 What's up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and my whole channel is meant to help you out with your mental health. I talk about a variety of mental health topics as well as some addiction stuff so if that's something that you would like help with make sure that you hit that subscribe button but the reason we are here today is because Logan Paul has just released a video the first one he's released in a while since the whole Japanese suicide forest thing happened if you want check out the info card I've done two videos on the Logan Paul situation already talking about suicide talking about apologizing and whether or not we should forgive and all that kind of stuff so since he just released this video I figured hey why don't I dip dip my toe into the whole reaction genre so what we're gonna do is we're gonna watch this video together and yeah I'll share my thoughts and we'll see we'll see what he's doing all right let's jump into this thing all right let's see about 800,000 people worldwide died by suicide every year one person every 40 seconds takes their own life dang um yeah a lot of the stuff I focus on is national you know in the United States so like sing that on a global level that's nuts for 40 minutes crying like a baby bikers joggers tourists runners they went by me police officers searching for suicidal people went by me twice I'm standing at the ledge leaning over the rail with tears flowing down to the water and I thought to myself absolutely nobody cares and then the voice in my head said jump now and I did this is crazy so so what it looks like it looks like Logan's interviewing somebody in San Francisco who is about to commit suicide and yeah the Golden Gate Bridge is like one of the biggest areas for people to commit suicide here in the United States and like just my my first initial reaction like I'm really glad that Logan went out and he's interviewing people I don't know how much more of that will be in this video but like that's that's when this thing really starts to hit you like I've done some videos on empathy and things like that and I work at a drug and alcohol treatment center and you know there's a there's not that much empathy for drug addicts and alcoholics out there but when you sit down you get to know these people when you actually talk to these people who are going through something and the amount of like trauma you know people endured in their childhoods and things like that like you just can't help but feel for him and like right now I give props to Logan for like going down and sitting with people whether you know and some people are probably gonna be like oh it's just for publicity but like he's actually developing some really empathetic skills just by sitting there and listening to these stories so good for you so far Logan Paul let's see what this says suicide is the second leading cause of a death among young people yeah yeah and the millisecond that my hands cleared the rail my legs flew over it was an instant regret the depression was wiped from my mind and all I wanted to do was live and I thought it's too late mm Kevin Hines was 19 when he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge he is one of the many incredible people that I've been grateful to meet over the past three weeks as I aim to further understand the complexity surrounding suicide man good for good for good for you Logan Paul and yeah and that's the thing too 19 years old and like and yeah man like if you if you watch the news and stuff like that like it's so many young people so many young people like being a drug addict and alcoholic and recovery like I was at the point when I was ready to die you know that's that's one of the reasons I make this channel like I want to give people hope that things do get better and like I was struggling with suicidal thoughts a ton in high school and like it's so hard to talk to young people and explain to them like things are gonna get better and recently in the news it's been just so sad there's there's kids in elementary school like elementary school who are taking their own life because of bullying like it's it's brutal but um yeah let's see let's see who else Logan's talking to I've made mistakes I know I've let people down but what happens when you're given an opportunity to help make a difference in the world the backlash against the social media star very popular guy called Logan Paul is in some hot water complete and utter insensitive idiot taking a break from daily even he says his latest content was his biggest mistake apologize to the victim and his family it's time to learn from the past as they get better and grows he would be all right so like so here's the thing I know for a fact Logan's gonna get backlash there's gonna be backlash right and like here's I've done a video like especially with all the um scandals in Hollywood and stuff like that and you know I come from this place of like should people be forgiven and obviously there's there's different there's a whole spectrum of terrible things people do but you know people are gonna say oh he just did this because of all the backlash and da da da da and it's like who cares if that's if that's what it took if a colossal screw up is what it took to set the wheels in motion for him to become a better person and to use his YouTube platform to help more people like that's that's great like I'd rather I will gladly take a few steps back for a hundred steps forward like like think about it just think about it for a second before you start going crazy on Logan Paul think about it people are upset because most of his audience is young people now