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thank you very much let's get into the
questions there's lots of good ones and
uh there's a lot of them so I'm going to
try to be a little fast today I try not
to I don't want videos to be very very
very long Emily from South Africa hi
Emily the longer I am away from my
parents and starting to learn how to
take care of myself the more I recognize
how little they equipped me to be able
to take care of myself
um if any of you watching this video
believes that you have not been
neglected or abused in your
childhood I'd like to challenge that I
think that if we are neglected and
abused in adulthood it's because we were
in childhood period there might be some
r medical condition or something in our
brains that may make us be abused later
when we were never abused before I don't
know never heard of one never seen
anyone never never I mean of the
hundreds of people I've helped I've
always been able to pinpoint exactly
what the abuse and neglect was it's it's
easy for me it might be very difficult
for most of
you but it is uh
extremely
clarifying it's can be very beneficial
to
know what we didn't get because that's
what we
need if you have dysfunctional
relationships now your needs aren't
being met in them and if you if they're
not probably weren't in childhood and if
we're still doing this since childhood
having a relationship without our needs
met then we still don't know how to have
a good relationship where we meet each
other's needs and it could start right
there back in childhood where I didn't
have the Met understanding that healing
from that also and say saying this is
what I need now now I
know and thank you
Emily uh cowboy no horse from South
Florida or just sorry Cowboy from South
Florida hi Cowboy I got out of a
relationship with a borderline
girlfriend five months ago no contact
ever since I started therapy and
depressants probably anti-depressants I
doubt that they made you wanted you to
be depressed attend Kota meetings and
I'm drug and alcohol free that's awesome
still feeling crappy but getting better
every day good spending time with family
and friends is my salvation totally good
forcing myself to get out and try to
enjoy life when does the discomfort end
not dating for at least a
year
so you you started
therapy you're taking oh it does say
anti-depressants I'm sorry um and you're
attending meetings family and so I guess
the the relationship ended 5 months ago
I don't know how long you've been
getting help
for when does the discomfort end I I'm
sorry Cowboy I can't tell you that
obviously I don't think your therapist
could tell you that knows you a lot
better than me what's important is that
you are getting better and that's
something that's really good to track
every day guys CU we are not aware of
ourselves too much after relationships
like this and we cannot be aware that
we're actually getting better and we
could feel have a real bad day one day
and think that we're just getting worse
and that's why it might be good for you
guys to maybe just chart yourself your
your healing every day you could just
you know date a feeling why I feel that
way and rate yourself you see yourself
getting better every day that's
encouraging it's
hopeful I can't tell you when the
discomfort
ends typically if a relationship if you
still feel just as bad as the day the
relationship ended still after a month
or two they say say that's
PTSD that can continue for the rest of
your life or it can end very
quickly most of it not all most of it is
what you're doing not doing talking and
therapy is number
one it makes no sense to do all these
supplemental things and exercise and
give yourself tons of years and stuff
and just not do what you're supposed to
do talk therapy just talk about it
that's it just talk about it that's what
heals it number one writing number two
many other things gardening cooking
creativity artwork uh uh
meditating
but I guess I would I ask most people
what are you doing right you told me
some things here you're
doing be very aware anybody everybody
out there when you hire a professional
to help you whatever it is psychologist
psychiatrist a therapist a coach whoever
you hire to help you must be the
absolute help you need anything less
than that can actually be more damaging
and we want progress right if if I'm not
getting better in five months and I'm
writing it down and I'm like I'm still a
four seven months later you know we're
not getting better that's not the help
you
need make sense if we're not at least
getting better it's not the help we need
we need something
more uh so just be aware of that for you
particularly Cowboy after if you've been
seeing someone for 5 months if you're
not any better it may not be the help
you need if you but you are say you're
getting better every day
okay so maybe soon the discomfort one I
hope the discomfort is getting better
right is it getting better you
see you're it sounds like you're doing
what you're supposed to so that's good
and it's working and you're getting
better every day I couldn't tell you
when it's all but I couldn't 63 days
from
now at about 2:
p.m. eastern time I sorry I can't tell
you it's there is none there is no way
to tell anybody there's no graph there's
no typical really there's none we all
have different brains we all have
different experiences we react
differently and we do different things
to heal I mean so much going on
right just make sure you're getting the
help that you need that's what's
important and that you're getting better
