Mate - Just want to say how much of an inspiration your videos have been. From the no-look swing right through to the recent mental health-focused content. We are similar in age, background and interests, your videos feel like listening to an old mate.
Lovely to see you posting again Rob and great to see you are making progress. If you get back into golf and fancy a game sometime it would be great to play with you. Wishing you all the very best
Can’t recommend the gym enough for how it helped me - makes you feel more confident in yourself if you’re seeing results, you get the exercise in and gives you something to work on too
Hey Rob. Great video. You and i relate really well to one another. Really similar stories the last few years. I'm pulling for ya buddy. from golf, break up, depression to not feeling like we have a purpose. I'm really struggling with the last one myself. I think ill be giving your tips a try. curious as to how you relate with your friends? You still hang out with a few? If you do, do you feel different around them? Like you're just not connecting like old times? That's the way i feel. Its like pouting with nothing really to pout about. Anyways keep staying strong. This American loves your butt, even when you have no idea who i am. Love your vulnerable openness.
Hey mate. I still have my closest friends from school days although I live a long way from them now. It's still a good laugh when we do get to hang out, even if a lot of the time is spent reminiscing about the old days. I think it's normal to make new friends as you enter different life stages, although it's not always easy to do so! Maybe Americans are a bit more open, but British guys, after a certain age, tend to be a bit more... closed off? Thanks for the support anyway. Hope you're doing well 💪
Good to see another video from you! I don't know if anyone else feels like this. But personally, the more I accept how I am and put less pressure on myself, the better I feel. Placing less importance on myself. Anxiety has been bigger for me though, but does follow with depression. I recently reflected on what my dreams/expectations are and then thought about my grandad and how he spent his life/his quality of life (he was a miner.) Made me realise how little I appreciate things sometimes! Also just remembering to find things funny and be silly more often. Why are we so serious 😅 Balance will always be key. Look forward to more videos :)
Yeah, I definitely know what you mean. Only thing I find hard about that though is that I don't necessarily want to just accept how I am and how things are, because I want them to improve. I guess there's a balance to be found where you can be content in the present while still working towards things. You're right about that, I think I'm at my happiest when making people laugh!
Love your videos Rob, I’ve come back to a few of them over the years, particularly the golf ones but I especially like the ones you’ve produced more recently. Hope that you’re keeping well buddy, look after yourself.
Happy New Year Rob! Glad you’re doing well. I struggle more around holidays (not vacation) and winters, where I live that is pretty much from Nove till end of Feb but thank you for the helpful & important reminders. Wishing you all the best in 2022.
Hello Rob, I know a lot of people say religion is a load of bollocks, but it is a coping mechanism. I fast once a week and every year I won't eat for 3 days, on the morning of the third day I'll get up at 6 and run 3 mile, 1 because I don't like running at that time and 2 because there's no one around and if anyone saw me they'd think I was having a stroke! Good to see your content again, stay well 👍.
Hard topic, probably harder than the hair loss. HOPE is the key point and I personally been going back to scripture and Christian messages. I am driving 30 min each day and tend to listen to Christian messages like Joel Osteen which is generally uplifting with a positive spin. If all fails, I am listening to The Smiths "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" at full blast or go golfing - well both can make you feel either way 😉 God bless
you are great! what a very thoughtful and helpful video. very very well done for telling people how you felt and what helped you. I shall be thinking of this when I am playing a comp tomorrow. I know what is more important- as do you. keep it up and don't beat yourself up if it slips! feel as good as you can, life's fun!
Hi Rob, hope you will win your fight against depression. I was pretty depressed lately as well because of my job. My decision was more to challenge myself to become scratch at golf and did a video about it on my channel. A bit like you did 4 years ago 😉, thank you for the inspiration! Maybe the channel might interest your audience as well. Can't wait to see your feedback.
@@RobMcGarr Thanks Rob! If you think the challenge is interesting enough to share it to your golf audience, that would be awesome! Thanks for all your content anyway!
Good to hear about your progress in combatting depression, I find that it can sneak up on you. I personally use music keeps me buoyant. Which leads me to ask, are you still progressing with the guitar? Best wishes.
