It's hard to fight an enemy which has outposts in your head... alone. Getting help is crucial, every life has it's hardships, but none of them are fixed by suicide.
Im bipolar, bad days are really bad.. good days are really good. In 2008 i was suicidal.. then one of my roommates relatives lived with us (same year) she filled the tub full and took a whole bottle of pills.. passed out,.. I was in shock for about two hours.. when I finally came around I decided I wasn't going to harm myself anymore. God is bigger than my depression .. anyway thank you for reacting to this, thank you for trusting us with your reactions. You are amazing person and a sweet soul 😊
May God protect you from that liar Satan. Suicide, and depression are demons. Remember legion in the Bible? He slashed himself with stones (cutting) and when Jesus cast out the demons into the pigs they immediately committed suicide by jumping off the cliff. We can clearly see that demons are behind suicide, cutting, and rages. Mark 5:1-20
Yeah, sometimes you can't save someone. You can only try. Sometimes the damage has been done and to late for any remedy. All you can do is love them while they are still here.
I am a retired LEO and this hits me so hard. My father struggled for years with PTSD and addictions. After 8 years sober he gave in and started drinking again my last conversation with my father was very very bad. 3 days later he took his own life. I will forgive myself for that conversation and will never understand how I helped thousands of people over 23 years of service but couldnt be there for my own family.
Sometimes all you can do is be there, my wife and best friend of 23 years battles anxiety and depression. The ups are amazing the down are terrifying. When I was young I couldn’t understand why? I love her and only her! provide and make her my world. I felt like I failed and wasn’t good enough and the harder I tried it seemed like I would drive her away. So I’m just there for her now. When she has panic attacks or her anxiety is through the roof I’m there and always will be.
Trust me.. as someone with bipolar depression and severe anxiety, you're doing your best, just be there. Hold her, love her, and tell her how much she means to you. That's an amazing feeling in those hard moments.
Baby you nailed it! Bi-polar depression takes you to a place where you lose your happy days. Then there's a day the sunshine starts coming back and you think it's going to be ok....then the grey sky returns when you cry over spilt milk. No one understands. You'll be told by family or a friend " your just having a bad day" I've been living with this affliction since I was a child. My mother was put into a mental health institution, and her treatment was shock therapy. It was barbaric at best. Now mental health is taken as a legitimate health issue. There's medications that will save your life, because it has saved mind. Thank you for the video, and your reaction and comment brought a tear to my eyes.
There is a RU-vid video of Chris, the actor playing the policeman and the director talking about this video. Chris said his record label was pressuring him to make a music video but he only wanted to make one that served a purpose. Much respect for Chris Stapleton for using his music as a platform to shine a light on mental illness as well as those who love them.
I think this is the only 'produced' video he has done. He was serious about this song and the subject. He was intent on raising awareness of mental health issues. If anyone needs help call 1 800-273-TALK or look up suicide hotlines. Depression is a monster. btw, Chris was playing the bartender.
I feel it too, as someone who has struggled with depression most of my life, songs like this hit hard, I have come close several times, but by the grace of God, I have made it through. I am so glad I did make it, and feel for those that never make it over the hill. It was/is a tough road, but it is worth staying around for. Stay Awesome.
@ang rich I am so sorry for what y'all go EVERY DAY...it's heartbreaking. I suffer with severe anxiety and depression disorder and I take medications for it but I STILL have REALLY BAD days and feel the same as y'all...everyone around me would be much better off with me gone but I could NEVER bring myself to "end it"!! Just know y'all ARE NOT ALONE my friend. I just do one day at a time...it's really all we can do. Blessings my friend...❤👍❤
@ang rich Thank y'all so much...I appreciate the support. Fortunately y'all have a loving spouse who supports y'all...mine not so much. He just doesn't "get it" and that's one of my worst triggers. I may e - mail y'all...thanks for the support.
I've been fighting this & addiction since 14 yrs old I'm now 58 not easy to get here meaning 58 stop having a relationships after having a 12yr one she was drained after 12 yrs so now I stay alone which sucks also but it's better than hurting someone you Love !! Noting wrong showing your feelings to me that shows me you have a good Heart & Soul and that's what this Country lacks so badly empathy Peace Out India hugs ...
I don't know what it is about your face. But the emotion you show ends up being reflected by me and I'm an old (64 years) white guy (Vietnam Era). I have lived my life not showing much emotion because I have faced and done some terrible things in my life that I don't allow to creep out of my emotion. Somehow, the looks you give..... drag those emotions out of me. I guess that's a good thing. I watch your video's because I love most of the songs being seen thru new eyes, and to just watch your reactions. Oh, and you are very beautiful and believe me. I don't say that to very many people (my granddaughter excepted!) Carry on.
