Do these mental health products even do anything? 

Do YOU even do anything, Drew?!?!

They probably weren't expecting anyone with anxiety to actually call the number lmfao

"A vibrating pebble and an inhaler with different flavours" so, basically, a bullet vibrator and a vape pen?

I have an egg that sits on my chest and vibrates. I’ve had it for ten years and it’s my cat, Snowflake. Works great.

I like how you can tell how genuinely pissed Drew was about some of the products here, in comparison to his other videos. Like sure, a product that turns all liquids into slushes in pretty dumb and useless. But the worst that can do is lose someone $25, not that big of a deal at the end of the day. On the other hand, a product so ridiculously expensive that's supposed to help with mental health but actively makes mental health worse, that's on a whole other level of scummy.

Wow, Drew! You got smarter and smarter over the course of the video. At the start of it, you bought these dumb products and at the end you stopped buying these dumb products. These things must work!

“sometimes my brain forgets that we’re supposed to be on the same team” what a great way of describing anxiety I appreciate this. what a mood.

If I recall from my Psych 101 class from 30 years ago, one aspect of anxiety comes from the feeling you can't do anything about it. If you have some random device, you get a false sense of empowerment because you can utilize the device. It's a behavioral placebo.

i think it’s so funny how drew goes from glass animals lost band mate to some kid you knew in middle school just from a haircut.

You should’ve just strapped an electric toothbrush to various areas on your body. Not only would that device generate soothing vibrations, but it also has a clinically proven ability to help fight plaque and gingivitis.

Watching you comedically eviscerate these scumbag, predatory companies, who con desperate people suffering from very real mental health conditions was ironically extremely therapeutic! Thank’s Drew!

The saddest part of these products is knowing that a bunch of struggling people probably spent entire paychecks on them in a desperate attempt to survive mental illness. That's depressing.

"Im not buying it." Me, out loud: "You already bought it Drew. You spent 1,000 dollars on it."

The transformation of Drew’s content over the years from ranting about terrible influencers to terrible products is amazing and seamless.

the way to tell how much time has passed has never been easier than watching drews blue hair slowly turn more and more into a seasick green while his roots grow in

I aspire to be as chill as Bim Bim. She gets locked in the room, complains for like 5 seconds, then just chills out and cleans herself. Iconic

my mom bought me a calmigo before a long road trip since i was unmedicated, and for the longest time i thought that it costed 20-50 dollars from how small it was. knowing now that it must've costed her *200+* to even attempt to help me cope with my anxiety is so, so heartbreaking. these companies prey on those who are desperate for hope, and i hope the worst comes for these companies and the people involved in them.

"no thanks, i aint buying it" - Drew, moments after already actually buying it

Finding out Drew has anxiety too did way more to make me feel better about my anxiety than a sketchy $200 electronic doodad ever could

I went to ER for having a panic attack this weekend. I thought I was having a heart attack or something. I feel so dumb when they said my heart was fine. That was validating to hear.

i cannot ever imagine whipping out a $200 anxiety breathalyzer mid panic attack

One day i turned on drew gooden and my grandma immediately said “i hate this guy.” And i now i think about it everytime i watch him

I will never get tired of Drew’s never ending desire to understand and explain these products’ mysteries when they’re literally just marketing schemes some guy made in his home office

I watch this video pretty much every night to fall asleep and it’s gotten to the point where me and my fiancé always quote that “well we think it works pretty good” line, in perfect sink and tonality with Drew. Last night one of our friends was over, while I was trying to fall asleep and watching this video last night and my fiancé’s best man was over hanging out and literally almost pissed himself laughing.

In 2015, I was an intern at a production company that had made a commercial for one of these products, called Thync (I just looked it up; they stopped making it in 2017). One evening, it was just me and one of the directors in the office. He pulled me aside and showed me the commercial he had made. It featured inspiring music over beautiful shots of people going about their day and putting this device on. Once the video was over, he asked me for my thoughts, to which I replied, "Beautiful... What is it?" He smiled, looked down, shook his head, and quietly said, "Exactly." Even _he_ didn't know what it did.