that he's developing this empathetic point of view to the struggles that young people are actually facing what time's gonna tell let's see how much of his future content is based around purely helping young people who are struggling all right like I don't know that's just my point of view on it like you can hate on them all you want but like if one screw up makes this guy a better person for the rest of his life and he's like in his 20s like awesome awesome I'm here to have a hard conversation so that those who are suffering can have easier ones so I've never been so humbled in my life by a single event where you're kind of shocked by what this dude this dude's talking to Bob for us that's a different intervention I haven't watched intervention in years I don't know if he's still on it but good for you good for you but I don't know Bob's kind of cool he's kind of cool but yeah and where's he work a little house recovery centers hmm oh I think started his own thing good for you Bob I was shocked to discover just how big this is you've never known anybody that killed himself no one that was that was that was part of the problem just my ignorance on the subject but in Ohio where you come from it's the second leading cause of death yeah dude that's crazy I didn't even think about that Logan Paul is from Ohio Ohio is okay so second leading cause of death suicide I would I would think I assume the leading cause of death is heroin overdoses like Ohio has been getting hit hard with the heroin epidemic or opioid epidemic like I did another video on that documentary they did seven days in heroin seven days of heroin like how did Logan not know like what's going on in this home state like man Ohio is hurting right now so I'm kind of glad Bob called him out on that like like really man really I know while I'm not able to solve the problem by myself I want to be a part of the solution and that solution began across the country New York City I miss New York City I miss it we sat down with Dr. John Draper director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline we have to change the conversation publicly from just focusing on suicide and how something bad is happening first off I like I like how you know Logan went here and like even this organization like they're not gonna hate on him like when you like you know there's all this backlash and stuff like that and we live in a world where people are just like burnt about the stake right and like the average person just doesn't like forgiving people like we are living in a world where people are offended and they just they freak out and stuff but like when you when you meet mental health professionals like this guy who runs the National Suicide Prevention Hotline like they're like yeah Logan come on in like let's talk about this you know which is super cool and say what do we do about help people understand that the first thing they need to do is reach out and talk to somebody when they're feeling in despair because you're not alone with it anymore they've done studies with people who are who are experiencing any kind of pain including hanging off a cliff you can hold on a lot longer if somebody is right there with you yeah and if anybody out there is watching by the way I'm gonna be putting links to all the suicide prevention hotline and tax line and stuff down there but like that's the thing and you know of course I deal with drug addicts and alcoholists but I also deal with people who are depressed I've had people in my life who are clients as well as other people I know who have committed suicide and like it all of this is just about vocalizing it and reaching out for help like I've done videos like just if you're somebody out there watching this who's struggling there are tons thousands of just Facebook support groups I'm gonna do some videos on some apps there's even apps that you can go on completely anonymous and they're just support systems like one of the best things one of the most therapeutic things any of us can have is knowing that we're not the only one struggling like just that sigh of relief like oh my god I'm not the only one who thinks like this I'm not the only one who's going through stuff like this like just that alone is amazing but obviously when you can get on the line with you know somebody at the suicide prevention hotline these are people who are trained to kind of talk you off that ledge I think as a society as human beings we just have to be more compassionate and that includes me too that's something I'm learning along this journey and something us the Dr. Jay Perth told me were the five steps that anyone could take to help prevent suicide step one is simply just ask ask yourself ask others are you thinking about suicide and I know that sounds like a daunting question but literally that question can save lives step two accordingly would be to listen be present don't make any judgments and then step three yeah so so step one that's interesting that's really interesting yeah yeah and this is me being somebody who deals who works in the mental health field like obviously like my clients and stuff like that but like I don't know I can see how people could be a little leery about that question like if if like say your your friend your friend like just got broken up with like the first question like you ask him is like or even at the first question like yo are you are you thinking about suicide like that seems like a little bit much but the second one listen listen I I have been meaning to and I'm gonna write a note down right now I've been meaning to we have this idea in our head as people that we need to fix