I had a very similar experience in school where I was pulled out of class, because a substitute teacher was convinced I was doing drugs. Had to go to counselling sessions, for which I wasn't told the reason (found out a while later), losing a load of educational time. Apparently the reason this teacher thought this, was because I had bags under my eyes. The reality was that I spent many a night staying up, playing Final Fantasy VII well beyond my bedtimes, and was probably missing a few hours sleep.

Im going through a divorce right now because my wife cheated on me with a co worker Toycat always seems to cheer me up with life advice

This is why Toycat is my GOAT. Andrew, you provide such genuine and authentic insight and I always love listening to what you have to say

As someone whos dealt with suicide ideation and had experiences that ring similar to these this video is so true Andrew/Toycat I hope you're doing okay now but i just wanted to say thank you this video essentially says what ive not been able to articulate myself to people in my real life

I can’t decide if it was a good or a bad thing to keep listening when you gave the warning because I’d already been reflecting and working through my past recently so it’s not out of nowhere…. but it’s much more intense hearing words out loud from someone else. I fight to find reasons to live - I have enough reasons I don’t want to die for sure (laundry fairy would probably be coming in from out of state for one) - but it’s hard sometimes finding meaning and satisfaction in this crazy thing we call life sometimes with its ups and downs. Thanks for being as real as an ocelot with wings and a magic way not to die on the internet can be.

Here is something that i realized recently: perfectionism is dehumanizing. To me, this is infinitely more useful than 'be kind to yourself'. I hope this is helpful to someone else!

"It gets better" My life has been a consistent downward trend. No matter how hard I've tried, Every year of my life has been worse than the last, for 24 years. I've lost everyone I've ever loved. It's almost impressive, what the hell can the universe possibly throw my way at this point.

I love these video essays... gives me something to look forward to.

I really appreciate this. I've been struggling for a long time & this popped up on my feed at the perfect time. Genuinely needed to hear this. Thank you Toycat.

Thank you for sharing ❤. I've dealt with most of what you mentioned here and yeah you do need to be able to say "this sucks for me" even if other people may have it worse. It's okay to tell yourself that a situation hurt you and that you hated that period of life. It's a necessary step to be able to move on and grow. I'm glad you're doing so well now and I'm glad you understand how life works despite having had to go through some of the worst bits to get here. Some people are total human garbage and they don't get to decide how you live your life.

I’ve always liked the QnA real talk moments, and this kinda caught me off guard, but this is like genuinely one of the best vids I’ve seen you release

I've definitely enjoyed this and the previous let's plays, hope we do get a third installment next Monday/Tuesday! Going through some rough times myself atm with something I built up over 4 years with a lot of time and money going down the drain completely, but maybe someday I'll look back at it like you've done with a retrospective point of view and I'll see I'm better off than I would've been. Always love the real talks we get in these videos and the livestreams!

I've been really appreciating these more 'real talk' videos toycat has been doing, I'm quite disillusioned with the cliche responses people will give when you try to open up and be vulnerable to a reasonable extent with someone who isn't a mental health professional. It's really nice to hear the perspectives of others who are similarly aligned with me in that way, but it is very, very rare. With access to professionals being so hard to come by and extreme waiting lists (I have now gotten a therapy appt booked for late April, a waiting list I was put onto in June 2023, which to be honest I can't complain) I have slowly been spiralling in negative thoughts and ideation through the months, for years it has felt like I am just being 'realistic' in my viewpoints which really aren't voluntary and take work to flip around and I've not managed to consistently flip these thoughts in a meaningful way (longevity & genuine belief), but anyway, this video has made me feel less alone in that, thank you Toycat, I hope things feel better for you more consistently nowadays! If anyone maybe has some suggestions for a place (online) where people are welcome to just vent about these things without shame, guilt tripping, manipulation or overbearing in cliche responses, maybe reply below if thats okay to ask, of course feel free to remove this comment if not x

Thank you for sharing this its a big thing to talk about it. Sharing things like this is so important as someone who’s been through some similar things this was a really nice thing to hear and for anyone who’s dealing with this sort of thing now. Im glad that you have been able to succeed in spite of the things that happened 💓💓

really needed this tbh. im going through it rn

That feeling of stolen time because of what someone else wanted for you despite not being what you need is something I can relate to a lot and still bites at me to this day.