I've watched quite a few reactions to this video since I came upon the video late last night. Your reaction India got to me. As I watched the tears slowly run down your cheeks unchecked, the pain and understanding I seen in your eyes made me tear up. I figured as many times as I have watched this video and the reactions to it, I didn't think I would be quite so affected by your reaction. I was wrong. The message/video is in a word.... POWERFUL Thank you for reacting to this one.
The pain of depression and suicide is a pain beyond measuring, unfortunately we can't always save those we love ,we live with the guilt and suffering ,love is sometimes painful this song barely touches it ! Live love and forgive! They don't always know what they do!
The other part that I think would send me over the edge is: He's a police officer( yes hero) everyday saving people. But, he couldn't save her. Can you imagine the pain that comes along with that? I loved be Chris's music.l find it amazing that he did this video, bringing much needed attention to this issue! We have a serious mental health problem. This is why people are shooting others.😭😭😭😭
You cannot save anyone unless you save yourself too. Great sensitive reaction to the issue of mental health that Chris and the actors addressed in this video. For too long it has been pushed under the carpet.....no more. Save a life pay attention to your friends and family.
Oh no!! This one is so hard to watch because I see ALOT of myself in her, I just don't have that someone who loves me and cares like she does 🙏🤦😢💔 I would let him if there was someone like him here for me 🌹
When I first started dating, my grandmother told me it didn't matter who I dated, but (with a stern voice) she said "Do NOT date anyone who is broken!". She has been proven correct through my friends, and 2 girls I dated. She wasn't saying don't date anyone with problems, or struggles. She meant someone who has accepted their problem as normal, or makes excuses. She said to run from the "Big 3 A's"... Adultery, Addictions, Abuse. End Of!!
Omg! 😭😭😭 Can save them here and there, when lucky, but without help and resolution of whatever is plaguing the person, the inevitable is just that. Beautiful msg on the song and amazing interpretation by you. Thank you for sharing the song and your thoughts.
Ben Foster and Margarita Levieva both do a great job in this video of portraying a happy couple who have ups and downs when dealing with life’s nasty hand of mental issues and suicide. She was born Russian-Jewish and Foster was raised American-Jewish but his ancestors are Russian as well. Chris Stapleton brought up a really tough issue here in this video but was able to channel it through song to really grab the listeners attention.
Emotion is the best part about music just the other day I was feeding my 3 month old daughter and was listening to boys to men mama and just busted out in tears 😭 great review
I am bipolar. It is very hard. I take my medication every day but I still fall into deep depression that I feel that way, the video is like I'm her and my husband is like the guy. It's really sad and there is not enough help out there for mental illness. A lot of people with mental disorders don't get help and in the end they can't take it anymore. Thank you for listening and doing this video. I hope this song and video will change lives.
My ex-wife used to cut her wrist. I remember one day I came home from helping a friend work on his truck. She had slit her wrists while I was gone. When I came home and seen her laying on the bed with blood running down her hand on the floor. It scared the shit out of me. I ran to her thinking the worst. Luckily she didn't cut too deep. A bit after that I started cutting myself just to have something to take my mind off of that. I still worry that she is still doing that. I am hoping she isn't doing that stuff anymore. I mad myself stop doing it cause I got a son now I got to take care of and I thought I might go too far with it.
I love Chris's music and when artists make music to spread awareness it makes their message so much more powerful when they can make a video to go with the story a few that I love that can do this are NF , Five Finger Death Punch , Rascal Flatts ( you should check out Why by them it's a very powerful song just like here comes goodbye and come wake me up !! ) I love your reactions that's why I subbed !! Take care and God bless you and your family !!
Sweet sweet India you felt that and i believe around that time u were goin threw something as well and please trust an believe i know how hard life can be mental illness is all threw my family growing up was not easy for me and my sister still we made it threw!!!! I really hope things have gotten better for you an yours!!! : )
I’m a huge fan of his, but this video really hits home for me. I bawl every time. I lost my dad who was my best friend to suicide. 4 months after my loss I found myself waking up in the same emergency room as he was in. I made it out . And I’m grateful I did. Depression something most people don’t understand unless they’ve experienced it. It’s heartbreaking.
Cameron Allmon watch linking park, leave out all the rest. The lyrics are deep. Well, all of his songs, it was like a continuous good bye until one day he (chester) committed suicided.
So true! I've had suicide in my family and mental illness! Find help if youre down. Depression can be so debilitating. Chris wrote it and was so accurate. Thank you!
