I'm the girl with the green eyes at end. I am so grateful I held on! "There's always a way out, always" 20 years later, I had to fight to hold on it wasn't always an easy road. I had to travel the long winding road of CPTSD but I am here and I am amazing! I love my life and the fight was so worth it! I have the most beautiful family and I am happy
I'm happy for your happiness. You persevered. That is incredible. I still hold this song to this day that things will get better. But for me, it has always been a struggle. I hold truth to this song. It's always been a struggle for me with what I've been through in my life. I don't know if it will truly ever get better. But thank you for sharing your struggles.
Thank you for sharing this update with us 💕 I remember my 7th grade teacher playing this for the class so many years ago. It was during a time where my own struggles were just surfacing and it's been a long road since. It hasn't been easy but like you, I am SO glad that I've held on. I have the most beautiful life now, with so many loved ones and I have felt the impact that I've made in other people's lives. Would have missed this all. To those still struggling, you can do this. You're not alone, and you're more resilient than you know. Beauty permeates through life - give yourself the chance to find it. You can do it 💕
6 years ago I put my .45 to my head and pulled the trigger, when I heard the click this song came on. And I swore to myself I would never do anything crazy like that again. Life still sucks but that's life. I was blessed to have my amazing son and I'm so thankful that that gun misfired that day. So many great bands helped me through my depression and I'm so grateful for them. I want to say thank you to Good Charlotte for making amazing music that has touched my soul and saved my life. To those who are suffering from addiction, abuse, depression, and so many other issues keep your head up it does get better. Don't be afraid to talk to someone and vent. Your life is worth it. - One love💞
I know suicide and depression well and I also love this song as it gives me hope when I hear it. I have made it so far in life now because I was able to hold on and being surrounded by great friends and family.
I’m 33 soon. I remember listening to this when I was bawling my eyes out, harming and hoping it stopped soon. I lived on this song for hope. Thank you so much for this song. I have two boys and I am still here. 💜
You found an incredible happiness that I feel I will never have. But, (with our same feelings about this song) I'm glad that you have found that fruitful life that you've deserved. Be blessed and happy. I don't think in this lifetime I'll ever have that. But it makes me happy enough to see people being happy and grateful for what they have.
Similar for me. It's kept me still here since middle school. I have 3 kids now who are my whole world. This song has saved lives. Mine included. My life is still very painful from everything I've been through but I'm holding on. Thank you Good Charlotte.
Been holding on for 21 years with big help from this song right here! Things did get better! To anyone who has continued to hold on whether years, months, or even days, WE DID IT BABY!
Having been suicidal in the past, I definitely lost it. However, I am here to say there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Life is such a precious gift. No matter what goes on in our lives, we will always make it through, and we will always find our happiness.
The two parents talking about burying your children not being the order of things, and the mom waiting for Monday the rest of her life always make me tear up.
"We just hope that maybe one kid will see this video or hear this song and say, 'OK, I'm gonna hold on,' " Benji said. Yeah well it worked. And it keeps on working.
I cry when I hear this song, because it makes me remember the pain. I uses to listen to this back in the day, it really helped me through hard times. They were right! Things did get better. Even though I never met them, I still felt like they cared about me back then. 🖤 Good Charlotte forever!!!!!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
For anyone feeling alone or like everything is fucked up, I care about you, love you, and know you're precious and worth it. It gets better. I've been there.
Life does get better i have been though this as well but what got me though it was thinking of how my family would feel with out me here i couldn't put them though it. Also i was thinking if people had a problem with me then that's there issue not mine so hold your head up things will get better.
Many people share the same problem Rachel, you're not alone, always remember that ;) Some people doesn't know how to handle this, that's why videos like this are so important to spread the message!
Hello sweetheart. You are not alone, there are lots of people in the world who are constantly bombarded with suicidal thoughts by their rebel brain... I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder 18 years ago (I am 37), but my most common stage is being "low key" (depression). I take my meds and all, but that does not make these feelings and suicidal thoughts dissapear completely. Seeing that this has been a constant in my adult life, I have a piece of advice for you: After I read the AMAZING book "The Power of Now", by Eckhart Tolle, there was a sentence that struck me like a bolt of lightning: YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND. There is nothing we can do to stop the flow of crazy thoughts our mind and subconscious produces... what we CAN do is to distance ourselves from those thougts, to see them from the outside, and to work in learning that our mind is not there to control us, but THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I have come to accept my mind´s crazy ideas of me not being worthy (and others far worse than that), and now I see them as the thing fans yell at baketball/soccer/baseball, etc (pick your sport) when they are playing. Imagine if sportspeople concentrated on those messages more than in their game???? They would lose all of them!! I have decided to concentrate on my game, on my positive aspects and my personal goals... If my mind wants to keep on screaming shit at me... It is my job to ignore it and to remind it who the boss is!!! I wish you the best, hope this helps! I would like to hear from you! jaquematecrc@gmail.com Greetings from Costa Rica!!!