Thank you for the words of wisdom. There is so much truth in your words.

Thanks for your experiences are always interesting and inspiring. Keep up the great work!

I broke my ankle Saturday. Gotta get surgery. My brother got the same surgery a couple years back and when his nerve block wore off he was throwing up and passing out because of the pain. Wish me luck y’all 🥲

That call-out at the end was hilarious. “If you’re still alive, hope you’re not.”

Truth. And loved seeing you stick it to the man ha! Congrats on your successes Toycat and keep up the great content! Cheers

I've missed this kind of Let's Plays soooo much. I'm really glad you're here, discussing all these topics:) P.s., this project is looking amazing. I was watching the stream when the idea of the 3rd house was suggested, but couldn't join the follow-up streams:(

I really love these sorts of videos thay really make you think. Thank you for this video : )

As someone who has just recently stumbled into adulthood and experienced quite similar things to Toycat, I found this video immensely helpful. I recently lost the only person who I trusted would care about me and this video put into words a lot of what I'm feeling. It somehow makes me less afraid. Thank you for being real in everything you do.

Thank you for making this video toycat. These kinds of videos are just so real

Please make more videos like this loved it and was very insightful:)

Such an interesting channel. I really appreciate your angle towards content.

I agree with you about the truth. I've gotten in trouble many many times and still to this day because I tell the truth and it offends people

Thanks bro I needed this, just got broken up with 3 days ago

Your advice was on right moment thank you toycat ❤

Life is hard, and it sucks :( I am still struggling with how to be happy by myself and how to not be codependent on friends or relationships.

Really good video and being honest is the key even if it can be really hard!

As a person who has severe help and trust issues to the point where a cousin who I dont talk to much could instantly tell that i don't trust easily, your videos help a lot and i feel like am not the only one

That school story is amazing. I was just reading an article about how the society we're built ranks among the most totalitarian in history, in terms of requiring absolute compliance and saying the magical right words from everyone, and how the psychological impact of that is to deaden everyone involved to true experience, starting families, etc. Keep on giving them hell.

these talks about things are my favorite part about the ibxtoycat channel

I'm really liking these more serious letsplays

Outro joke mildly amusing, 6/10. On the assumption this was made in the last couple days, your voice is sounding a lot better, Toycat; I very much hope this continues! Interestingly, my late husband described a similar experience, being convinced he wouldn’t live to 30 and living through each week to make it to another session of the youth group he enjoyed. He coined the saying, “Die tomorrow, not today!”. I wish we would have gotten to the point where we could’ve talked to groups of young people about our experiences surviving chronic depression with a lot of not wanting to live. Man lived to 44 and took himself to a month of radiation and chemo before the cancer took him. Funny how this has made me MORE determined to live, myself (mostly because I promised to stay and raise the kids)… 🥹

My favorite kind of video from you, I understand it's not what gets clicks but it means a lot to me 💞😊

Man I’m glad I have this video to watch

I’ve been going through a lot of stress on discord but this kinda helped to know I’m not the only one going through stress in life

This is a great video. Using your platform to spread a message of hope and positivity all while being honest and authentic is lovely to see. More creators would benefit from adopting the philosophy you've applied to creating this helpful bit of content. Keep up the great work entertaining, informing and supporting the people who watch your videos.

Toycat going through his like counselor Ark and i love it thx ❤

Wow toycat, this is awesome. I love this

The way I see this is "yeah it sucks, but it could suck way more"

im really not on board with starting a business, but the fact that the person who got kicked from a business course had the most successful one makes me rather happy, i find displays of badassery like this one funny

Thank you for the wisdom Toycat

I am loving this series

Yeah, can't have ups without downs. Also a vice as a utility that you can control well, it can be a useful thing

Yessir! ❤ The epitome of "You never know what you got till its gone"

Toycat being therapist Toycat for patient Toycat. I raise my tea to you ☕

The people who hurt me the most in life were the ones trying hardest to help me. Good intentions are not enough. You need prudence, knowledge, and wisdom to effectively help someone.

Life has been hard recently, working way harder than I should have to to support myself alone in California. It’s rough, but Minecraft always helps.

