Discussion Do any of you ever think about being interviewed on YouTube/making a video about your life story?

[AllMyDreams]

Whenever I'm depressed, I feel like I want to be interviewed by someone on YouTube and tell everyone exactly everything about my life, including things I haven't even told my family. So that if I die early, people will know why, what went wrong, and maybe learn something about how to prevent more people becoming like me.

There are these YouTube channels that interview people with interesting backstories, such as this one, where a suicidal woman is interviewed:

And I just keep thinking, maybe the world should see my story, too. I don't get into depressive states for no reason, it comes from mental illness, anxiety and trauma from my childhood/teenage years, that I still can't shake the consequences of, and maybe it would have been worthwhile if only people knew.

I don't think I could actually do it, because I'm only depressed maybe 1/3 of the time, and making a video like that would seriously impact the other 2/3 of my life. But especially for those of you who more consistently want to ctb, have any of you ever thought about it? Either to share your story, or your broader philosophy on life/death.

(I'm not advocating for or trying to pressure anyone to do this. I don't currently plan to do this myself. I just am interested if anyone else feels like I do)

 

[Sulyya]

In my case no, because my life has very little that ever happened really.

Sounds like you want to tell your story - maybe you should. Or at least write it out. Could make it a profile post or something to start.

 

[AllMyDreams]

In my case no, because my life has very little that ever happened really.

Sounds like you want to tell your story - maybe you should. Or at least write it out. Could make it a profile post or something to start.

Honestly, the only way I'd feel comfortable telling my entire story is if I knew I was going to die. Like the woman in the video- she had actually planned a suicide date, so she wasn't really going to face the consequences of anything she said. But I don't have that. I don't even always want to die (but I get depressed often).

Also the fact that your life has had nothing happen... that could be an interesting case in itself. Because so many people are suicidal precisely because things happened to them.

 

[Blahhh]

It could make them understand us better and to not target this website. IMO this sounds good!

 

[user_name_here]

If I could somehow do this with 100% anonymity, I probably would.

But the more detail one goes into, the easier it becomes to identify you, obviously. Hats off to those that decide to share that much about themselves, it probably helps others knowing you're not alone.

 

[Faejin]

I think my life would be rather interesting to hear about.

 

[AllMyDreams]

If I could somehow do this with 100% anonymity, I probably would.

But the more detail one goes into, the easier it becomes to identify you, obviously. Hats off to those that decide to share that much about themselves, it probably helps others knowing you're not alone.

I agree. I know for me if I told my entire story I'd be defined by that video probably. It would give me anxiety too. So it wouldn't really be possible now... but I also feel like talking about my experiences at some point would be helpful to people. To have a platform, and maybe make something out of that. Because the mainstream rarely hears the unfiltered minds of depressed people.

 

[mypersonalhell]

Honestly if people would film my life it would be the most boring video ever. Always alone and in my room.

 

[UseItOrLoseIt]

My story is definitely not TV material. Boring cringefest.

 

[AllMyDreams]

Honestly if people would film my life it would be the most boring video ever. Always alone and in my room.

My story is definitely not TV material. Boring cringefest.

That's the thing though: I think stories like that are interesting. Why do we as humans sit in our room all day instead of interact with the world, you know. It's something that happens a lot but no one seems to be able to address