i dont like being told what to do. people are individuals and will comment whatever they want, i imagine most people will like the video but if someone disagrees there is no reason they shouldn't be able to share their opinion. it's not your fault nor your responsability nor something to take personally to tell people what they have to say. its just troll bait posting something like that
pedroso I think a better comment would be, "Remember, kids are learning",,, maybe? RUclips hostility is not an easy thingie to combat either way, but subtle suggestions may be more acceptable. Your last sentence was my concern too.
I love the way he's having a glass of wine and you are casually having a cup of tea, I remember him saying in vlog of his where he was saying that tea is disgusting. We now see that he's defiantly putting that into action!
It's sad and encouraging hearing Simon talk about his battle with depression. Sad because I don't wish it upon anyone, and encouraging to know it's not just me. I don't think it's a large problem in the USA in our undergraduate system, but maybe I have a flawed perspective and it's a bigger problem than I know. I do know for a fact that real depression, stress, and anxiety are a problem in the USA during MS and PhD training. I started a PhD program in Biomedical Sciences (read: biochemistry and molecular genetics). I left about 3.5 years into it with my MS partly because of the research going poorly and partly because of my deteriorating mental health. I've seen good friends of mine, and excellent scientists, turn to alcohol, have panic attacks that leave them temporarily blind, and start (under doctor's orders) prescription medication because of depression/stress/anxiety. Thank you for bringing it up during this episode. I think it is crucial for people to discuss so that other's don't feel ashamed about it and get help.
Great chat, quite informative. Really interested in what Actor-network theory is about. Thanks. My mental health story is slightly unusual because I didn't have much of a childhood due to abuse and neglect. It left me with a world view so narrow that I didn't even know what mental illness was. When I got to uni I struggled with anxiety, depression and BPD but was so unaware of it I made things worse with substance abuse. I ended up dropping out in my 2nd year undergrad. Now, I'm in my late 30s and have been through therapies galore and settled on meds that I can work with, I feel more human, more myself. Therapy is about levelling up on skills you missed out on. Everyone should go. Wishing you all the best of mental health :)
I also waited out on the mental health services 'til something went really bad, turns out Bipolar-II was the culprit. Really didn't like the idea of drugs initially, but the difference they made was massive. See medical professionals, people, and listen to their advice. Your body is a machine and needs regular maintenance!
To answer Simon, I absolutely am that stubborn 30-something male that went through tough mental health troubles during college, and we're far from alone. My issues stemmed mostly from a change in religious belief, specifically loss thereof, and how that related to the extreme prejudicial nature of my family's fundamentalist religious bigotry. In the end, it was the anonymous nature of RUclips that allowed me some outlet, some modicum of pseudo-therapy, that kept me sane. The past decade has been incredibly destructive to most of my close friends. I watched friends self-medicate, and if anything I enabled them by not saying anything when I knew better. I embraced my own self-destructive habits for a while, though ones that had less of an effect on my academic and professional careers than my peers did, which only made me feel justified in my poor behavior. In the end, I'm the most successful person to come out of my old group of friends, of those still alive, and it's incredibly depressing. The fact is we don't talk about mental health in and among men enough, and in not doing so, marriages are destroyed, careers ruined, and lives are lost. I wish I had the willpower to say more when I know I should have; it may have kept some of those I loved from ending up in rehab, on the streets, or worse.
In answer to Simon's question, it took a lot of people doing a lot of convincing for me to go and get help when I was struggling at University. I ended up re-sitting a year and and very nearly failing my degree before I did anything about it. I was reluctant to go and ask for help because I thought it was something I could fix with hard work and was just a result of my being too lazy and lax with my studies.