people or we need to provide them with a solution and I'm telling you I'm telling you if you're watching this and you have friends who are struggling whether it's a boyfriend a girlfriend a husband a wife a child a friend whoever it is 90% of helping them is just shutting your mouth and listening like I can't tell you how beneficial that was for me with my depression was just having people who would listen I wasn't looking for answers I wasn't looking for them to solve it a great example is when people are dealing with grief like if you've ever lost somebody you know when you're in that that grieving state there's literally nothing anybody can say that will make you feel better most of time we just need somebody there who is going to listen so please keep that in your mind be there for them even after you've already asked because dependability is key so man I need to I need to make more videos on this be there big one so as somebody with depression and somebody who's dealt with grief my advice for you when it says be there is follow up follow up like we live in an amazing time we live in 2018 all of us have one of these things okay whenever one of my friends is struggling or having a hard time I said a reminder okay listen listen to me I said a reminder in my phone to follow up with them the next day or two days or three days whatever it is the next week while they're going through this because what happens is is you hit them on that initial time like hey is there anything I could do for you is there any way I can help do you want to talk to you want to hang out to you right and they might just want to be alone and then you just completely forget about it and say oh no they said they wanted to be alone well the way depression works or any type of just emotional or mental struggle one minute we want to be alone and the next minute we need people there for us so excuse me set reminders on your phone to follow up with that person at least once a day because you never know what it's gonna change and from the perspective of somebody who's been on the depressed end like it would really it would make my depression worse even though part of my logical brain knew that people cared because they reach out to me at first the fact that they didn't reach out again made me even more depressed so when when he says be there like follow up with people realize that this thing it kind of flows and it changes it has its ups and downs from I want to I want to be alone too I need people around me for is then help them connect with a friend family member a local suicide hotline therapist but help them reach out to someone so they don't have to deal with this alone yeah so so have options and I'm glad that I'm glad the Logan's talking about this like everybody should know this stuff everybody should know this stuff but anyways like again live in 2018 Google it you know what I mean you know this isn't just a shameless plug but subscribe to my channel because all I do half the things I do on this on this channel is provide people with resources I've done another video about like three ways to go to rehab if you don't have insurance you know what I mean like get educated about this stuff so that way you can provide some people with real solutions like I think a lot of us have this gigantic ego and I don't know where it comes from where we think we can solve everything like I just did a video about Nicole Arbor shaming people with depression the other day like we got to realize like we don't always have all the answers and that's okay find the answers and and have the ability to help people out like have you talked to a therapist like if any of you need therapy there's a link in my description for very cheap affordable online therapy okay but have numbers for the National Suicide Prevention hotline and text line I have clients who call me and text me and when they are suicidal the like one after I talked to them a little bit I shoot them over that information know these resources know them another website that I will link in the description is the Sam's show website it is it's here in the United States but what that is it will point you out to local mental health care professionals in your area and it will help you categorize it on whether you have insurance or no insurance or Medicare or meta you know any of that stuff so be familiar with these things so you can guide people in the right direction like it's okay if you don't have the answers find the answers and provide them for them lastly step 5 is just checking on them show them that you care call them up say hey I want to make sure you oh look me and Logan on the same page we on the same page yeah check in follow up okay can I check in with you over the next few days so one of the things that is so important about reducing stigma is getting stories out there about people positively coping with suicide do you guys know anyone I could talk to with the lived experience absolutely me by the way like I was literally just talking to a friend about this like those of you who are are going through my channel or check out my channel that's why I bring so many different people on my channel this isn't just the Chris show I I try to bring a lot of people on to my channel and I'm working on getting even more who have gone through this stuff and succeeded okay because I'm just one person and you might not be able to connect with me that's why I get men and women of different ages and backgrounds and different experiences to come on my channel and share their experience with you once you see somebody else has done it it starts to give you a little bit of hope you