Lets Split This - Men's Mental Health
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2019
- Been challenged to see how much firewood I can split in 10 minutes by hand while bring awareness to mens mental health.
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Way to go friend. I suffer from severe Complex PTSD from surviving Narcissistic abuse. Everyone should be able to talk. Everyone. Good on ya. I farm to burn off the crazy. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Great topic Eric, I’m 35 now and being forced to be the man of the house by 17 years old after my father passed away I always felt like I had to carry all the weight that men are expected to carry and it wears you down slowly but surely. I’m an avid outdoorsman and homesteader much like your self and my firewood is very therapeutic aswell as spending time in the woods gathering my thoughts. Thanks for sharing your personal information. It’s important for everyone to know that equality is not all that it seems and men are far underrated emotionally.
Cheers from Canada I’m waiting patiently for vitamin D!!
Ps I’d love to participate in the challenge however just had 3 hernias repaired most likely caused by my firewoodWoodstove business .... 💪🌲
We have had a very difficult few years,my husband lost his Sister oct 2020, I lost my Mommy Nov.2020, we lost our beloved friend Miss Kitty1-8-2021, she was with us 16yrs. she was our child.
I lost my Sister 3-4-21, 2 weeks later my brother was diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer. My husband has gone through 2 surgeries back-to-back, he had to have a kidney stone removed that he couldn't pass it was / 6.1 cm. While having a cat scan they also discovered that he had three adominal hernias, he has since had surgery for both and his recovering.
Life hits you hard at times and we both struggle with depression on and off. Thank you for this video Sir, we appreciate it more than you know. Much love ❤
Thumbs up for this one . My brother chose to take his own life, about two years ago. They say they there is usually signs but this was totally the last thing I thought would happen to my brother. god bless
21 years of active duty Army has damaged my mind. To stay sane I must work every single second of the day. Thank you for this video. We all have different methods of finding our peaceful place and every single method is valid. Thank you for sharing.
Thank You for your service !
Thank you for your service, I am sorry the job left you with scars
They wanted to put me on antidepressants but I didn't want to be on pills for the rest of my life or at all, so I really prayed more and worked on my faith in God. I am doing a lot better now and getting better all the time.
You are a smart guy and an excellent speaker! Not bad at splitting firewood either. Great video ! Thanks for sharing
those darn tight gloves get me every time =) its a tough subject for sure!
Thank u very much for that . Iv bin struggling with some related problems and will try the 10 min challenge. Thank u for going public with a mental health problem u are going through it might allow more of us to seek help and talk about it. I would never tell or say anything but after watching this I will .
Excellent stuff, long time subscriber here, it's amazing to see this spread, especially to a great channel like this.
Thanks for talking about this. It's time to stop stigmatizing mental health issues as a weakness and accept that sometimes we can all use a little help.
Love your videos Eric and wanted to thank you for covering this topic. Suffering from a TBI and Narcolepsy it's a subject that's close to home for me.
Thank you for talking about this difficult topic and sharing about how you handle the northeastern winter blues .
Thanks Eric, very good topic to bring to light. You're so spot on it is a topic that is hard to share with others. Keep up the good work.
Great topic, well done for speaking out
Excellent job Eric, glad to see you get this completed. Great idea to get everyone involved. Thanks for the shoutout! Also great job on the background and information. Thanks for sharing.
He did great and so did you Ken!
Eric - Great topic and a great discussion - there have been so many advances in neuroscience in the last 20 years - now we know how much mental health is caused by biochemistry. It's not something anyone should feel guilty about or hide or stigmatize, but rather get informed about and manage!
Thanks for talking about this very important topic Eric. I've experienced depression and still struggle with anxiety. Walking around and working on our farm helps me a lot. I'm working towards building and living there within the next 12 months, though getting there feels overwhelming some times.
This is a wonderful challenge! I have been watching your channel for a little while and I appreciate your honesty. I have been a nurse for over 20 years now and one of the hardest things to do was to try and reach my Male patients and make them understand it doesnt make you less of a man to acknowledge your hurting inside. I myself suffer from chemical depression and grew up in a household with schizophrenia so mental illness awareness is close to my heart. Thank you for this video, thank you.