I didn't do anything about mental health at college, school etc, because I was totally unaware that I had any problems. It was put down as stupidity, disruptive, lazy, or just being an unlikable individual (Sometimes all and more.) as one of my teachers was so happy to point out on my last day at school (She may have been onto something but, wtf man, harsh.). :) It was when a friend of mine had some time off work (I was about 30 at this point.) with depression that I started to wonder, what is this all about, I became aware that complete disdain for yourself and a seriously fucked up family history was not of the norm. 35 now, no longer on the meds and doing better but, having few to no future prospects creates a feeling of dread because I know I'm running out of time (In every respect.), and will find it shockingly hard to make myself a fraction of what I'd like to be. There are many priorities beyond yourself, I'm surprised that this is so rarely put out there when it comes to males, because I think males on average have different priorities to females, no better or worse, just different. Hopefully the experts in these areas are getting better at spotting youngsters with these problems, but I'm VERY concerned that the experts aren't being listened to because, the treatment I've seen and received from certain organisations that claim to be helping these kids are unbelievably horrific. One organisation I'd recommend is 'Mind'. I'm still not very good at expressing any of this, truth be I don't like to (I'm fine being asked questions about this, as long as they're not personal.), one thing that has helped a great deal has been philosophy of science (Mainly, of the mind,,, I think.) and my limited understanding of it. :) Hope this shitty post may help in some way, peace out. :P
I love 'Mind'! So glad to hear you're doing better but it totally sucks that it took so long for you to be able to get it treated as a mental illness and not a character defect. I try to avoid thinking about the future as much as possible to avoid existential crises!
Sally Le Page what's done is done, I'm more concerned about our younger generations being misdiagnosed, or even worse, missed altogether. Thinking of the future is so much easier when you're in my position, you're busy and you do good work, keep it up. :) Oh, and stop putting out posts telling me to be a well behaved, or I'll make a habit of referring to you as Mummy every time. ;p
Thank you very much for allowing us to participate in your charming after dinner chat. [personal story redacted since no one seemed to be interested in my over share]
Well this is going to be an essay and a half but you asked so I shale tell. (TLDR: Went To apply to Uni counselling and then backed out because of some false sense of pride or guilt or whatever. After One hellish year went back and got the help I needed) So this would have been 3 years ago now 2013-14 I was in my second year of uni and found myself in one hell of a situation, At the start of the year I lived in a house with 7 people I knew by christmas I knew 2 and one, my best friend, was about to move to hong kong for an exchange program. The landlord then got in new people to fill the rooms, one was a drug dealer the rest didn't speak enough english to tell me what they did for a living, all of them were very intimidating, needless to say I spent a lot of time that year alone locked in my room. So the combination of uni work, stressful living arrangements and way to much time by myself sent me into a kind of "spiral of depression", which also happens to be the worst name for a carnival ride. Things got so bad that my friend who was in hong kong got me to go to the Uni Counselling service thing, don't know how she managed that one but she did. I went had a meting with them to see what the could do to help and was accepted to receive a weekly Counselling Section that I never went to. At the time I felt like I wasn't worth the effort to help, "I'm a Man God damn it, If I can't help myself what am I good for?!" as well as the stupid justification of "Well my problems aren't REAL problems, their time is better spent helping people with REAL problems." So I scraped my way through second year and moved to new smaller house for 3rd year. My best friend came back and I was optimistic about third year, sure the work load was going to rapidly increase but I can handle that right... right. So by the second month in I was pretty much having daily break downs and was a mess of a human being. Enter my super human Hong Kong traveling friend, who sat me down and helped me work through at least some of the underlying issues I was dealing with which led me to make several discoveries about myself, The most life changing of these was the realisation that i was transgendered. Now if I had one piece of advise about what point not to have your whole gender identity fall apart around you, it would be with final dissertation due date just around the corner. Not that there is really an ideal time for it to happen but anyway, after that mind shattering realisation I was able to piece some of my life back together and it was at this time I approached the Counselling Services again this time I had hit rock bottom and my Masculine Ego was already in tiny pieces so that didn't interfere that time. Now the rest of my time at Uni was a confusing mess, but it was a confusing mess where I had support and people to turn to. The support of the Counselling Services are probably one of the few reasons that i was able to complete my course and graduate. Mental Health is a serious issue and If my experience has taught me anything it is that its ok to have things you can't deal with, its ok to ask for help, it doesn't make you weak, its not shameful and no matter how hard you try and repress your problems they will come back. When you finally face them you'll wish you would have done it earlier. That just took me 5 hours to write and I know I will have made some mistakes, I tried not to make to depressing but it was two of the hardest years of my life.
I about died laughing when you were talking about quality and the camera turn off. I'ts really the conversation that is important to me. If it is interesting I could care less about the visuals. The sound quality however will make or break a video, I think.
yeah the audio quality really is where it's at. I'd take a static lowtech 240p video with good audio over a 4k one with ultra fancy fx and what not but shitty audio 11 times out of 10.