Toycat is the life advice goat

Petty Toycat showed up today, and I'm here for it XD

For quite a long time I had a problem with using drugs to deal with my mental health problems. Once I had found consistent access to heroin, I made a choice to use it every day, and as a result, become physically dependent on it. The reason I was okay with becoming physically dependent on opioids is because I fully intended on intentionally or unintentionally dying from an overdose. But that never ended up happening. Now 7 years later I'm no longer using heroin, but I'm stuck on methadone, and trying to taper off benzos. The point I want to make is try your hardest to not use suicide or death in general as an excuse to not deal with your problems now. Odds are, you'll find a reason to live later in life, and then you'll be stuck with years worth of mistakes to sort out. Things are always changing, and while I can't guarantee things will get better, they almost certainly will if you just learn to embrace the change.

Being pulled out of class for making an "unalive comment" is just like me fr fr. I felt shame when they called my mom and older siblings, literally wanted to sweep it under the rug. But they brought it up all the way until I graduated. Now I feel the most paranoid and walled off I've ever been when talking in person.

I love how in the end he was like yo lady take you're L

So I get to enjoy your videos because some person couldn't handle the truth sounds about right

Speaking of your business, how many people do you employ now between editing, map-making, and anything else?

I knew toycat was spicey. Glad your not dead

love you toycat

Ahhhh, platitudes. 😢

toycat PLZ make a video showing how many days you've played on your main survival world

great video

This is S tier background noise

The beginning of this video reminds me of the scene in "Office Space" where he's telling the shrink, "Every day is a little bit worse than the day before. That means that every single day is the worst day of my life."

Kicking you off a whole course after 2 years cause someone asked for your opinion and you gave it, despite you still working actively towards the course and doing it well it absolutely wild Genuinely can’t even begin to understand the thought process and decision to straight up kick you off over that

Hey toycat, can you make a video on how to be okay when you're alone or how to become independent?

17:15 FAX

There's Always Light In The World, If Not, Light It Aflame

Thanks for this andrew toycat.

Don't feel bad about that person. She/He probably had to deal with alot of deliquents in her/his life that she/he thought you're a deliquent and a waste of resources that they'd rather invest those resources to another. If I were in your position at that past situation, I'd probably be honest as well, but I'd put in some feedback and ideas on how things could be improved if the course was really lacking or not a good time and effort investment but had potential.

being too honest can definitely wreck your life lol

how do you destroy people in such a calm and casual way?

604 ! ! !! that's also a familiar area code eh?

10:07 *why yes I do get l'appel du vide often, why do you ask?*

Yooo legacy edition got a small update

21:39 *cough* KZfaq

Yeah I get that negativity is bad and stuff but I can’t lie, I hate school and it’s a shame that so many people have similar stories like this. Good job on proving her wrong though.

You help depressed people to know something right 😃

Im going to be 100 percent honest. You dont sound like you are okay or have accepted alot of these things. Its okay to feel angry about the injustices you have felt. And i hope you are okay

WAIT DID YOU SAY BEDFORDSHIRE

Your friends couldn't tell on you, if you didn't have any *Taps head*

Toycat always speaks truths he should run for prime minister

Ibx just to let you know Minecraft Xbox one edition got a new update again

life sucks. But sometimes all you have is you and a reason to succeed. Maybe it's just me but I treat my life as a war. And I'm germany. Western front is social and eastern front is material. It helps to make metaphors to keep yourself going. Remember, you're only going to win if you learn from your defeats

11:26 NEVER trust anyone G, humans are to never be trusted (from my personal experience)

around 14 minute mark ye bro, like imagine being kicked out of something because you told the truth 😂 sounds like the society we're forced to live in

What you experienced at age 13 and onwards wasn't depression. It is called puberty.

There's just something i want to touch on the topic of people in power who "suffered" through a process wanting to make you suffer through the same, I believe the people who have truly done something in the field they hold a powerful position in will never go out of their way to make the process for their subordinates painful or tougher. In fact I believe they are more human and understanding about it all. Obviously it differs from person to person. But the people who simply rose through the ranks and enjoy having that psudeo power and control over people are persons that have not gone through the same bit of suffering and cannot understand or related to their subordinates Making them a poor leader or in a poor position of power. Just my two cents on leadership. Have a lovely day!

That's what one could say about my wife.

sir this is a wendy's

I have downs☹️

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Xbox One edition got an update, what did they do?

Why nno stream today

3 views? Record timing

Yes

Ibxtoygoat

seems like that woman took it too personally and overreacted, but such are people