"Allow myself" touches on one of the things I had to work on in therapy; I spent a lot of time on "should". I should feel a certain way, I should be doing certain things. I had to allow myself to feel and think things without guilt. It's funny how people that try to be supportive and help impact this negatively too. I've had to tell people that say things like "Aw, don't think that" that yeah I'm going to think that and deal with it. Glad you're here with us!

Oh wow man ... didn't know your story ... hope things keep moving forward for you and so on ...

I really appreciate this video. I've been considering therapy. These last 2 years have been rough. Lost my brother last year and my aunt. This year I lost one of my best friends and my dad. There are times when I feel anxiety about it. Which does impede the work I have to do to reach these goals I set for myself before my retirement.

Thanks for this. I had an extremely abusive father and I was only able to stay in touch with my emotions through my mother, so I’ve often felt detached from the manhood ideal that seems to be prevalent. Seeing a man go into detail about their trauma and emotions and encourage therapy is awesome to see. Sometimes you would talk about specific trauma and my immediate reaction is “oh that seems a little too detailed,” but I think that’s the toxic masculinity speaking and we really should be doing this. I’ve watched your videos since your rogue galaxy review and I love this channel. Hope you’re doing well

I really appreciate this video, I need to try therapy. I'm 35 and just now realizing how much I was deprived, mentally and narcissistically abused growing up.

This is very insightful. Thank you for sharing.

Well said thank you for sharing this💜

I feel bad for you man hopefully everything will get better we are here for you man we are all in this together

"i'm prolly always gonna have PTSD..." 😂 u a good man, u make me want to go talk to someone about me. or.... idk