(that is specifically when the conversation is the point. Of course a video of a breathtaking vista or something will be better enjoyed taken by a proper camera. Oh and if a video contains text or visuals that are important augments to what's being said, like with slides or something, the quality should be good enough to actually be able to read them. So that's the caveats.)
I'm not an audiophile or anything. I bet there could always be improvements. You could always use a better mic and/or a special low-reverb recording room etc. But for the purpose of the presented content, as far as I'm concerned, the quality was perfectly sufficient. So in that sense I'd give it a, say, 9.5-10 My comment wasn't meant as a complaint. I just meant to emphasize that decent audio generally is really important. Usually more so than decent video.
Only just watched this video, a bit late! I had a look over at Simon's Draw My Life video as well. To respond to your question: For a while recently I've been considering talking to someone professional, but still haven't yet. I don't know that I could claim to have suffered depression - I'm generally a very happy and positive person, and I'm somewhat good at resisting the pressure of stress (or perhaps at acting normal inspite of it, which could maybe be argued to be the same thing). However, I'm a PhD student in physics, where I've had extensions to the point that I'm no longer registered as a student (it's been over 5 years since I started my PhD), and will have to reinstate as a student when I'm ready to submit in the future. I'm in my late 20s, and the first extension/interruption I had was due to the loss of my mum a year and a half ago, and a second because my supervisor left the university very abruptly around a year ago. I don't know to what extent my delays in getting my thesis written relate to my loss and grief, or to what degree it's just laziness and procrastination which I don't want to excuse as a potential mental health issue. I think one of the reasons I've still not talked to someone professional is that if I am depressed, it doesn't feel irrational at all. I know exactly why I feel down if I do, though I think there is definitely that standard British male stiff upper lip attitude mixed in there.
(I've jumped across from Simon's channel, but I think Simon's question around 40:46 is super important for more men to be open about) I'm a first year political science and law student at a major university in Sydney, Australia, and over the course of this year, I've seen an unusual correlation occur: my mental health deteriorate, but also my academic marks rise. I started the year as a bubbly, outgoing and crazy guy who is a nerd about politics and whatnot, but a mediocre student. However, as the year's gone by, I've started experiencing intense social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive tendencies (such as repeating phrases and wasting 30 minutes of every morning checking my bag in case I've missed something), however the friends that I hang out with have also made things easier when it comes to studying, resulting in me receiving much better results (from a 2:1 to a 1:2 sort of student, or 1:1 in politics). If there is no reason for me to go out, I won't. I've started becoming more reliant on alcohol in order to break that awkward barrier between myself and other people, and the drinking culture of Australia doesn't help with that AT ALL. HOWEVER, I've found that getting involved in my uni's Law Students Society has really helped me with realising that most other students are experiencing the same sort of problems as me, and we are mutually supporting each other through it all, so much so that I'm running for positions on the Law Students Society for next year. I've never gone to student support services at my university, because the support they give is very limited, especially when there is a lack of funding from the university and the Australian government in regards to mental health services at universities. What makes it worse is that my uni's support services don't have anything that particularly helps law students, who experience much higher rates of mental ill-health than other students (my case in point). We have to rely on each other in order to cope with these problems. It's a shame really.
I'm two years late, but let's just say that the on campus mental health counselor is free - for the first visit. I figure I will need to make more than one visit, and I can't afford that.
when life throws a curve ball, it's hard to recognise that there are mental health issues as well as physical / health issues associated with an event. advice I could have benefitted from at the time. but then the question is what is normal for me. does something need 'fixing' now? I think not, but then I am a man. great vid (not just the health bit)
Bipolar breakdown 2 weeks before final year at Cambridge EIST (Electrical and electronic engineering). Did not take a year out ended up with a 2:2 (in 1992), did a computing masters. (And not have a year off to explain). Missed out on a year of my life basically, final year avoided all long term commitments (tried to get off on one off things/people, as I could not afford the time, in retrospect so I would not be found out, and could keep my happy face to people for an hour.) stable now for 13 years (0 sick days since 2004), used to have (a breakdown, 1 month off sick and back to work again) every 3 years. Trying to think of something useful, we do a meetup.com 'in Dublin with Bipolar Disorder' since 2014, it is awesome, there are no other bipolar groups in (South of) Ireland. Booked to go to a mental health conference next week. Same computer programming job since 1998. (tags: Grammer school townie). 5 out of 6 in the family bipolar. Oh yes you wanted mental health services comment, it was all treading water, not doing anything for the future.