Hi Rob, great video, enjoyed your golf content but if you can do stuff on well being that would be great. Just wondered your thoughts on alcohol and diet and are you still a vegan? I was a gray area drinker (worth looking up) and gave up alcohol completely and had a massive improvement in well-being and energy. Like you I don't want to be preachy but if anyone is sober curious it is worth checking out. Thanks
Thanks mate. I feel diet is really important and often overlooked. I'm still vegan; actually planning to do a month of completely whole food plant-based in Feb and see how that goes. I was teetotal for five years but now have the occasional drink. I thought about making a video about it but not sure what my point would be! 🤔
Strange really I start to follow a golfer and end up following a mind coach Similar journey really Exercise inside and outside and a professional focus helping others has helped me - I’m going to leave the phone alone in the morning cheers Keep posting thanks
I stumbled into this having previously followed the golf stuff, but my take away is that this is very much a First World problem, where people with a lot of choice and opportunity have too much time to think about their life and how to procede living it. When our minds are fully engaged surviving our environment it's far less likely we will dwell on all the negativity and things we don't have "perfect" in our lives.
@@RobMcGarr I experienced the same in my thirties when a high pressure software project came to an end after 18 intense months. I fell into a hole created by the sudden vacuum. I climbed out of that hole by abandoning the sofa/bed and just doing stuff, trying not to reflect on things. Stuff with no goal other than to keep my mind engaged on positive things, like hobbies. It took about six months. Forgetting about the past and busying myself on a day to day basis on those simple things is what fixed me. In my opinion, too much introspection can be a bad thing. Good luck....
@@SearchBucket2 Yeah that makes sense. Too much focusing on the past or future doesn't help. In fact, don't they say that too much of anything is a bad thing?!
Depression is a BITCH and of course its cousin anxiety. I could write a book here right now, but I won't. What I will say is I never appreciated the impact it has until it happened to me. I tried about everything and I mean everything over a 4-5 year period, but for me it was the teachings of Eckhart Tolle that really helped me to start to pull out of my depression. I also did and still do some micro-dosing of mushrooms. Which for me was especially helpful since I took anti-depressants of all sorts for years until I finally found out I am ultra sensitive to them and they were causing more harm than good. Micro dosing has proven to help re-wire the brain and the results for me have been pretty amazing. I am still fighting the good fight, but my days are a lot better now and I can golf again too. I totally agree about exercise. I have worked out my entire adult life, even when I was at my lowest, and always felt better after a workout. Anyway, I feel for you mate and am glad you are also still fighting the good fight.
I loved The Power of Now and also The Untethered Soul (not sure if you've read that?) Have heard the term micro-dosing a bit recently but haven't looked into it so no idea what it means really. Hope you're doing well my man 💪
@@RobMcGarr Power Of Now can be a life changer for sure and also A New Earth. Have not heard of Untethered Soul, but I will check it out. You can find information on micro-dosing, but it's not for everyone. I was at the end of my rope so I figured, why not. Thanks for the comments.
Not annoying at all, I'm glad! Golf wasn't helping me (if anything it was making things worse, but that's probably because I'd lost track of why I was doing it) but I know how big it can be for lots of people. I haven't ruled out getting back into it in the near(ish) future.
@@RobMcGarr ah Nice area North Devon Im from Burnham on sea A member of Burnham and Berrow Im experienced in depression, single middle aged male with autism Nice video though thanks 👍
I’d rather be Dave and lay in all day. Work is burning me out. Not necessarily because of how busy it is. I’m just bored out of my freakin’ mind whenever I’m at work. Screw the guy that made 40 hours a week normal.
Mate - Just want to say how much of an inspiration your videos have been. From the no-look swing right through to the recent mental health-focused content.
We are similar in age, background and interests, your videos feel like listening to an old mate.
Absolutely love this comment, thank you pal.
I was thinking about you not long ago. I’m very, very, very happy that you are feeling better !!!!
Thanks mate, hope you're well!
You truly are a good person. Be proud of yourself for overcoming what you went through ❤️
Thanks mate, everyone's just doing their best.
Lovely to see you posting again Rob and great to see you are making progress. If you get back into golf and fancy a game sometime it would be great to play with you. Wishing you all the very best
Can’t recommend the gym enough for how it helped me - makes you feel more confident in yourself if you’re seeing results, you get the exercise in and gives you something to work on too
Spot on, can change people's lives.
Hey Rob. Great video. You and i relate really well to one another. Really similar stories the last few years. I'm pulling for ya buddy. from golf, break up, depression to not feeling like we have a purpose. I'm really struggling with the last one myself. I think ill be giving your tips a try. curious as to how you relate with your friends? You still hang out with a few? If you do, do you feel different around them? Like you're just not connecting like old times? That's the way i feel. Its like pouting with nothing really to pout about. Anyways keep staying strong. This American loves your butt, even when you have no idea who i am. Love your vulnerable openness.