I'll never skip Drew's ads because I'm worried he'll end up with credit card debt at the rate he's buying things

I've never seen Drew as stressed out as in this video, engaging with calming technology

There’s a concept with Bipolar Disorder where people spend egregious amounts of money on things which releases norepinephrine in their brain and I genuinely think these are feeding off of that positive feeling when you make a big purchase

when this video was uploaded i was on the train home from college after dropping out due to a mental health crisis of biblical proportions. i remember thinking to myself that i wouldn’t be around much longer, and then my phone buzzed with the notification to this video. i know that it’s corny and parasocial but this video genuinely felt like a warm, understanding hug when i was in the darkest place i’d ever been in in my life. thank you guy

Say what you will Drew, but these things genuinely made me feel smarter. I bought one for hundreds of dollars, wore it daily, and then finally had the brainpower and motivation to realize I'd been scammed.

I love when company's prey on people with mental health issues!!! Gotta be my favorite kind of companys!

I’m very late to this- but incase somebody actually DID want a list of mental health products that help - I gotcha; (also I’m obviously not sponsored, just somebody who knows how difficult it can be to find help without the ability to access therapy) it’s kinda interesting how a lot of the items that I’ve found helpful don’t have the same ‘pretty app’ and sleek design that these so called mental health focused products do. But most of all know that however you’re feeling now, it will pass ❤ here’s my list of ACTUALLY helpful products to try out! - electric toothbrush, for those days you have no energy to brush your teeth. You can keep it beside your bed with a cup of water for the days you cannot get out of bed. - dry shampoo, whatever scent you like ^^ same principle as above. As weird as it sounds, baby shampoo is great if you go along time without washing your hair bc showers feel like a huge task. Baby shampoo is clarifying and it’s usually not scented and expensive - and it’s real cheap too! - a tens machine or massager. Sometimes emotions can get embedded in your muscles and cause tension. Sometimes, being able to have a massage can force your body out of anxiety mode and help you feel better. - non minty toothpaste for my sensory troubled friends. Sometimes mint can be overpowering and make even the most basic of self care feel like a gargantuan task. I got myself a strawberry flavoured one 🍓 - a weighted blanket, esp for those with insomnia. They can be a bit pricey and washing them is a pain in the ass, but you can find some smaller cheap ones that can help you get out of anxiety mode and relax. - a journal or diary, paper or just the notes app on your phone. It’s good to get thoughts out of your head and on paper sometimes, it helps to process things like that. - a gigantic jug of water, or a crate of bottled water. Just have it beside your bed. Sometimes it feels like hell to just move your arm over, so make it easy on yourself Take care of yourselves out there!

Coming back here just to say that this video is actually something my brain has to cling onto in the midst of an anxiety attack. Basically I talk myself down from feeling like I have a full blown heart condition or cancer because I remember good ol Drew's anxiety got the best of him and that's what mine is doing. Right now actually. Tell Amanda I say hi.

On a serious note, I really appreciate how open Drew is about his mental health. As someone who also struggles with anxiety it's refreshing to see a "public figure" of sorts talk about his own.

As satisfying as vibration feels I don’t think it’s gonna cure my borderline personality disorder

Drew has such disgruntled dad energy at 31:26

I was like 99% sure that this video was going to be sponsored by "Better Help" and was gladly surprised when it was "Hello Fresh". A true leader of aiding people in mental health.

i bought something for my mental health that was $200 and has a monthly subscription of about $100. although its very pricey, it has absolutely helped my mental health! (its a cat)

drew the fact you can buy all this is such a subtle flex like man

Omg I recently learned what interoception is because I don’t have great interoception. It’s like feelings inside your body, like feeling hungry/full, thirsty or sick. Sometimes it applies to emotions too. When I was a kid especially I couldn’t feel the difference between being really hungry, having a stomach bug, or bad anxiety. I can’t imagine any of these product helping with that though.