A CEO asked me at an interview "I see you got a first in first year, a 2.1 in second year and a 2.2 in third year, what have you got to say about that?" my response was "I am glad it was not a four year course". Engineering manager was amused, the CEO was not. (I did not get the job).
I will have to bear in mind Simon's comment that he prefers comments to simple views; I am dreadful for watching without commenting, even if I enjoy the video, partly because I am not in the habit of doing so and partly because I do not think I have anything to say. I do not have anything to say about mental health issues so I will not say anything.
"We're all smart. Distinguish yourself by being kind."
1) Be kind
2) Talk to each other
3) Take pride in our comments section
Yes mummy. O.o
i dont like being told what to do. people are individuals and will comment whatever they want, i imagine most people will like the video but if someone disagrees there is no reason they shouldn't be able to share their opinion. it's not your fault nor your responsability nor something to take personally to tell people what they have to say. its just troll bait posting something like that
pedroso I think a better comment would be, "Remember, kids are learning",,, maybe?
RUclips hostility is not an easy thingie to combat either way, but subtle suggestions may be more acceptable.
Your last sentence was my concern too.
Spongy and electric says it doesn't have any content anymore.
pedroso you can disagree politely.
I love the way he's having a glass of wine and you are casually having a cup of tea, I remember him saying in vlog of his where he was saying that tea is disgusting. We now see that he's defiantly putting that into action!
Fun trivia: I'm actually having a mug of coke. Because I don't like tea either!
I came expecting to learn about the science of sofas.
It's sad and encouraging hearing Simon talk about his battle with depression. Sad because I don't wish it upon anyone, and encouraging to know it's not just me. I don't think it's a large problem in the USA in our undergraduate system, but maybe I have a flawed perspective and it's a bigger problem than I know. I do know for a fact that real depression, stress, and anxiety are a problem in the USA during MS and PhD training.
I started a PhD program in Biomedical Sciences (read: biochemistry and molecular genetics). I left about 3.5 years into it with my MS partly because of the research going poorly and partly because of my deteriorating mental health. I've seen good friends of mine, and excellent scientists, turn to alcohol, have panic attacks that leave them temporarily blind, and start (under doctor's orders) prescription medication because of depression/stress/anxiety.
Thank you for bringing it up during this episode. I think it is crucial for people to discuss so that other's don't feel ashamed about it and get help.
I am having a small talk about my "quite" project in minutes. First met your videos weeks ago, I have to say they inspired me alot.
Thank you.
Great chat, quite informative. Really interested in what Actor-network theory is about. Thanks.
My mental health story is slightly unusual because I didn't have much of a childhood due to abuse and neglect. It left me with a world view so narrow that I didn't even know what mental illness was. When I got to uni I struggled with anxiety, depression and BPD but was so unaware of it I made things worse with substance abuse. I ended up dropping out in my 2nd year undergrad.
Now, I'm in my late 30s and have been through therapies galore and settled on meds that I can work with, I feel more human, more myself. Therapy is about levelling up on skills you missed out on. Everyone should go.
Wishing you all the best of mental health :)
I also waited out on the mental health services 'til something went really bad, turns out Bipolar-II was the culprit. Really didn't like the idea of drugs initially, but the difference they made was massive. See medical professionals, people, and listen to their advice. Your body is a machine and needs regular maintenance!
To answer Simon, I absolutely am that stubborn 30-something male that went through tough mental health troubles during college, and we're far from alone. My issues stemmed mostly from a change in religious belief, specifically loss thereof, and how that related to the extreme prejudicial nature of my family's fundamentalist religious bigotry. In the end, it was the anonymous nature of RUclips that allowed me some outlet, some modicum of pseudo-therapy, that kept me sane.