every day thanks
um oh boy I'm going to mess this name
name up should I even try I've
had from Handover region Germany I've
taken two years of German so I know it
fluent just kidding but I've never seen
or heard this name and it it almost
doesn't seem German maybe you're from
somewhere
else I'm going to
try on
AE a n TJ e let me know sorry if I
messed it up it does not stop hurting
but Gathering knowledge about cluster
bees starts to set me free a tiny little
bit thank you for your help talk to
somebody okay I promise you videos are
not what heals us I don't care if they
feel a little better usually they're
just replacing the void that we lost
we're trying to make a little sense of
our experience that helps okay but that
is not what the he most important part
of healing is or significant and this is
not how we do it I'm not telling you not
to watch them I understand more believe
me I do I understand right this is what
I do it helped
me talk to somebody okay and I'm sorry
if I said your name
wrong Dan from Nebraska hello Dan it
occurs to me certain BPD individ
individuals appear to be influenced
heavily by others around them have you
observed this well I talked about it in
the video you just commented on
did you see that part and I uh I've made
multiple videos about
this uh directed at more borderline and
history
onic I think I made a video recently
about this sorry I can't refer you to it
Dan but yes you're and you're correct
you're
correct you said certain BPD individuals
cuz I cannot even explain I'm not really
going to go into it much but anything I
say this can I say
Borderland not me not all yeah so it's
just obviously not all certain okay
everyone out there certain individuals
appear to be influenced heavily by
others around them yeah way more than
certain if if you put human beings on a
scale who's easily influenced you've got
borderline and and like histrionic
things like that at the very top you
would have um low intelligence you know
but here's here's the big
picture it is influence is not as
important as
vulnerability a someone that's let's
make someone dangerous right a
predator is e is
influential right and they're all out
there and and I can't change them and I
can't run from them and hide from them
and protect myself from them except that
I can not be vulnerable my vulnerability
may be to certain influential people
like this I need to know this and know
and be aware and know what to
do
okay but yes certain BPD individuals
appear to be and are very influenced
easily by other
people um thanks
Dan there's a couple more questions I
get into this more hey David Susan from
Minnesota hello Susan my question I have
survived every abuse imaginable
sometimes I wonder if the Betrayal of
Family Friends Church is worse than the
actual abuse just wondering your
thoughts thank you so much for being a
voice for survivors thank you
Susan there's different forms of abuse I
think they all kind of they're all
emotionally significant if unless
they're not but that would make them
emotional abuse and
betrayal and and and abuse can be
traumatic right not all right someone
can call you the B- word and you're okay
that's abuse maybe not traumatized maybe
every day call okay yeah but betrayal is
the
worst it's the absolute
worst it's like children can handle
trauma why because they have their
parents there do you see that I get this
a lot I get people that'll tell me some
significant inent of trauma in their
childhood late teens and they'll tried
to attribute that to the relationships
they're having now no no I don't care if
your house burnt down when you were 12
that's not why you're dating Psychopaths
now in your 30s no no no no it's because
your house burnt down at 12 and your
parents suck CU your parents were also
traumatized they weren't there for you
didn't comfort you that's why it's so
traumatizing not cuz your house burnt
out that may be traumatic at the time
wow big fire had to run out lost my
stuff sure but if I have two parents
there meeting all my needs I'm going to
be okay if not I'm screwed I will talk
about this fire for 40 years be
traumatized by it and I'll think that's
why I'm doing this now and this now
because of the fire sure but if you had
parents there to comfort you reassure
you emotional connection all these
things you'd be okay same with this same
with this um
because the family and friends and
church church big one abused
you and then they betrayed you and
weren't there for you no one there for
you do you see that it's the Betrayal
that's the worst people that just turn
on you like that is so traumatic we may
not understand it can't program it
process it accept it oh [ __ ] my life is
flipped upside down the world is not
what I thought it
was worst worst [ __ ] thing you can do
to anybody is betray
them hit me slap me talk [ __ ] about me
steal from me don't betray me I mean
those are forms of betrayal aren't they
but but yeah tell me you love me and
then go tell my family I'm crazy tell my
friends I'm on drugs and beat you tell
my job my boss that I steal from him
tell you know what I mean and just
trying to ruin my life
evil I think ghosting someone that
you've told you love and you never will
do that to them doing that is pure evil
it's pure
evil that you convince someone that you
love them and then you just boom last
message I love you next
nothing that'll [ __ ] someone up
uh I'm sorry Susan we can all heal from
this I hope you
do uh Maria Williams would love to know
where you are at next time please let us