have quite a number of people that we could we could over to you yeah that'd be great yeah and that's how we got introduced to Kevin Hines 17 years ago Kevin jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge and survived these are individuals whose stories when people hear them they say you know maybe I can get through as opposed to hearing stories when people have it and and those are unfortunately those are stories that we've heard before now right right like those are the stories we hear about like that's one of the reasons and it's part of the the way our world works you know like people go to NASCAR to see the crashes you know what I'm saying like that's the reason like in my son here's just a fun story about a child my son he asked me he's like daddy why does the news always show the negative stuff and I'm like well unfortunately that's what people want to watch that's what people want to hear like we need to start promoting these good stories of hope you know what I mean like we have to do it like there are I'll give you a prime example I monitor I watch I analyze human behavior and mental health and stuff people on my Facebook just my normal Facebook friends and stuff they are a hundred times more likely to share stories about the negative than they are about the positive we are becoming the news we are the people promoting negativity like we need more people out there sharing videos of hope we're hearing more and more stories of people being more open about it as I was saying before Logan for every one person that dies by a suicide is 287 other people that think seriously about it but don't those are stories again that have not been told if we told those stories of people who got through it as opposed to one who didn't imagine what kind of influence that would have on people's behavior when I find out that one in six high school kids seriously think about suicide that's that's stunning yeah this is such a common problem Logan all I wanted was for one person to look me in my eyes say hey could it be okay I am so grateful to be alive like man I can relate like we as humans like I did a video about this it's called my dear youtubers nobody care about you but I dove into the neuroscience of it by nature we are very selfish human beings first and foremost we care about ourselves boom okay we care about our wants our needs you know what we can get rather than give and all these other things then it kind of branches out to our children our spouse our immediate family and things like that and we just walk past each other all day every day and like what he just said like this was something that made that fueled by depression like nobody would ever ask me if I was okay you know I'm the son of an alcoholic mom my dad was constantly working or out of the bar and partying like I was alone a lot and like people never asked me like Chris are you okay like how are you coping I make it a point I make it a point now and I teach my clients at my rehab center to do this all the time like if you see somebody over in the corner sitting by themselves looking alone looking sad just go over and ask them how they're doing ask them if they want to talk sit there and talk like like this guy just said like just just a gesture like that can change somebody's entire life like you have no idea so just just think about that and I know we live in this world we're like oh I don't want to talk to strangers and oh is this weird it's all based on your own insecurities and being self-conscious like if somebody thinks you're weird for asking them how they're doing then I don't I don't know what to tell you like I'd rather I'd rather ask a hundred people how they're doing and potentially save one life then then you know be worried about like whether or not I look weird or goofy like just ask people how they're doing check in with your friends every now and then like you don't need some kind of crazy disaster to happen just to ask people how they're doing you know like it makes a world of difference to show people that you care care that's it it's real simple and I'm grateful today for every millisecond I get debris because it was almost all ripped from me by me what's one thing you would have said to your younger self to the Kevin who is 19 sitting on the bus if you were next to you and instead of the guy who pointed and laughed what would you say I would just put my hand on this you're gonna get me to my hand on my shoulder and I would just say I'm here for you I got you we need to be a society that comes together for every person in the community that's going through hell and in order to do that every person that's going through hell whatever hell has to be honest about their pain preach and if they're gonna be honest about their pain we are going to collectively answer the call and be there for that individual because if you don't see beauty in the next person you meet you're not looking hard enough mmm dang I don't I don't know who this dude is but damn damn I need to I need to link up with this guy like that was truth I pause it on a weird way his face looks but anyways let's go from this point on I want to make an effort to contribute and immerse myself in the conversation so I'm pledging to donate one million dollars to various suicide prevention organization with wait what Logan to say one mil get it get it so yeah like this is huge and I was I was actually just talking to my girlfriend about this okay now I'm not delusional I'm not crazy I know I'm never gonna hit Logan Paul levels of YouTube startup but I sit here and I watch a bunch of big youtubers I watch a bunch of big youtubers and for