As I get older sometimes I worry about not finding my favourite creators funny anymore but the line "I don't want any emails ever." is by far the most relatable and funny sentence I have heard in a while.

i love how drew has just become a product review channel at this point

You describing your anxiety is so relatable and it means so much to see a cool guy like you talk about anxiety

All jokes aside, I feel for you, Drew, and I’m very glad you’re talking about mental health so openly. It may not seem like it, but it means a lot.

my parents recently got divorced and for a while my dad was having a hard time dealing with all of it and, as a result, was having a really hard time sleeping. one of his attempts to deal with this problem was buying this weird bracelet device that supposedly admitted some type of frequency that "helped with insomnia." and seeing that package and listening to him optimistically describe what it was made me so, so profoundly sad. he's not a very gullible dude, he was an engineer and a math teacher, he's pretty logically-minded but he just really, really wanted some peaceful, relieving sleep. these companies are blatantly predatory and their targets are people who are just desperately searching for relief. it's incredibly cruel and I hope with my entire heart that some of the people who buys these things in the hopes of feeling less bad, at the very least, experience some kind of placebo effect.

I just realized that the Mendi is literally the same thing as that Star Wars children's toy where you make the ball levitate by focusing on it except worse and way less cool.

The best mental health thing I've ever had was a fidget thing, before the fidget spinner. It was a tiny coiled metal ring that was stretchy. You roll it up and down your finger when you get nervous to redirect your mind. Got it from my therapist because I was having anxiety attacks in my sessions, they are $1 each.

Watching Drew's cat in the background did more for my anxiety than any of these products probably would

Today was my last day in my Psychology 101 class and my professor put this video in her slideshow as an example of how she also gets really pissed off about predatory business practices like these. She loves this video and was really relieved to hear that everybody else is also sick of this type of thing.

You know what stresses me out? And makes me angry? Knowing these companies are preying on people with mental health issues and massively profiting off their desperation to just try and feel normal by charging ridiculous amounts.

I’ve never seen Drew more on edge, ironically

the thing that bothers me the most about the subscription service is that that money could easily go towards one therapy session a month, which would likely be wayyyyyyyy more helpful than anything you tried. you're absolutely right, this is exploitative as hell.

Watching your cat in the background did more for my mental health than any of these products

“I don’t want any emails ever”is such a valid statement

Shouldn’t Instagram be held accountable for these fake advertisements?

I think the worst part is that these brands were actively targeting you because you had a break in your mental health. They’re preying on the fact that you need help, and they say they can sell it to you. I own a drawer of useless shitty stuff like this that I buy because I’d try anything to get some semblance of physical or mental health, and I guess on some level it’s obvious that these companies have been scamming me, but when you’re desperate, you don’t see that, you just see the little glimmer of hope that throwing more money in this sinkhole will make it close up.

I love how Drew always goes into these things with the enthusiasm of Jack Skellington trying to figure out Christmas.

“You think I’m gonna buy a surgery from instagram?” Fuckin got me 😂

drew!! I deeply appreciate your openness surrounding anxiety and the direct description of your panic attacks. I've lived with anxiety and depression my entire life, but within the past few months have had a few debilitating panic attacks like nothing I've ever experienced. it's validating and beautiful to see it spoken about candidly on a large platform in such an honest and authentic way. thank you.

As much as I'd like to make a joke, I'm honestly really glad Drew made this video as another in his saga of ad-buy try-cry. Mental health is such an important thing, and it's really commendable that Drew decided to be open about his anxiety as well as test all these products because, as he mentioned, people with mental health struggles are just dollar signs to some fat cats.

drew is like the financial backbone of dropshippers

Fun fact: interoception is WELL KNOWN in the ASD community and it's something some of our members struggle with literally every day. Just FYI, it's not nonsense, it's a real problem for a lot of disabled people. Mine is only mildly wonky, so I'm pretty lucky.

19:50 gave me such a visceral reaction bc that's the sound my old hearing aids made when they ran out of battery lol

Drew: "You know what else has Bluetooth and the ability to vibrate?" Me: 👁️👄👁️

Did anyone else notice how smart Drew got by the end of this video? I'm honestly shocked. I was expecting them not to work tbh.

just realized the video he's watching at 23:44 is one of the getting tall tutorials from a future video!! love when he does that

"...or you end up in a depression loop where you don't have the motivation to do any of the things that may make you feel less depressed..." Yeah. So real. Glad I'm not there at the moment.

I don’t know why, but Drew’s nonchalant talk about being anxious and depressed made me feel very valid and happy.