Hey mate. I still have my closest friends from school days although I live a long way from them now. It's still a good laugh when we do get to hang out, even if a lot of the time is spent reminiscing about the old days. I think it's normal to make new friends as you enter different life stages, although it's not always easy to do so! Maybe Americans are a bit more open, but British guys, after a certain age, tend to be a bit more... closed off? Thanks for the support anyway. Hope you're doing well 💪
I was actually wondering when you’d post again the other day. Glad to hear you’re doing OK. Cheers
Thanks for thinking of me! 😀
Good to see you posting again Rob.
Thanks mate :)
Good to see another video from you!
I don't know if anyone else feels like this.
But personally, the more I accept how I am and put less pressure on myself, the better I feel. Placing less importance on myself.
Anxiety has been bigger for me though, but does follow with depression.
I recently reflected on what my dreams/expectations are and then thought about my grandad and how he spent his life/his quality of life (he was a miner.) Made me realise how little I appreciate things sometimes!
Also just remembering to find things funny and be silly more often. Why are we so serious 😅
Balance will always be key.
Look forward to more videos :)
Yeah, I definitely know what you mean. Only thing I find hard about that though is that I don't necessarily want to just accept how I am and how things are, because I want them to improve. I guess there's a balance to be found where you can be content in the present while still working towards things.
You're right about that, I think I'm at my happiest when making people laugh!
Good to see you back , great to here from you.
Cheers Mark, s'good to be back!
Love your videos Rob, I’ve come back to a few of them over the years, particularly the golf ones but I especially like the ones you’ve produced more recently. Hope that you’re keeping well buddy, look after yourself.
Welcome back Rob. Really missed your content
Thanks mate, I've missed making it!
Great to have you back Rob. Excellent content as always.
Thanks Adam, good to hear from you 🤜🤛
Thanks
All great ideas! I have used most of them and it definitely changed my life! Strength and love on your continuing journey.
Thank you, and that's great to hear!
Good to see you back here Rob!
Thanks mate!
Happy New Year Rob! Glad you’re doing well. I struggle more around holidays (not vacation) and winters, where I live that is pretty much from Nove till end of Feb but thank you for the helpful & important reminders. Wishing you all the best in 2022.
Good to hear from you, hope you're doing well 🧡
Hello Rob, I know a lot of people say religion is a load of bollocks, but it is a coping mechanism. I fast once a week and every year I won't eat for 3 days, on the morning of the third day I'll get up at 6 and run 3 mile, 1 because I don't like running at that time and 2 because there's no one around and if anyone saw me they'd think I was having a stroke! Good to see your content again, stay well 👍.
Ive missed your content. Glad you are well.
Thanks. I've missed making it! Glad to be back on it :)
Hard topic, probably harder than the hair loss. HOPE is the key point and I personally been going back to scripture and Christian messages. I am driving 30 min each day and tend to listen to Christian messages like Joel Osteen which is generally uplifting with a positive spin.
If all fails, I am listening to The Smiths "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" at full blast or go golfing - well both can make you feel either way 😉 God bless
you are great! what a very thoughtful and helpful video. very very well done for telling people how you felt and what helped you. I shall be thinking of this when I am playing a comp tomorrow. I know what is more important- as do you. keep it up and don't beat yourself up if it slips! feel as good as you can, life's fun!
Cheers Clive, that's very kind. Enjoy the golf my man!
Hi Rob, hope you will win your fight against depression. I was pretty depressed lately as well because of my job. My decision was more to challenge myself to become scratch at golf and did a video about it on my channel. A bit like you did 4 years ago 😉, thank you for the inspiration! Maybe the channel might interest your audience as well. Can't wait to see your feedback.
Just checked it out and think what you're doing is fantastic 👏 Go and make yourself and your daughter proud 💪
@@RobMcGarr Thanks Rob! If you think the challenge is interesting enough to share it to your golf audience, that would be awesome! Thanks for all your content anyway!
I really enjoyed this video, thanks !
Good to hear, thanks for letting me know!
Welcome back Rob! and the hairs back! 😂 I stuck with the shaved head and kinda got used to it now 🤷♂️
Cheers Scott. I think the hair will go again soonish and I'm not dreading it at all!
Great video rob!
Thanks mate :)
Good to hear about your progress in combatting depression, I find that it can sneak up on you. I personally use music keeps me buoyant. Which leads me to ask, are you still progressing with the guitar? Best wishes.