People hate on rock all the time but how often do you see inspirational songs like this done by pop stars? A big part of rock is the inspiration it brings and gives to people and a large percentage of rock music are about stuff like this.
SuperKiao nice vocab, sorry I should've said MOST not all. There are really great artists who make good meaningful songs. But artists like wayne, minaj, etc. not just songs mean it, but their image.
Good Charlotte truly inspired the music world with this song that they released this time in 2003. It really placed such complex matters in proper perspective.
If you listen to this song one time you may like it. If you listen to this song twice you will come to maybe understand the misery of anyone impacted by suicide. If you listen to it three times you will probably cry. What an amazing song of hope. Kudos to these kids for writing such an amazing song. Completely epic on every level.
"It's not the right order of things, you're not supposed to bury your children, they're supposed to burry you" hit me hard. This song helped me in a very dark time in my childhood. Still listen to it once in a while..
I cannot tell you how many times I listened to this song, curled up in a ball on my bed, just waiting to die. Some days I still wish I had fully gone through with ending my life, I don't think that feeling will ever truly go away. But songs like this remind me that there are things in this world to keep me going. Thank you Good Charlotte. ❤
I don't know about what u feel but, I have some depression, abuse from my father since childhood, but it's been 5 years I separated with him, now I'm only live with my mom, I keep thinking about to suicide, but I saw on comments section on this song, "Taking one's life doesn't end the pain... It just transfers over to someone else". I don't know it's been 6-7yr from now I'm still fighting this thoughts keep thinking about that's to end my life, but in sametimes I keep thinking about them too, they all only reason I live since now, I don't know until when I can handle this longer but, hope we all who struggle from mental health issue, depression, stressed out etc. Hope we'll get better soon . Stay live
I feel you. I'm there alot, feels like it'd be easier to just end it all. Then I hang with friends and loved ones and then I realize i couldn't do that to them. Remember, "it gets better than you know", just hold on.
Thanks for being there for me in 2004. Today I listen to this song as a healthy, happy adult. Can't believe I'm through all that shit. Can't believe I managed to hold on.
I'm so sorry. It's the worst way to lose someone. I can't imagine losing a child that way. I'm sure anyone here, myself included would be available to you if you need it. DOn't be afraid to ask for help yourself.
I had forgotten this band, song and video existed. here i am watching it again 20 years later holy shit. I forgot about the mom "ill be waiting for monday the rest of my life" i actually closed my eyes and looked away. that poor woman. those poor people. I've lost 1 family member and 4 friends to it. I hope that anyone having these thoughts of ending it seek help, reach out, anything to help because you're not bothering anyone and you're worthy of life.
you know, i usually don't comment, but I just wanted to say is that this song saved me when i was 12 years old, living with an abusive drunk parent, I thought of suicide every day. I tried to commit suicide multiple times, i'm 23 now, and I still listen to this song. My mom passed when i was 15 from her addiction and to this day this song still gets me through my roughest patches through life, it's carried on through me for 11 years, but i'm proud to say after many years of pain, i've finally found myself, and i'm so happy that I lived through each attempt. so thank you.
This song literally saved my life. I'm not joking about it, I used to listen to it in a certain period of my life when I was coming in terms with who I really am, stopped having suicidal thoughts and started to realize how much I love my life. This song was my mantra, my anthem being "it gets better than you know" and guess what? It really gets better!
I remember.. a few days afrer coming home from the hospital, my mom and i were cooking dinner and i was playing some music. At the end of the song, my mom asked if she could play a song for me. And it was this one. I balled like a baby. But it felt good to cry. And seeing so so so many people experience my pain and so much more. My mom told me that this song helped her through he dark times. As they are helping me now. So thank you. Thank you.