For those curious, interoception is actually a sense, it's basically a fancy word for being able to listen to your body's signals. Knowing that you're tired, hungry, need to go the bathroom. That feeling that you really need to eat a carrot since you've had nothing but pizza all day... Interoception can be poor with certain mental disabilities, but like all these other problems, things like therapy tend to help, go figure

The placebo effect is incredibly potent. I had to write a research paper about placebo and nocebo effects, and they seem to work A LOT more than we think they do. You should look up studies concerning their efficacy, it's insane. I don't remember the name, but there was a documentary about it too that was interesting. I think it was BBC?

the one where drew realizes there should be federal oversight for consumer health products...

Thank you for being open about your mental health Dr. Ew Gooden

The barely-contained anger behind Drew's kindly smile as he discusses the Instagram ads he instantly started being shown...it's quite terrifying honestly.

33:06 bim bim time

I genuinely listen to this video whenever I’m overwhelmed or stressed out (which is frequent) because someone I admire so much like Drew openly talking about anxiety and mocking a new market that capitalizes on people like us makes me feel so much better

Drew bringing up his panic attacks and anxiety so casually is sort of refreshing in a way. It always feels like something to avoid talking about, but he talks about it with honestly and confidence. Im glad Drew is able to recognize his panic attacks and talk about them to spread awareness….. also why is the work oneie guy everywhere?????

I love how drew just posts whenever the hell he wants and we're always here ready to listen to him talk about shit we've never heard about or care about. That's star power right there

I relate to your panic attacks. It’s hard to keep at it but you’re doing so well drew, appreciate you

38:50 was such a sad sentence "tacked on a mental health tax because you know your target audience might just be desperate enough to spend all that anyway"

As someone currently going through the process of getting diagnosed with ADHD at 26 (who also has anxiety/depression), I really hate these scam products that claim to "increase focus". They're very clearly trying to prey on the recent increase in ADHD/mental health awareness on social media, and it feels REALLY scummy to target a group of people who tend to have issues with stuff like impulse purchasing (and also forgetting to return items within a return window). I haven't been getting too many physical products suggested to me, but I've been seeing a lot of ads for subscription apps "to help ADHD", and from what I can tell they are basically ALL garbage.

It is genuinely so nice to hear Drew talk about these products. Things like this feel especially predatory

"You know what else has bluetooth and the ability to vibrate?" *dirty mind activated*

I like how Drew showed his work calculating how much everything cost. Now he can write off that $65 calculator app he bought as a business expense.

Drew speaking about mental illness and anxiety like it’s something natural. Thank you.

Thanks for opening up about mental illness

So glad I'm doing an analysis of your videos for college. It's come full circle Drew.

for about three months now i have listened to this video to fall asleep and i haven’t been able to stop

This Andrew guy is such a nice guy for reviewing these scams and calling them out

Can I just say I'm SOOO glad this didn't lead into a B*tterH*lp ad 😩 Thanks for pointing out the predatory tactics used by these types of companies! It's such a scummy thing because most of us with mental health problems are desperate for solutions and these companies know that :( Great video!

Haha! I work at the sleep insert place (Inspire Medical) as an intern... It's a medically prescribed sleep apnea device that works extremely well, however it's only prescribed if CPAP machines don't work... Interesting to know our advertising is to the same pseudoscience demographic

So the one semi-positive one is just a tech bro version of breathing into a paper bag.

I'm depressed, have nothing to do and a 41 minute Drew Gooden video just did more for my mental health than all these products ever could.

I think watching BimBim is the most stress relieving part of this video

Thank you for being open about your anxiety. I've struggled for years but have gotten it under control the last 6 months. When you described your panic attack it sounded like u were talking about me! It's important to help remove the stigma around mental health disorders. 🙏

“I was causing the problem I was stressing about, by stressing about it” this is just me with everything

As much as I really don't wish panic disorder on anyone, it's a little cool to hear that someone who I really like (creator-wise) is open about how panic attacks can be so debilitating.

im gonna start describing my mental illness as my brain forgetting that we're supposed be on the same team

i had a horrible panic attack a few days ago for the first time in a year. thank you talk about yours💘 it helps.

My only thought while he’s talking about the vibrating devices is how much cheaper it would be to buy another kind of vibrating device

Bim Bim giving herself an angry bath after Drew put his foot down on her kitty nonsense behavior made me kinda happy. 🤗