Progress has very much stalled! 🤦♂️
Amazing video pal
Cheers dude :)
Hi Rob, great video, enjoyed your golf content but if you can do stuff on well being that would be great. Just wondered your thoughts on alcohol and diet and are you still a vegan? I was a gray area drinker (worth looking up) and gave up alcohol completely and had a massive improvement in well-being and energy. Like you I don't want to be preachy but if anyone is sober curious it is worth checking out. Thanks
Thanks mate. I feel diet is really important and often overlooked. I'm still vegan; actually planning to do a month of completely whole food plant-based in Feb and see how that goes. I was teetotal for five years but now have the occasional drink. I thought about making a video about it but not sure what my point would be! 🤔
Strange really
I start to follow a golfer and end up following a mind coach
Similar journey really
Exercise inside and outside and a professional focus helping others has helped me - I’m going to leave the phone alone in the morning cheers
Keep posting thanks
Cheers John. What's your focus helping others, if you don't mind me asking?
EPP
Emergency physiotherapy practitioner in urgent care
Best job I’ve ever had
@@johnsinclair3650 Awesome 👌 I feel a lot of my problems would be solved if I had a job I believed in!
I stumbled into this having previously followed the golf stuff, but my take away is that this is very much a First World problem, where people with a lot of choice and opportunity have too much time to think about their life and how to procede living it. When our minds are fully engaged surviving our environment it's far less likely we will dwell on all the negativity and things we don't have "perfect" in our lives.
I totally agree, but where does that leave us?
@@RobMcGarr I experienced the same in my thirties when a high pressure software project came to an end after 18 intense months. I fell into a hole created by the sudden vacuum. I climbed out of that hole by abandoning the sofa/bed and just doing stuff, trying not to reflect on things. Stuff with no goal other than to keep my mind engaged on positive things, like hobbies. It took about six months. Forgetting about the past and busying myself on a day to day basis on those simple things is what fixed me. In my opinion, too much introspection can be a bad thing. Good luck....
@@SearchBucket2 Yeah that makes sense. Too much focusing on the past or future doesn't help. In fact, don't they say that too much of anything is a bad thing?!
Great video Rob.. ✋
Cheers bud.
Depression is a BITCH and of course its cousin anxiety. I could write a book here right now, but I won't. What I will say is I never appreciated the impact it has until it happened to me. I tried about everything and I mean everything over a 4-5 year period, but for me it was the teachings of Eckhart Tolle that really helped me to start to pull out of my depression. I also did and still do some micro-dosing of mushrooms. Which for me was especially helpful since I took anti-depressants of all sorts for years until I finally found out I am ultra sensitive to them and they were causing more harm than good. Micro dosing has proven to help re-wire the brain and the results for me have been pretty amazing. I am still fighting the good fight, but my days are a lot better now and I can golf again too. I totally agree about exercise. I have worked out my entire adult life, even when I was at my lowest, and always felt better after a workout. Anyway, I feel for you mate and am glad you are also still fighting the good fight.
I loved The Power of Now and also The Untethered Soul (not sure if you've read that?) Have heard the term micro-dosing a bit recently but haven't looked into it so no idea what it means really. Hope you're doing well my man 💪
@@RobMcGarr Power Of Now can be a life changer for sure and also A New Earth. Have not heard of Untethered Soul, but I will check it out. You can find information on micro-dosing, but it's not for everyone. I was at the end of my rope so I figured, why not. Thanks for the comments.
dude, it might be annoying to hear this, but golf helped me a great deal ...
Not annoying at all, I'm glad! Golf wasn't helping me (if anything it was making things worse, but that's probably because I'd lost track of why I was doing it) but I know how big it can be for lots of people. I haven't ruled out getting back into it in the near(ish) future.
Fair play Rob! I suffered myself for a while, if you ever need someone to chat shit to if you need, give me a message,
Cheers pal, appreciate that.
By the morning brightness, and by the night when it grows still, your Lord has neither forsaken you, nor is He displeased.
I think I recognize that beach, I didn’t realise you were based in Somerset.
Close... North Devon!
@@RobMcGarr ah Nice area North Devon
Im from Burnham on sea
A member of Burnham and Berrow
Im experienced in depression, single middle aged male with autism
Nice video though thanks 👍
Very interesting Rob. Do you still have your dog to look after?
Sure do, though he looks after me sometimes!
@@RobMcGarr I have 3 dogs, so I can imagine he must be a great comfort to you - particularly when times are difficult
What happened to the golf game?
On hold at the mo!
I’d rather be Dave and lay in all day. Work is burning me out. Not necessarily because of how busy it is. I’m just bored out of my freakin’ mind whenever I’m at work. Screw the guy that made 40 hours a week normal.
Sounds like you're in the wrong job?
he let the hair grow again lmao