know hi David can you do a video about
borderline personality disorder and
stalking I have and I will do another
one thank you Elizabeth don't know where
you're from let us know your location
please tell us where you are at everyone
thank you older women with long hair are
magical thinkers wow no I did not say
that in this video the last week's Q&A
people wanted to know what you know I I
was giving kind of descriptions about
people that are magical thinkers people
that are easily influenced and believe
things that aren't true that quick and
easy that are very vulnerable to very
influential
people and I talked about
younger very common to be very
alternative piercings tattoos Maybe
green hair weird
clothing and older women May tend to
have long hair maybe
into may maybe kind of schizotypal maybe
uh dress weird lots of attention say
weird
things I did not say that older women
with long hair are magical
thinkers please Elizabeth tell me you
know the difference please everyone else
do I make that difference when I talk
about things
because I was sitting there trying to
describe what generally generalizing
stereotyping easily influential easily
influenced people I wasn't talking about
old women with long hair and saying
they're all easily influenced there
are a hundred million billions maybe
more older women with long hair that are
not magical
thinkers but it's very common for older
women that are magical leers to have
still have longer hair this is these
things are not even my opinion
I just agree with it you can look it up
um and then here's the next one is just
like
this uh offen tone bulla from New York
did you just make the sweeping
generalization that people with
alternative style like tattoos and
piercings are easily
influenced did I you're asking me do you
not know are you not sure LOL Bro I
laughed at you not with you capitalized
this
time okay I wasn't laughing when I said
it so obviously you weren't laughing at
me that's weird to say or you weren't
laughing with me so you were laughing at
me I get it I don't
care
um and and you're not sure well I'll
answer it for you no I didn't make a
general a sweeping generalization that
people with alternative style like
tattoos and piercings are easily
influenced do do do you really not
understand that do you seriously not
understand that there are a billion
people let's just pretend let's say a
100
million with
tattoos and piercings that I've used to
have on my ears that are not easily
influenced that's not what I'm saying
I'm saying easily influenced younger
people tend to have tatto
piercings green hair weird clothing say
weird stuff that's there's a huge
difference
please please let me know you guys if
you understand the difference please I
mean if I can't say that what are we
going to do here isn't it good to just
be able to talk about things sometimes
without being censored and so so like
sensitive and and and um yeah I've never
known you obviously must have tattoos
and Pi I've never known anybody with
tattoos that's so sensitive about them I
don't give a flying rat's ass [ __ ] what
anyone thinks about my tattoos they're
not for other people they're for me and
I understand sometimes people have
tattoos they don't like and they want to
get remove they regret it but holy
[ __ ] there's ton most people with
tattoos are not easily
influenced doesn't that make sense
stereotypes are stereotypes you know why
because they're true or they wouldn't be
a
stereotype
yeah please I just get this so much it's
so splitting and by the way uh you're
not saying your name but you you always
leave nice comments you've been very
supportive this is all it took for you
to just switch on someone CU you're
hyper sensitive about your
tattoos holy [ __ ] man I might have more
than you
my last one was four years ago I'm
getting another one
soon do you
not if I say some group of people tends
to have shaved heads am I saying that
people with shaved heads are always like
this no God Jesus how much more time I'm
not going to spend more time but I would
love to know what you guys think do I
clarify enough do I give enough warnings
not all not all I swear I'm going to
just call my Channel not all not
all and it's not like it's just one
person every now and then that does this
it's constant it's daily it's on every
video if you're that sensitive don't
watch my videos and I don't need people
to tell me that I'm wrong that I'm false
that I'm a front that I'm a fraud that
I'm a psychopath every video the same
person that's stalking leave me alone go
watch the videos that you like that tell
you that your toxic behaviors are great
great and wonderful and
loving if you want to live in an echo
chamber and you can't look at yourself
go do
that I don't care I am talking about
people who abuse others because abuse
sucks doesn't it but apparently we all
have to be careful of what we say about
the
abuser [ __ ] amazing anyway Victoria
from the Bay Area I've been trying to
get used to my son leaving for the
military I know you have been I had to
take depression
medication to deal with it my question
is what happens when I stop the
medication will I be depressed and
addicted to pills these pills are the
only thing that keeps me from crying
every day I'm so sorry Victoria it's
it's good they're working then would you
is that what you're saying be be aware
are they helping are you sure that's
what's
helping know what's helping you and try
to know what the pills are doing
I can't tell
you you know what's going to happen to
you I can tell you some typical things
