly thinking about people who are struggling with depression and some end up overdosing, some end up taking their own life like Kurt Cobain is one of them and he had a lot of very depressing and dark songs as well and I think I think at a certain point some artists like attach this to their identity and but we look at just how the brain works and like positive reinforcement like do do artists really have a good enough reason to work on themselves and to get better because like look at Twitter like here's some more tweets like look on Twitter like people are stoked people are excited that this poor woman who is separated like they're excited about that because I think it's going to create better music and like you look at people like let's just talk about some like great artists of the past like like Vincent van Gogh right dude struggle with mental illness do people not want to get help because it's part of their identity it's part of their job it's part of who they are you know and I want you to ask yourself that question too do you are you afraid to get better because your your mental health issues have become a part of who you are to other people and you know full disclosure like I'm not a licensed therapist or anything like that I just like talking about mental health topics I look back at my addiction my addiction was a great example like for many years I was I was the party guy or I was the guy who was always high right that's who I was and one of the fears I had of getting sober was if if I'm not that then who am I if I get rid of my addiction who am I right and I had this kind of dark you know mood and everything like that all the time and I was very like nihilistic and everything and by the way I think that's why a lot of people are nihilistic and like I made a video about Kevin Kevin Hart talking about how like being negative is like cool you know and it's not something new it's been going on forever right and and I I didn't want to get better so I want you to ask yourself like do you think like is it possible that you don't want to get well because it's part of who you are or if you if you think it's actually helping you with something this is something that I've seen many people who struggle with bipolar disorder discuss like Kanye West is a great example of that Kanye West stopped taking his medications and he felt that it made him freer right but when he got off his medications that's when he was going like full-blown Kanye you know what I mean because for people who struggle with bipolar disorder during those manic episodes they they they flourish with creativity right so some people with bipolar disorder don't even want to treat their mental illness because they feel it'll affect their art but then I look at other people like um Anthony Ketus from the red hot chili peppers and he's struggled with addiction for a very long time and he's been clean now and I remember hearing people talk about how his music isn't as good since he got sober right and I look at that I'm like damn man like that's sad like that's really really sad you know I've seen people say it about Eminem Eminem is another person who is in long-term recovery and he had a pill addiction that was my drug of choice and people have said Eminem's music isn't as good as since he got clean but when I see what's going on on Twitter when it comes to Adele I'm like no wonder no wonder why celebrities and musicians and artists and writers and everything stay in this dark place because we as a society we kind of fuel it we kind of encourage it we're like yeah yeah be in that dark place that's when you make your best stuff we should be a society where we're encouraging people to get better you know what I mean we should we should look at the music they're creating and saying like oh it's different like I I wouldn't trade the life I have now clean and sober for anything in the world you know I feel I'm I'm more creative than ever like my you know my anxiety my depression my addiction all that stuff was holding me back now I take a non-narcotic medication for my anxiety and depression now I'm in therapy I you know I'm involved in you know 12-step meetings I have a sponsor I work on myself on a daily basis but I can still create you know so like I'm living proof of somebody who is scared to get better but now my life is better than ever and I can still do all the things that I wanted to do so anyways like if you're somebody on Twitter saying this stuff about Adele like really take a look at yourself look look at yourself in your life and see what you're encouraging and see what you're promoting and all that like I don't know we just live in a weird twisted world and I just wanted to bring this up as a topic of conversation and just see what your guys's thoughts are on this stuff all right but anyways hopefully you know Adele gets through this you know she is a very you know strong woman I know part of her story is that like she's had struggles in the past and everything and it's you know it's it's helped her made her stronger made her better and that's something that we should all be able to take from these artists who who are thriving and who have been through things and that's something that I love bringing attention to because if if if other people can do it we can do it too so if you're somebody who's struggling right now once you get through to that other side by putting in the work when it comes to your mental and emotional well-being you will become a better person on the other side of this thing all right but anyways that's all I got for this video if you liked this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell because I make a ton of videos and a huge huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on Patreon you are all amazing and don't forget all of you lovely patrons out there I just put up the April Q&A make sure you head over there and ask your questions for April all right thanks again so so much for watching I'll see you next time