Well done Eric! Thank you for drawing attention to this very important and relevant topic! I lost my younger cousin to suicide last year. Never saw it coming.... He left behind a wife and three young children under the age of 11.
Great video Eric! And a worthy cause. Thanks for sharing
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Indiana Doug's channel to show support:) God Bless and Protect you:)
It takes a brave man to talk about personal challenges such as this. Society says men are supposed to be strong physically and mentally and men seem to think they have to shoulder worries on their own. Well, I think that's full of bull. We stay strong together when we share the load each has. Good for you to bring this out in the light of day. Perhaps you reaching out will touch someone who is struggling and make their life a little better - at least let them know they are not alone. God bless you and yours. ~Sherrie in South Carolina
Great message! Sent here from Mallard5 and glad to have found your channel! Glad you had done the challenge also, you provided great information that will hopefully spread awareness to a topic that doesn’t get a lot of attention! New friend here :)
Love your videos, you're them man, keep them coming!
Great Job! I’m glad we were able to get a bigger channel involved to help spread the word!
Hey you did great buddy! It's not easy that's for sure. Thanks for doing this!
Very nice video! Thank you!
Great job, and great message. Take care.
Not sure what to say but thank you for covering this. I'm sorry that you have felt it so close. We lost a coworker this year. No one saw it coming.
Hey Eric, thanks so much for this kind of video I can relate to it. Not a easy thing for most people to talk about.
Great post on a needed topic....thanks Eric...
Thanks for touching on such an important topic.
I wish a few more chanels would discuss this problem. Great video
you did great , but to be honest the feeling you came away with,, is the very reason my wood splitters dont get used much , brother keep throwin' the axe,, again , you did great , a great contribution to this topic
You're MN too? *Subscribed* I grew up in the country but for the last 20 years I've been in the twin cities. For the past two years my family and I have been working towards moving back out to where we belong and now we are looking at quite a large hobby farm near Mora. Looks like you're not too far from there either. We will be refreshing some of out lost knowledge thanks to your videos. God bless!
I am 66 years old and I absolutely love gardening and I love cutting firewood and enjoying our wood stove.
I have subbed to your channel for a long time and I really like your videos very much.
Thank you for making this video as I feel like this is a subject that needs much more light shown on it. Men do suffer horribly in silence sometimes and many times they will go a whole lifetime having these problems bearing them alone and nobody but them knows it. It should not be that way.
I can relate.
It sure helps to have someone who cares about you that you can talk to about these things. I hope you are doing okay now.
By the way as much as you enjoy cutting firewood and enjoying your own wood stove I hope that you will make it a point to check out a RUclips account by this man in British Columbia. The account is called Bucking Billy Ray Smith. One of the best most decent men in all of Canada. I have learned so much from him about cutting wood and axes and chainsaws and about just taking life easier and being a good person.
Please spend some time with him and check him out. It will be time well spent.
Thanks for sharing. Important topic.
Great topic Eric. You hit some major points. Talk about it, to anyone, your wife, brother, your Barber, your dog, just talk. Get exercise, walk, split wood, go fishing, hunting, whatever makes you sleep well. And own a great dog. Man's Best Friend!
Awesome video and I recently listened to a radio broadcast in Canada pointed to farmers and rural folks concerning depression and so forth. There is help out there for people and all we can really do is to make them know there are professional people out there that can help. Being that I live in Canada I notice that winters are hard on us whereas the lack of sun can slowly erode any feelings of happiness so I'll look into Vitamin D.