This band's music really touches so many people of all ages. I think this song should definitely be listened to by all generations. In my 30's now and listening to some Good Charlotte songs I haven't listened to for a while and realized how meaningful the lyrics are. As an adult, I definitely appreciate this band in a different way than when I was a kid.
This song saved my life. Had it on repeat every single night for about a year.. and here I am. I broke out of my depression, full time job and going back to school. Joel & Benji will probably never see this comment, but I just want to say thank you so much. Good Charlotte will be apart of me forever ♡
that and that kid, 'i know what its like to be left behind' breaks my damn heart, it reduced me to tears when it was first released (as a suicidal teen) and now at 28 this year it still brings tears to my eyes
I remember listening to this when I was in middle school and bawled my eyes out when the mom said "I'll be waiting for Monday for the rest of my life." And to THIS DAY I STILL bawl my eyes out at that part!
I come here every year on my attempt date. I'm glad I failed that day 14 years ago and am living proof it does get better. I wouldn't trade my life and relationships i have now for anything.
I'm 23, in my early teen years I was a dam right mess. Homeless, depression in overdrive, suicidal, self harmed and all that bullshit. I'm not being an "attention seeker" but no matter how low you get in life there's always something worth living and fighting for. It's songs like that have helped me and countless others. Since 15 I ALWAYS listen to these guys when I need a lift in life, rock on Good Charlotte and keep helping people with your music
That was very inspiring! Keep telling your testimony and help others that are struggling with a loved one who commited suicide and the ones who are planning or thinking about suicide. I struggle with depression and occasinal thoughts but I know I have the love of my life and my family and I know they would be devastated and my wife she would be really messed up if I died. I attempted suicide at least two times within a year by hanging myself and I'm glad I didn't die.
I was (idkhow) good during teenyears. Then entered 20's and gotten worse during the years lol. Now i listen to this again and realize the problems and bs i had during my teen years, was nothing in comparison with now. Feels weird af.
I've been there too. For many years. You an be in a room full of people and still feel alone. But it does eventually get better. It takes time. But I promise.
As a survivor of multiple attempts... this song saved me in High School...it saved me in adulthood. Im so happy I continue to homd on, regardless of how dark it gets. Darkness is there, to show us the light.
@pjd182 lol sometimes i dont even know but with each attempt i realized more and more that I wanted to live and that there was so much i wanted to do. I still struggle with it on a daily basis but I keep telling myself the universe kept me alive all those times for a reason. Whatever your belief may be, if your still here its because your book is still being written. There are still adventures and characters to meet. I still have challenges but id rather go through the challenges than lose out on new possibilities
Damn i forgot how much i used to listen to this song when i was depressed all those years ago. YES, it does get better. And you wont ever know if you dont let "it" happen. Hold on.
This right here saved my life , being 15 years old at the time , I was sexually assaulted and I didn’t want to continue anymore . I felt worthless and I self harmed. Listing to this helped me through the darkest times in my life . 11 years later I suffer from ptsd and anxiety and depression but I have been self harm free for 10 years. Any one feels like letting go , it’ll get better ❤️
@@rodendsley4401 I just saw this comment , and it’s crazy this was 4 years ago ! And now I am dealing with another type of pain of the love of my life passed 3 weeks ago. So seeing you’re comment means more to me then you ever know !
Im 33 years old now... but everytime I feel beaten... I come back to this. Just like when I was 14... I have to say we all are brave... it is just that some of us, take decisions with the passion of the moment. But, they are still in our memories. There is no one to blame, sometimes we don't understand someone else's pain... Until we are there.
a friend of mine just past away from suicide. this is my quote! please let everyone be aware of mental health issues!. As a 29 year old man. Im crying so much right now! Nothing can ever bring him back. But i hope at least people can bring awareness to mental health issues!. R.i.P!!
I can't help but to interpret that comment as " your children are not supposed to make you sad and depressed you're supposed to make them sad and depressed "
they played this today in utrecht, i fell to my knees and cried the entire song. i got so many hugs from strangers that told me they knew exactly how i felt and that moved me so much. songs like this save people, the power of music is amazing ; today was the perfect example
I think everybody who can hear music has one album that helped them, emotionally, when they needed it the most. The Young and the Hopeless was that album for me when I was 14 and needed to have an intervention, and this was the song that spoke the loudest to me. It still speaks to me as loudly today. Thank you, Good Charlotte. You saved my life.
