TRIGGER WARNING for some pretty heavy and frank discussions about mental illness and all the dark serious stuff that comes with it.

Here's a playlist of songs inspired by this video: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/15H...

The song featured at the end of the video is TEETH by St. Terrible, which you can find in the playlist above. Thanks to the band for supplying me with an instrumental mix to use. St. Terrible is one of my favorite bands ever and you should listen to them.

This topic has always been something that really bothered me and I'm finally getting around to why I think this gesture is not healthy, a bit toxic, and kinda needs to be addressed seriously.

I'm a huge fan of bands like Twenty One Pilots, My Chemical Romance, the Used, Motion City Soundtrack, and tons of other artists who explore heavier topics in their lyrics and messaging. However, with them comes a type of fan that tends to go overboard with their adoration of the project. While there's a humanity in the claim that a band "saved someone's life," I think it's misguided. What makes me worried is that it's mostly teenagers with this mentality.

At the end of the day, you are your own hero and the fact that you're here watching this video and reading these words are proof enough. You owe it to yourself to give credit where it's due, and that's not to anyone but yourself. You're awesome.

I'll make less existentially terrifying videos soon I promise, I just needed to talk about this. It's been bugging me for months.

I hope you're doing well. You know what phone numbers to call and what people to talk to if things are in crisis mode right now.

0:00 - Intro
1:07 - You Are the Only One Responsible For Yourself
3:35 - Don't Build Foundations of Stability on Strangers
4:27 - Don't Make It Weird Bro
6:25 - You Deserve All Credit

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