 It is the most wonderful time of the year and no, it's not Christmas. It's even better. It is mental health awareness month. So in this video, we're going to talk about the importance of this month. So make sure that you stay tuned. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And my bad, I totally forgot it was May 1st today. And this is the start of a glorious month for anybody who wants to help in the stigma and increase awareness when it comes to mental health. So chances are, if you're watching this video, if you're one of my loyal subscribers, or you just happen to come across this video, you care about mental health, whether it's your own struggles with mental illness, anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, whatever it is, you might be the person afflicted. But I know some of you out there are people who have a loved one who is struggling and that's why you come to my channel to get some advice and some tools and some tips on how to deal with these things. So this is a very, very important month. So please, please, please share this video so we can help increase awareness. So one of the reasons, well, not one of the reasons, the reason I started this channel was with two primary purposes, okay, to help in the stigma and increase awareness. All right, these were two of my primary purposes when it came to talking about mental health and creating this channel and doing everything else I do on Instagram and sometimes Twitter and Facebook and things like that. Like, I grew up where we didn't talk about mental health that much, like I grew up in a household where, you know, I was kind of emotionally neglected, they told me to walk it off, and I was experiencing anxiety and depression. But not only was I not getting it at home, but I wasn't getting it at school either. So this month is very important to me because we need to make the people in power understand how important it is that we start taking care of people dealing with mental health issues with everything that's going on. So much of it could be resolved if people just have better tools and strategies for dealing with their mental health. Even people who are not diagnosed are struggling with mental health issues. Mental health issues include, you know, fears, stresses, sadness, anger is a huge one. There's so many different things intertwined with mental health. Think about your physical health, right? Like one of my missions, one of my overall goals for this planet is that we start taking care of our mental health the same way we take care of our physical health, right? So if you think about all the things that can go wrong with the body, we need to start equating that to all the things that can go wrong with the brain. But I am somebody who truly believes in talking about the problem but focusing on the solution, getting changes, you know, when it comes to mental health care and all sorts of things from government funding and all of that. This is like a long road, a very long road. So what can we do in the interim? We can start seeking out help. And most of you watching this, you've already taken that first step. You sought out help. Now real quick, before I get into my next part, I hope that you are actively watching my videos. And what I mean by that is I hope that you're not just watching my videos just to watch some videos and say, yeah, man, that's cool. That's cool. Like in every video, I try to provide solutions. And I really hope that you're taking those solutions and doing something with them. One of the other reasons I started this channel, I was so tired of people just talking about mental illness, but not providing anybody with tools. So please, please, please use the tools that I provide for you and share them with other people who might need them. But there are so many free resources online. There's a ton of different YouTube channels. And there's a bunch of different resources online from blog posters, a bunch of apps, all sorts of stuff that I provide you with here on this channel. Get the message out there. Let people know that there is help available, even if, even if they don't have mental health care where they're at. We live in an amazing time where you can take out your phone, right, and watch a YouTube video where people provide practical solutions. All right. So during this month, I want you to have a mission in mind for the next 30 days, okay, until May 31st. Like, share, tag people, retweet, whatever it is. Like when you see things involving mental health, get the word out there. Let's try to help as many people as possible. And no, I don't care if it is my own videos. If you watch my videos and you hate them and you don't want to show them, I don't care. Find articles, find blog posts. I know that you come across them on a regular basis. Just do just click it. Just click the little button to share it or tag somebody. If you find it valuable and you think it might help somebody, please share it. Let's make this mental health awareness month huge, okay. This will start to help other people understand mental illness a little bit better. It will help in the stigma. It will help increase awareness and will also help others who are struggling with mental illness and let them know that they are not alone in this struggle. All right. So my goal this month is to make as much valuable content as possible. I'm going to try to do daily, which I pretty much already do, but I really hope to give you all a bunch of practical solutions, as well as maybe some statistics that maybe we can do to spread some awareness. If you have any ideas, let's do this. If you have any ideas, share them down in the comments below. Tell me what you think would be the best videos to make for mental health awareness month. All right. Leave them down in the comments below. I will look at them. I'll sort through them. I'll see which ones might work and which ones I can make even bigger and better and help people out more. So let me know. Like, do you think statistics? Do you think mental health care? Do you think more stuff on meditation? Do you want other forms of treatment? Like, what do you want to see this month? That is something that you think more people need to learn and understand about mental illness so they can either A, become more aware and knowledgeable about it, or B, get the help that they need. All right. Do me that favor. All right, everybody. So this is going to be an awesome month. We're going to do some great things. Not just me. You too. You right there. Me and you. Me and you. All of us. We're going to spread some awareness. Okay. So again, please share this video. Let's get this month off to a great start and let people know that they are not alone. Okay. But anyways, if you liked 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 health. Make sure you click that little round subscribe button. And if you want to check out some other videos on my channel, you can click or tap on one of those thumbnails. All right. Thanks again so much for watching. Let's end the stigma together and I'll see you next time.