example once Logan Paul's whole suicide forest thing came out a bunch of other youtubers they did great things like by the way don't get me wrong I'm not ungrateful but they they did these like donations and people were donating to the suicide prevention stuff like that and like here's the thing like if I like if I personally ever get to that like any kind of level like any level once I get to a level where people actually care what the hell it is I have to say like why don't we do this once a month like why don't we do charity live streams why aren't we doing this to donate to different organizations like imagine if every big youtuber with thousands tens of thousands hundreds of thousands millions if once a month just once a month they did a live stream like a Q&A or jacksepticeye did playing video games whatever that is if they did it once a month and people people were just pledging a dollar $2 whatever whatever it is $50 if we did that every month like think about the impact we would have on this world like think about that like kudos to you Logan Paul and I can't wait to see what you do in the future my man but like I hope this isn't just a okay I there's my million and I'm never talking about this again I made my apology like I hope we see this is something new it's something regular but my message to every other youtuber out there it's like do this stuff more often don't wait don't wait like we don't need tragedy to happen I've talked about this in other videos when for those of you who don't know I live in Las Vegas and when the shooting happened all these people and even though I love me some Philip DeFranco they're like see that was the time and they just said this the other day about the school shooting in Kentucky like now is the time to tell people you love them because you never know when they're gonna be there and I'm like screw that do it every day like don't wait for tragedy to strike tell people you love them every day show people you care about them every day don't wait for tragedy we are way our society is we react rather than being proactive about this stuff so like if any huge youtuber stumbles across this like I think about how easy that is hop on a live stream once a month set up a you know your your super chat set up a go fun me or whatever just once a month get some money to these organizations but good job long and Paul sorry for that little rant right there the first $250,000 going immediately to the National Suicide Prevention lifeline so they can increase their capacity to help those in need for anyone watching I want you to know you are not alone and most of the time crisis passes so if you or anyone you know feels alone or trapped I encourage anyone to call or even text a suicide or crisis hotline both of those numbers are below and although this is a tough conversation it's important because things can and will get better it's time to start a new chapter in my life as I continue to educate both myself and others on suicide I'm humbled and thankful to say this is just the beginning I'm Logan and I'm Logan let's see let's see and hey all you all you haters out there by the way I'm not no I'm not part of the Logay all you haters out there he didn't plug his merch once I know you're all waiting for it well there's like 10 seconds left in this video maybe maybe he will all right let's have some fun let's see if he does hold on okay suicide prevention lifeline all right cool cool cool no merch no merch all right here I'm gonna rewind it and I'm gonna leave that number up okay everybody so yeah good good for you good for you Logan Logan Paul good for you but like I said let's see let's see and I said this I said this in my last video about what he made the apology like let's see what this dude actually does like give him some time like people were like flipping out like he made an apology video and within five minutes people are like I don't accept that apology like brah give him a minute give him like a minute to try to do something about it like like you're not even giving them an opportunity so so but now the eyes are on your Logan Paul like hey listen my man I'm gonna do a follow-up video on you I'm gonna be watching you okay I want to make sure that you keep you say you're gonna keep doing this stuff all right because mental health is huge and guys like Logan Paul like I'm glad he made this video I'm glad millions and millions of his fans are gonna see it I'm glad that a bunch of people are gonna do videos like the one I'm doing right now like let's spread the word okay but anyways if you if you're watching if you're still here like kudos to you here's what I'll do here's what I'll do too for any time I do one of these long videos I like to give you something a little free so so I have an addiction course on the rewired soul calm if you would like to learn about the science of addiction that course is usually a hundred dollars use coupon code it's free and you can take the course for free because I just want to educate people okay coupon code is it's free it's f-r-e-e okay alright so spread the message share Logan's video help share my video but anyways thank you so much for spending this time with me as we went through this I got some I got a subscribe thing over wait I'm trying to look at my video it's over that way okay so subscribe to my channel if you like help with your mental and emotional health right below the suicide prevention line you'll see some thumbnails if you want to check out some other videos on my channel so anyways thank you Logan Paul spread the message of hope and thank you all out there for watching I'll see you next time