The past decade has been incredibly destructive to most of my close friends. I watched friends self-medicate, and if anything I enabled them by not saying anything when I knew better. I embraced my own self-destructive habits for a while, though ones that had less of an effect on my academic and professional careers than my peers did, which only made me feel justified in my poor behavior. In the end, I'm the most successful person to come out of my old group of friends, of those still alive, and it's incredibly depressing. The fact is we don't talk about mental health in and among men enough, and in not doing so, marriages are destroyed, careers ruined, and lives are lost. I wish I had the willpower to say more when I know I should have; it may have kept some of those I loved from ending up in rehab, on the streets, or worse.
In answer to Simon's question, it took a lot of people doing a lot of convincing for me to go and get help when I was struggling at University. I ended up re-sitting a year and and very nearly failing my degree before I did anything about it.
I was reluctant to go and ask for help because I thought it was something I could fix with hard work and was just a result of my being too lazy and lax with my studies.
I didn't do anything about mental health at college, school etc, because I was totally unaware that I had any problems.
It was put down as stupidity, disruptive, lazy, or just being an unlikable individual (Sometimes all and more.) as one of my teachers was so happy to point out on my last day at school (She may have been onto something but, wtf man, harsh.). :)
It was when a friend of mine had some time off work (I was about 30 at this point.) with depression that I started to wonder, what is this all about, I became aware that complete disdain for yourself and a seriously fucked up family history was not of the norm.
35 now, no longer on the meds and doing better but, having few to no future prospects creates a feeling of dread because I know I'm running out of time (In every respect.), and will find it shockingly hard to make myself a fraction of what I'd like to be.
There are many priorities beyond yourself, I'm surprised that this is so rarely put out there when it comes to males, because I think males on average have different priorities to females, no better or worse, just different.
Hopefully the experts in these areas are getting better at spotting youngsters with these problems, but I'm VERY concerned that the experts aren't being listened to because, the treatment I've seen and received from certain organisations that claim to be helping these kids are unbelievably horrific.
One organisation I'd recommend is 'Mind'.
I'm still not very good at expressing any of this, truth be I don't like to (I'm fine being asked questions about this, as long as they're not personal.), one thing that has helped a great deal has been philosophy of science (Mainly, of the mind,,, I think.) and my limited understanding of it. :)
Hope this shitty post may help in some way, peace out. :P
I love 'Mind'! So glad to hear you're doing better but it totally sucks that it took so long for you to be able to get it treated as a mental illness and not a character defect. I try to avoid thinking about the future as much as possible to avoid existential crises!
Sally Le Page what's done is done, I'm more concerned about our younger generations being misdiagnosed, or even worse, missed altogether.
Thinking of the future is so much easier when you're in my position, you're busy and you do good work, keep it up. :)
Oh, and stop putting out posts telling me to be a well behaved, or I'll make a habit of referring to you as Mummy every time. ;p
Thank you very much for allowing us to participate in your charming after dinner chat.
[personal story redacted since no one seemed to be interested in my over share]
Great episode! :) Loved hearing from you both.
Thanks :D
Well this is going to be an essay and a half but you asked so I shale tell.
(TLDR: Went To apply to Uni counselling and then backed out because of some false sense of pride or guilt or whatever. After One hellish year went back and got the help I needed)
So this would have been 3 years ago now 2013-14 I was in my second year of uni and found myself in one hell of a situation, At the start of the year I lived in a house with 7 people I knew by christmas I knew 2 and one, my best friend, was about to move to hong kong for an exchange program. The landlord then got in new people to fill the rooms, one was a drug dealer the rest didn't speak enough english to tell me what they did for a living, all of them were very intimidating, needless to say I spent a lot of time that year alone locked in my room.
So the combination of uni work, stressful living arrangements and way to much time by myself sent me into a kind of "spiral of depression", which also happens to be the worst name for a carnival ride. Things got so bad that my friend who was in hong kong got me to go to the Uni Counselling service thing, don't know how she managed that one but she did. I went had a meting with them to see what the could do to help and was accepted to receive a weekly Counselling Section that I never went to. At the time I felt like I wasn't worth the effort to help, "I'm a Man God damn it, If I can't help myself what am I good for?!" as well as the stupid justification of "Well my problems aren't REAL problems, their time is better spent helping people with REAL problems."