This world, this world is cold But you don't, you don't have to go You're feeling sad, you're feeling lonely And no one seems to care Your mother's gone and your father hits you This pain you cannot bear But we all bleed the same way as you do And we all have the same things to go through Hold on, if you feel like letting go Hold on, it gets better than you know Your days, you say they're way too long And your nights, you can't sleep at all Hold on And you're not sure what you're waiting for But you don't want to know more You're not sure what you're looking for But you don't want to know more But we all bleed the same way as you do And we all have the same things to go through Hold on, if you feel like letting go Hold on, it gets better than you know Don't stop looking, you're one step closer Don't stop searching, it's not over Hold on What are you looking for? What are you waiting for? Do you know what you're doing to me? Go ahead What are you waiting for? Hold on, if you feel like letting go Hold on, it gets better than you know Don't stop looking, you're one step closer Don't stop searching, it's not over Hold on, if you feel like letting go Hold on, it gets better than you know Hold on
Words can't explain how this song made me feel. Those of you who are suffering. I know it seems that you have no hope left and you can't get through this but it will get better. Before you scroll past this comment, please read the rest. you've probably heard that before but let me explain. okay so think about the day you were born to now.A lot has changed,right? my point is the moment you are in right now won't last forever, your life isn't going to be like this forever, it will change, right now it might feel like there is this huge wall in front of you and you can't get past it, but if you keep on pushing it, it will fall. Tear down the wall and you will see your bright future. What I mean by that is you will overcome this horrible time in your life if you don't give up. Hold on, you will thank yourself later ~
Crazy thing is they were absolutely trashed and dragged in the mud back in the day. Now I see people saying “they don’t make music like Good Charlotte did anymore”. I was bullied endlessly in middle and high school for being a proud fan...glad that’s changed.
Jayde Morrissey no because Good Charlotte is so unique and if we have more than Good Charlotte won’t be important that’s actually why Pop Punk died I think
Honestly this song has helped me through so much. I tear up every time I hear it - I was a suicidal kid when it came out and this video made me rethink my choices, I still debate ending it some days but seeing the aftermath and thinking of my family... this song helps more than I can say. To everyone thinking about ending it, please, hold on. You have no idea the good things you will miss. I amaze myself thinking how much has happened in these past 4-5 years since I nearly took my dad's gun and ended it all... I am thankful I'm still here. Would have laughed in your face hearing that years ago, but today feel genuinely
This song saved me I was 13 and sitting in my room cutting and my CD player came on to this exact song I’m now 32 years old and these guys have no idea that they saved me I’m forever great full
i was on a dark dark place back when i was in my early teens, now im 22 and counting, better things are coming i assure you that, this song helped me a lot
This song made me remember that there's still some shit in this fucked up world worth living for. Thanks, Good Charlotte, for helping me through 2011-2014. I'm still alive and kicking. XD
Lost my brother, yesterday 22 years ago.. and lost my best friend.. Good Charlotte helped me back then, and they're still helping me to get through it.. True lifesavers
This video is so powerful. This song along with 'Adams Song' by blink-182 really make you think about what some people go through. Some of the only songs that have ever made me cry.
Its not the right order of things, you're not supposed to bury your children, they're supposed to bury you...(now that I'm a father this hits me). Family is the most important. Only Family will stay in our end. Blood is blood.
For whatever reason I came across this video after so many years. I haven’t listened to good charlotte in awhile but they saved me again. And I will forever be grateful.
I have not listened to this song for SO many years. I certainly am glad it was around in my teens because I really needed it then. But I feel like I needed it now. Which is frustrating to a degree cause I feel like I've tried so hard to work on my mental health. But lately things have gotten kind of intense, like the weight of depression, anxiety and emotions is SO heavy. And while its SO draining, I'm hoping for it to turn around soon, so I dont have to sit in this state for longer than I must to ride it out. But I feel like I'd be failing myself if I ended my life, without having a chance to try and make it out of this mental crap. But I truly am glad I watched this video and listened to this song again 💝 always reminders to keep going 🙏
Just want to say thanks a lot for this song! This and some others really helped when I was feeling low. Since then I have accepted Jesus Christ as not only my Lord and Saviour, but also my Best Friend who loves me the most and who cares for me. Thank you for bridging the gap and I hope you guys get to know Him too. I really appreciate you guys!