I am a few months late to the game. First time viewer. Men's roles and expectations from society has greatly changed in previous few yrs leaving many men confused. Men have been told since youth to respect females and be polite to grow up and learn women really enjoy the bad boys. Men have been taught to compliment women. Well, today that gets you fired and gets you sued. Many women today dislike men and consider the men their competition. Many women say they are independent and equal to men and qualified to do all the same jobs. But that is not true. Dont believe me, let your house catch on fire tonight and expect a fireperson to carry you down a ladder from second story window tonight. Watch people on aircraft carrier loading heavy bombs and watch who is doing the lifting and who is doing the watching. Watch an episode of Cops tonight and when it all goes down look who is where doing what. I am all for equality. If a woman wants to be a CEO, a surgeon, whatever, gain the skills and do it. Just dont expect to gain the title and position just because you have a vagina. Earn it if you want it. But dont do it at the expense of men. With that rant, know your value men. Keep your world in order. Find what makes you happy. If you find a female that can respect and compliment your world, by all means pursue her. She must respect you and your actions and your world. Always be prepared to walk when she changes. So many will change. You will go far men and be happy and healthy
Hey Eric great video. Since I’m in that time of year I will try to make a video for this topic. I have wood that needs splitting. Thanks for the awareness
Thank you.
My only brother committed suicide 19 years ago. I still miss him so much! Good job and thank you 👍
Nice buddy,great message
Great job eric. Thanks for the entertainment. you did great
Great work and play all round.
Good topic
Great positive message 🌺
Great video
That's a tough one. Nicely done.
Damn it , hate those tight gloves, well done man, and an excellent video, thanks for taking part and sharing.
Well, I sent you a message on Facebook
Wooow what a challenging video I have a daughter that is bi polar. Accept the effort of splitting your wood by hand rather than how many pieces. The end result from your effort will always be a mental boost. Be careful work safe and take care.
Thank you ❤️
I have a 16 pound sledge hammer i like to use on an old tractor tire every now and then. Great vid bud
I've had a pile of rounds sitting on a palette since early last fall... pieces I had deemed too hard to split with my maul, so I was going to try them again with a sledge and wedge. Well, my sledge is broken and I haven't gotten around to fixing it (that motivation thing...). So I decided to just tackle that pile again with the maul. 10 minutes got me 28 pieces split. Nothing too impressive, but this challenge got me out there and splitting again for the first time in months.
Good job, I got tagged from Dave at Ohio Hill Top Hobby Farm. I glad you had to sit down to rest, I had to get water to drink. At 67 I not as young as I was. Good job again.
I was surprised how much harder it was then I expected. 😁 👍
Would love to do this, but I had carpal tunnel surgery in Dec, just got healed up from that and broke one of my metacarpals doing something dumb. Gonna be awhile till my hand can handle the shock and vibration.
Great video ! tag stony ridge farmer with the challenge !! He and his wife are both nurses , they would totally get the message .
put a chopping block under the wood you are going to split and it will split easier. if you notice the wood you are splitting now bounces into the ground absorbing a lot of the impact weight on the wood being split. the chopping block gets beat into the ground but it doesn't let the choped wood bounce. just use the largest diameter of wood you have and then cut it for your height.
Good job! And well said. I'm glad I found your channel.
A LOT Of the survival channels did same but the name was something like make a fire, then cook a steak & talk about mental health.i went to look it up here is what it was & who started it
" Haze Outdoors "Show us your steak challenge" that's why there is an edit
Yes it was, I was looking to do something similar, but in a different way, so #letssplitthis was born, hope it helps to get the message out to someone
Eric, that’s impressive. I have tried splitting some twisted white ash and couldn’t do anything with it. Straight to the splitter it went lol
thank you Eric. You are correct...talking about this helps. And hey - 45 pieces? I wouldn't complain at all!!! :-)
Tag Cody!
Great topic. It definitely needs addressed more and a plan of attack-
Tag Shawn James... My Self Reliance...
We need to get @buckinbillyray on this challenge.
I tagged buckin in the first video, he knows about it, in sitting here....... ....... Waiting in buckin lol
@wranglerstar
45 was good...
Keep up the Vitamin D
HI!! Greetings from Argentina! Thank you very much for your videos, they are great and very helfpull. We finally got our stove, Bosca Limit 380 and installed it on our home at Buenos Aires. It has been great so far. Please check my first videos. The only thiing will be to harvest and stack wood for 1 year at home in a big city, but I will try!! Thanks again and we will keep watching.
A big problem these days.
What happened to you