So I scraped my way through second year and moved to new smaller house for 3rd year. My best friend came back and I was optimistic about third year, sure the work load was going to rapidly increase but I can handle that right... right. So by the second month in I was pretty much having daily break downs and was a mess of a human being. Enter my super human Hong Kong traveling friend, who sat me down and helped me work through at least some of the underlying issues I was dealing with which led me to make several discoveries about myself, The most life changing of these was the realisation that i was transgendered.
Now if I had one piece of advise about what point not to have your whole gender identity fall apart around you, it would be with final dissertation due date just around the corner. Not that there is really an ideal time for it to happen but anyway, after that mind shattering realisation I was able to piece some of my life back together and it was at this time I approached the Counselling Services again this time I had hit rock bottom and my Masculine Ego was already in tiny pieces so that didn't interfere that time.
Now the rest of my time at Uni was a confusing mess, but it was a confusing mess where I had support and people to turn to. The support of the Counselling Services are probably one of the few reasons that i was able to complete my course and graduate. Mental Health is a serious issue and If my experience has taught me anything it is that its ok to have things you can't deal with, its ok to ask for help, it doesn't make you weak, its not shameful and no matter how hard you try and repress your problems they will come back. When you finally face them you'll wish you would have done it earlier.
That just took me 5 hours to write and I know I will have made some mistakes, I tried not to make to depressing but it was two of the hardest years of my life.
I really enjoyed this (and watched until the end!) We need more 45 minute long videos!!!
The next Sofa Science is even longer!!! :S
I think you are 100% right. Good audio. Great content. And that's all that matters.
I about died laughing when you were talking about quality and the camera turn off. I'ts really the conversation that is important to me. If it is interesting I could care less about the visuals. The sound quality however will make or break a video, I think.
I couldn't have timed it better if I had tried!!!
yeah the audio quality really is where it's at. I'd take a static lowtech 240p video with good audio over a 4k one with ultra fancy fx and what not but shitty audio 11 times out of 10.
(that is specifically when the conversation is the point. Of course a video of a breathtaking vista or something will be better enjoyed taken by a proper camera. Oh and if a video contains text or visuals that are important augments to what's being said, like with slides or something, the quality should be good enough to actually be able to read them. So that's the caveats.)
What marks out of 10 would you give this audio?
I'm not an audiophile or anything. I bet there could always be improvements. You could always use a better mic and/or a special low-reverb recording room etc.
But for the purpose of the presented content, as far as I'm concerned, the quality was perfectly sufficient. So in that sense I'd give it a, say, 9.5-10
My comment wasn't meant as a complaint. I just meant to emphasize that decent audio generally is really important. Usually more so than decent video.
screw the quality! i really enjoy the rawness. and the content rocks
Only just watched this video, a bit late! I had a look over at Simon's Draw My Life video as well. To respond to your question: For a while recently I've been considering talking to someone professional, but still haven't yet. I don't know that I could claim to have suffered depression - I'm generally a very happy and positive person, and I'm somewhat good at resisting the pressure of stress (or perhaps at acting normal inspite of it, which could maybe be argued to be the same thing). However, I'm a PhD student in physics, where I've had extensions to the point that I'm no longer registered as a student (it's been over 5 years since I started my PhD), and will have to reinstate as a student when I'm ready to submit in the future. I'm in my late 20s, and the first extension/interruption I had was due to the loss of my mum a year and a half ago, and a second because my supervisor left the university very abruptly around a year ago. I don't know to what extent my delays in getting my thesis written relate to my loss and grief, or to what degree it's just laziness and procrastination which I don't want to excuse as a potential mental health issue. I think one of the reasons I've still not talked to someone professional is that if I am depressed, it doesn't feel irrational at all. I know exactly why I feel down if I do, though I think there is definitely that standard British male stiff upper lip attitude mixed in there.