okay for one these are not highly
addictive so don't worry about being
addicted to
them um except that addiction is
dependency and we may be depending on
these to feel better for a while what
what typically happens when we stop
taking anti-depressants is a lot of
people get very depressed for a little
while okay it's nothing to be scared of
you're saying they're helping you now
that's what's important I'd be really in
tune with your therapy and always trying
to get
better and you know I just just to let
you guys know about anti-depressants
because we're talking about trauma and
Trauma tends to damage our receptors for
the very very essential chemicals we
need to help us out of depression like
serotonin is one of
them and so a lot of times when people
are traumatized enough and I I see this
actually most frequently because that's
who I'm dealing with is the the
medication didn't help it didn't do
anything they didn't feel anything when
they started taking it and and I'm kind
of like well are we okay we're not H
really depressed no okay do you want to
keep taking them I mean what's the plan
here um I I read a comment today I don't
know if I read it or I'm about to
someone was on it for like four years
it's like geez are you sure you need
them that that that four years
um what typically happens to the
traumatized brain is the anti-depressant
does not work there's the The receptors
are damaged from trauma like alcohol
does things like that and and so they
don't work and then when the person
stops taking them nothing either no
depression at all that they know the
difference taking them being on them or
getting off of them that's just typical
it's good to hear that they're helping
you Victoria come up with a plan be very
aware with your therapist how long we're
taking these for what's the goal and
start just really working on yourself
and depression Victoria
um your son's doing what he wants to
do so tell yourself that that's good and
you start focusing on you and what you
want to do okay and you can plan for
when your son's back or when you get to
see him again and I'm sorry this has
impacted you so much it's good that
you're being a good mom and letting him
do what really he wants to do no matter
how bad it makes you feel
oh you got another question here
Victoria from the Bay Area I was getting
out of my Uber car and told the Uber
driver you have a beautiful accent he
was from Africa my friend responded by
saying stop flirting you should have
said you have a nice accent was she
right
no it's real
easy when you say someone told me to do
something should I no
never
never someone asks you to do something
and then you can considerate by checking
with you first going by what you need
what you want how you feel what you
believe in and value and protect
yourself that what comes first then we
can consider the option of someone we
care about is asking us to do something
or stop doing something but we never
tell someone what to do your friend is
toxic
absolutely and if you want to flirt with
someone why can't you flirt with someone
oh don't say that that's flirting well
maybe I wanted to flirt with
him
right maybe she doesn't like to but
guess what you guys are different so
separate yourself go and we all have
different things and we're going to
accept that about each other and if she
can't accept that about you start
wondering if you want to accept her in
your life but communicate and tell her
how did that feel when she told you that
that's what's important Victoria if it
felt good then it's not a problem it
must not felt good did it you didn't
like it how did it feel write down the
feelings
the more and and
describe not just I got mad you know no
I my blood was
boiling we don't judge people we don't
control people we don't tell people what
they should do and should have and
shouldn't have and felt this you
shouldn't have felt that should all
that's [ __ ] okay we have free will
we're different we have autonomy Okay so
if you want your friendship to get
better and her not to make you feel this
way again then you simply say friend you
made me feel this this this this and it
was like this to my body and I didn't
like it and then if she cares she'll say
why you'll say oh it was when you told
the told me not to flirt with them to
say this instead I would rather you not
tell me what to do and if there's
something that I did that made you feel
uncomfortable then you tell me how I
made you feel uncomfortable but please
don't tell me what to do and I liked
what I did and I'm going to do it again
yeah if that's how you feel okay make
your friendship better don't don't keep
it secret how you feel you you've just
told a thousand
people so maybe you can tell her thanks
Victoria hi David Willer from New Jersey
hi Willa good to see you always Willa
makes videos every now and then about
crumble cookies and if I watch them I
have to eat cookies afterwards can you
explain what exactly is emotionally
abuse um I kind of did a few minutes ago
we have different forms of abuse don't
we have verbal abuse abuse we have
Financial abuse we have physical abuse
we have SE like I if I could say that s
abuse um and then there's emotional
abuse but if all of that abuse feels bad
then it's emotional abuse how how can
you sit there and abuse your wife and
and punch her and hit her every day and
then not be emotional abuse too right
how can I call you bad names and
criticize you and tell you how bad you
suck and ugly and all this stuff all day
and that not be emotional
abuse emotional abuse is I make you feel