This song was sometimes the only thing I had to keep myself going as a severely depressed teen with suicidal ideation. Played it on repeat and blasted it as I cried alone in my room. I'm 35 now and still here. Even though I still suffer, I got the help I needed. Thank you GC for making this song and bringing awareness to such a stigmatized topic. It will always mean so much to me 🖤
Gracias Good Charlotte por hablarlo; por hacerle y hacernos saber a TODOS, que no estamos solos, y que cuando no se tiene a nadie, no queda de otra que refugiarnos en la música sanadora, y renacer desde el dolor más grande que se tiene dentro una y otra y otra vez.... ¡Y las que sean necesarias! Pero nunca acabar con nosotros ni con nuestra vida. ¡Gracias inmensas muchachos! Un himno más para cantar en ésta vida. ♥️💫
I left my two bedroom apartment in Utah and a job that paid me $79k a year, I came back to California because my dad begged for my help, I stole his pills and debit card as a kid and now I'm trying to be a decent human being towards him, My father is 75 and is very sick...I won't let him go to a nursing home. I left my whole life behind just so I can make amends and care for him.
My mom showed me this song, my dad committed when I was 8 months old, this helped her cope with the loss of him so I’m thankful for this song, now it helps me ❤
YOU ARE SO RIGHT MY FRIEND..AND ANOTHER GREAT SONG IS ,, LAST DECEMBER,, GOOD CHARLOTTE FROM THE BEGINNING ALL THE WAY TO NOW ARE STILL EXCELLENT MUSICIANS.
@@ernestgarcia755 definitely, still one of my favorite bands of all time. Last December is amazing as well, we definitely need more great music like this instead of mumble rapping and so called music of just slurred noises music today went downhill fast
glad I'm still here, best wishes to everyone and remember to always HOLD ON. the best thing will come edit: im still here, life is like a box of chocolate, bitter and sweet but i only have 1 live and its precious
If anyone is going through so much shit that you feel like ending your life is the only answer. Please talk to someone, it's not worth it I promise, things do get better. I know recovery is scary but I believe in you. You can be strong and hold on even if you're holding by the last few strings. Someone out there loves you, never forget that. 9 days clean and counting. I'm on my way to recovery, you can be too
Thank you for helping me through. I remember turning this song on as a child and just crying, sometimes part way through self harm. Honestly this song has impacted me in such ways and has truly saved me
I lost the person I loved to suicide... I never told them how I felt about them because I was too scared... this song helps so much, for anyone else going through the same pain, you are truly not alone and never will be
Radhi Kamal Yeah my current girlfriend (I didn't have the guts to talk to her either, she came up to me) would be dead without me... It is saddening... She still thinks about suicide though and it's hard but... Yeah... :'(
I'm 30 years old now, but when this song came out...it literally saved me. And this is my first time hearing in since then, and Im actually in tears listening to this song again.
I first listened to this song when I was about 12 (~9 years ago)... I was really depressed back then. This was one of the songs that saved my life. All I can say, is life gets better. When you feel like things are at their worst, then that means things can only get better. It'll be okay. Even if it doesn't seem like it right now, it'll be okay. You just have to hold on. You just have to live. You're not alone.
Listening to Good Charlotte in 2020 blast from the past. I can't even begin to describe how lost I was when this album came out. This song helped me so much. ❤
That mom saying I'll be waiting on Monday for the rest of my life always gets me. this song came out when I was young and it hits so different as a mom now. Please reach out you are loved and valued and maybe reaching out can help ❤️ we are here for you
I didn't understand this song when I needed it. I didn't understand this song when I wanted to take my life at the age of 16. I listened to this so very many times, and I never understood what I was listened to. All I knew is hoe much I loved it, regardless of how much my happy friends disliked it. Now that I'm 30, instead of 16, I understand this song so, so very well. I wish I understood this song when, mentally, I needed it the most. When I was lacking support, and anyone who understood what I was feeling. At 30, I'm so very happy that I have the support systems that I have at this point in my life, and I'm so happy that the cry that I get to enjoy listening to this song now exists. I'm so happy that I get to cry right now, and it's so painful that this happiness exists. Sometimes I wish I was dead, but hearing songs like this one reminds me that I have so much left to see. Thank you, 2002 Good Charlotte. I will never forget this song. I will never forget the life that I now cherish, unknowingly influenced by a song that I didn't understand until it was, unfortunately, too late. I hope more people find this song before it is... unfortunately, too late.