(I've jumped across from Simon's channel, but I think Simon's question around 40:46 is super important for more men to be open about)
I'm a first year political science and law student at a major university in Sydney, Australia, and over the course of this year, I've seen an unusual correlation occur: my mental health deteriorate, but also my academic marks rise. I started the year as a bubbly, outgoing and crazy guy who is a nerd about politics and whatnot, but a mediocre student. However, as the year's gone by, I've started experiencing intense social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive tendencies (such as repeating phrases and wasting 30 minutes of every morning checking my bag in case I've missed something), however the friends that I hang out with have also made things easier when it comes to studying, resulting in me receiving much better results (from a 2:1 to a 1:2 sort of student, or 1:1 in politics). If there is no reason for me to go out, I won't. I've started becoming more reliant on alcohol in order to break that awkward barrier between myself and other people, and the drinking culture of Australia doesn't help with that AT ALL. HOWEVER, I've found that getting involved in my uni's Law Students Society has really helped me with realising that most other students are experiencing the same sort of problems as me, and we are mutually supporting each other through it all, so much so that I'm running for positions on the Law Students Society for next year.
I've never gone to student support services at my university, because the support they give is very limited, especially when there is a lack of funding from the university and the Australian government in regards to mental health services at universities. What makes it worse is that my uni's support services don't have anything that particularly helps law students, who experience much higher rates of mental ill-health than other students (my case in point). We have to rely on each other in order to cope with these problems. It's a shame really.
What is that video with the archeology student Simon was talking about? I looked through the most recent videos on his channels, but I can't find it!
Victoria C I want to find it as well!!
I'm two years late, but let's just say that the on campus mental health counselor is free - for the first visit.
I figure I will need to make more than one visit, and I can't afford that.
when life throws a curve ball, it's hard to recognise that there are mental health issues as well as physical / health issues associated with an event. advice I could have benefitted from at the time. but then the question is what is normal for me. does something need 'fixing' now? I think not, but then I am a man.
great vid (not just the health bit)
[watching this 7 years after this was posted] I can’t go outside at quarter til 7pm, it’s pitch black out there!
Bipolar breakdown 2 weeks before final year at Cambridge EIST (Electrical and electronic engineering). Did not take a year out ended up with a 2:2 (in 1992), did a computing masters. (And not have a year off to explain). Missed out on a year of my life basically, final year avoided all long term commitments (tried to get off on one off things/people, as I could not afford the time, in retrospect so I would not be found out, and could keep my happy face to people for an hour.) stable now for 13 years (0 sick days since 2004), used to have (a breakdown, 1 month off sick and back to work again) every 3 years. Trying to think of something useful, we do a meetup.com 'in Dublin with Bipolar Disorder' since 2014, it is awesome, there are no other bipolar groups in (South of) Ireland. Booked to go to a mental health conference next week. Same computer programming job since 1998. (tags: Grammer school townie). 5 out of 6 in the family bipolar. Oh yes you wanted mental health services comment, it was all treading water, not doing anything for the future.
A CEO asked me at an interview "I see you got a first in first year, a 2.1 in second year and a 2.2 in third year, what have you got to say about that?" my response was "I am glad it was not a four year course". Engineering manager was amused, the CEO was not. (I did not get the job).
I am totally stealing that line if anyone asks me about my degree!
11:20 - Yet another example of the horror that can be due to Harry Potter.
Lovely interview.
what is his second channel?
lynutshell Spongy and Electric, it has no videos yet tho. He says it at around 5:00
The camnera operator is a very big fan of Harry Potter for sure lol
Yes i had a problem.
I went to campus mental health.
It wasn't helpful & neither was Title IX.
Made it though anyways thankfully
Talking about the female audience, he blushed. lol
I'm a weirdo. (I'm also from roosterteeth) the RT community adores you.
I'm very aware. And I've now got a whole RT series so I love you lot back :)
..."If you move them, you can derive special relativity." "Well, yeah" said Sally as if this was common knowledge throughout all of humanity. :D :D :D
Haha, yeah, for someone who knows very little about special relativity, I've seen that mirror clock explanation just one too many times! ;)
I will have to bear in mind Simon's comment that he prefers comments to simple views; I am dreadful for watching without commenting, even if I enjoy the video, partly because I am not in the habit of doing so and partly because I do not think I have anything to say. I do not have anything to say about mental health issues so I will not say anything.
hi I always want to know what is your belief system
if you don't mind to say it
Sally are you french or a Secret Agent?
sofa science!! :)
Twitter is amazing.
I just laughed out loud to this and I am in the library at the moment. Not helpful Simon!
I am fine "sofa"r
ba dum tsss