bad on
purpose pretty
simple pretty simple thanks will and hi
cindyc always good to see
you hi David Dan here from Dublin
Ireland hi Dan love the channel thank
you I was diagnosed with ASD and
comorbid that's uh autism autism
spectral disorder and comorbid anxiety
age seven and remember just being
unusually anxious for a young child I
could barely talk to other people my age
and was quiet asocial very
common uh I found playing sports was a
great way for me to get rid of my
negative emotions but I put too much
pressure on myself which I feel caused
me to reach for alcohol on my teenage
years I had very unstable interpersonal
relationships and just two weeks ago
just told that I have e upd BPD oh no
traits oh
traits okay that I'll get to that traits
as a result of my trauma in childhood do
you think there is a link between Autism
and eupd BPD many things so borderline
personality disorder now called
emotionally unstable personality
disorder when a when a therapist just
let you know guys when a therapist is
telling you you have traits of this
disorder they're telling you you have
the disorder but they don't want to
diagnose
you you usually I mean I can't speak for
every therapist but I hear this a lot
and I know
this borderline is something that most
therapists do not want to diagnose
people with they they just don't it's an
it's an awful awful
disorder just the diagnosis itself
usually causes
depression and and do doctors therapists
don't usually want to be responsible for
that it could take a long time to be
100% sure but they're hinting they're
going towards okay you're lot not just a
couple we all may have one or
two go see another doctor Dan okay go
see another doctor that is very familiar
with
cptsd complex post-traumatic stress
disorder because if you're go if this
doctor is not familiar with that at all
at all this is very common this is very
common to go from autism to anxiety
disorders to borderline now
later in life it when you may just have
cptsd maybe autism in cptsd I don't know
um your question is is do you think
there's a link I don't
know I don't know enough to even say I
think there might be I really don't we
all need more information about
autism it's not agreed
upon some you know the common question
with autism is which came first autism
or
trauma um and a very common misdiagnosis
is BPD when you in fact you have
cptsd same with an umbrella very common
people are have cptsd or are di
diagnosed with a slightly on the
spectrum of autism because the doctor
just it I've worked with a hundreds of
people that have been traumatized and I
and so many I see signs with autism
looks like it could be autism looks like
a little borderline stuff like this but
it's just
cptsd but I can't tell you Dan what I
would tell you highly recommend is go
get another opinion but make sure that
they know what cptsd is okay you're okay
diagnose doesn't change anything it just
increases awareness but let's get the
right one very very
important um
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much Rory from Ohio hello Rory I hope
you are enjoying your weekend David I
did thank you I hope you did
too just finishing up getting my garden
ready for next year's planting in Ohio
what does that mean rip everything out
for the winter it's going to die anyway
I feel like or maybe cover some with
bags some things might make it I feel
like my late husband expected my
forgiveness on
everything unconditional 100% do
narcissist not all see even you guys are
getting trained it's freaking ridiculous
do narcissists not all see forgiveness
as an entitlement totally right
totally I mean I'm entitled to exploit
you I'm entitled to use you I'm entitled
to go through your [ __ ] I'm entitled to
talk and and share with other people
private things about you yeah right and
if anything I do wrong to you who
cares forgive me forgive me forgive me
and I'm never going to ask for
forgiveness you're just going to it's
always given right I mean how if I'm if
I'm a narcissist how do I act when I
freak the when I freak out and just
totally lose my [ __ ] and abuse the hell
out of here and go to bed I wake up in
the morning like everything's fine hey
it's a new
day because I'm entitled
first what I do is not wrong second I
can't look at myself so third I'll never
apologize and we're just going to move
on because I'm a great human being I'm
entitled to anything I want don't make
me feel
bad of course I I definitely believe
so uh healing F family from California
again hello I've done sand playay twice
with my therapist what are your thoughts
on Sand playay thank you for all you do
I love building sand castles
yeah intricate ones
big ones in the sand so cool I think
you're asking about sand uh you you call
it sand playay something that has to do
with therapy so I know that
hypnotherapists often use sand to calm
you relax you stuff like that is that
what you're talking about or is it you
and your therapist has a little sand box
in their office that you guys play
with thank you good to see you oh
another question I love your thoughts
and answers do all borderlines have to
have a favorite person all the time or
is there borderlines that don't like to
have a favorite person can you explain
this A bit thank you um you know that's
a that's a slang term right uh the
favorite person that a borderline has
and do they have to have one all the
time you know I don't know right we I
I'm so picked on about every single word
I use um yes they want
look B lines have a harder time being
alone than the rest of us borderlines
don't have a good relationship with
themselves they often get lonely bored
scared lost
confused and they are very dependent not
self-reliant very reliant on others lean
on others very dependent on others and
exploit others not all oh my God I
almost almost lost it won't matter
though I'll still get it
um not all and I mean does that make
sense
whatever people's opinions are about the
favorite person you know oh no it's just
someone I love so much okay sure but you
know let's start examining all the
things they do for you right Carry Me
Through Life make me feel better that's
the favorite person the most person the
person I'm dependent on and rely on the
most the person that makes me so excited
about meeting them and being around them
and you know good sex good good
attention whatever it might be
but yes they they're they're dependent
and Reliant so they need that do they
have to I don't know what have to means
um
and or is there borderlines that don't
like to have a favorite
person well that would make
sense you know I I don't know sure yes
one not all yes yes or is there border I
have to say that or I'm going to get a
ton of crap um I I hope I've explained
it it's it's not a positive
thing it's more in mesh a borderline
does not know who they are not all and
not not anyone watching I'm not talking
about any Border Lines watching right
now not you the other
ones a borderline has such an empty self
let's say they they severely lack
identity and personality like a child
like a teenager and they will be very
excited and intrigued by who are your
personality they'll like it and they'll
take something from your personality and
make it theirs they'll mirror you and
start saying yes and like maybe you the
most biggest thing you're excited about
all the time they will get extremely
excited about that never gave a [ __ ]
about it before but just because you do
now they love it right and they find
that identity in themselves they it's
like they create now they feel like they
have it identity they can identify with
something along with someone else and
they want to in mesh with that person
that's that's why the fear of
Abandonment means I'm not losing you I'm
losing me I'm losing one little single
fragmented part of myself that I'm aware
of now and it will be gone again that's
fear of Abandonment not that because
you're so
amazing do they need that
yeah they can't make themselves feel
better they can't validate themselves
they may not even be able to care for
themselves okay they're the dependent
they're reliant on other people to the
point where it's total emotional
exploitation but they don't think so and
no one watching this one just the other
ones
okay make sense thank
you all right I think this last one and
I I don't read a lot of good great
positive comments to me because I just
don't have time but I'm very
appreciative this was very nice calm
before the storm 76
hi David thank you so much for answering
my question while I asked it currently
in hell what can you do for those of us
here tongue and cheek you gave an
outstanding genuine answer it made a
real difference because for a moment I
felt truly heard by someone who I feel
like has been through emotional trauma
similar to my own honestly man I can't
express how good that felt hope is a
rare and fragile thing right now but
it's when you feel like you're in hell
that it's most important to hang on to
that bit of Hope no matter how small
this is why I do this I know because
I've been
there I know I'm a good and not that
long ago and I'll never forget I'm not
that far away from it ever could be
right back in it like that I know I'm a
good decent human being I know I make
mistakes I do my best to acknowledge
them also that Compass becomes skewed
when you put your faith in another human
being who then radically shifts from
adoration to condemnation but one thing
I've been practicing since starting to
listen to your podcast is blaming the
behavior not the person I grew up
believing a man is defined by his
actions and by that metric mistakes can
carry so much shame thank you for
helping me to forgive myself as well as
the person in my life along with myself
is responsible for much of my stress
hating someone who hurts you doesn't
change the fact that they hurt you or
even whether they will hurt you again it
just adds more emotional burden to your
mind and it does one any good thank you
again for answering my questions and the
Churchill quote I was thinking of was
never never never give up however you
inspire me to look up his never given
speech as well thank you for your
Humanity Albuquerque New
Mexico thank
you for sharing
this because this is why I do this I
don't do it for money I I'm not
monetized I don't make a dime I don't
get donations I I get like $ 20 $40 a
year in donations very appreciative
thank you but I get one or two donations
if that a year for 2040 bucks I do not I
do this to make me feel better to know
that the millions of people going
through this [ __ ] have something
something someone there for them because
most of us
don't number one cause of taking our
lives thank you very much for sharing
that um whatever your name is thank you
and thank you all of you extremely much
for being here and supporting this and
answering asking questions okay uh
please keep asking questions let me know
what you think of my answers okay and am
I being clear when I talk about a group
of people not all not you let me know
thanks love yourself first have a
beautiful week see you bye