The One Self Help Group We'd Actually Join - People Watching #7 

"Hi, I'm Jackson and I relate more to fictional characters in an animated webseries than I do with anyone I've ever met in real life."

Must be awkward to go to a support group with people you've had speed dates with.

This whole Series is like Black Mirror for emotions.

I have a confession. Whenever I watch a video older than a week I refuse to comment because I'm terrified people will think I'm a loser for doing it so late. I think "it's not like anyone is going to see it anyway. Anyone who would comment already has". God this video hits where it hurts

Isn't funny how that all of us are obsessed with this web series just because we cant comprehend the fact that there an actual person knows how we feel and literally every person in the comments is having almost the same package of problems but none of us is actually going to do anything about it because we are all crippled in our own wold of agony to find each other

Can someone please make a reddit Losers club or something, because seriously this might actually be helpful?

The magic white board that draws on it self.

"Hi I'm Tatiana. I'm a decent looking and extroverted college student with a near perfect GPA and a really good sense of humor. Despite people gravitating towards me naturally, I am at a weird transition point in my life where I dont actually have anyone I would consider a friend. It's weird being the girl who can make just about anyone laugh and not having anyone to send your jokes to"

The worst part of this episode is that it was too short. I could have watched this for 30 minutes, easy.

The inner monologues at the end... can't tell you how many times I've said these things to myself about everything I do.

One of the greatest themes of this series: Sharing your problems won't make them go away, but it'll lighten a burden, at least a little.

"Nobody is going to ask if I need anything, because clearly i'm fine." Or if anyone does ask how I am, i'll just put on a brave face because the social anxiety tells you no one wants to hear you drone on about your problems.

Stop writing everything I'm thinking!

Man, recently I realised that my every hour of being awake is spent on the internet. I distract myself with endless RU-vid videos and the same computer game ceaselessly. So instead of using that time to work on a project or be productive, I impose disadvantage and fatigue on myself, so I can avoid blaming myself for failure, and in the process, push away responsibility.

My problem is just that deep down, I have this terrible feeling that I'm actually just not a really fun or interesting enough person. So if I try and get close to someone, they'll eventually realise all of this and leave. So in my head, it's better not to get close in the first place rather than having my fears confirmed. You know?

I'm 18 and i'm scared shitless that this will be me in 10 years. I'm already distancing myself from all of my high school friends and I'm worried for the future

I liked how they ended this episode, through out the the whole meeting I was just thinking, 'Why don't they hang out?' and then I got my answer.

I like that this series is consistent by including references to past videos. Instead of losing that character development its builds on it. If you can't tell I really like this series, please Cracked don't end it.

(Coming from a college student) I’m one of those “extroverted introverts.” I’m outspoken in class, I crack jokes, I lead in group projects. I can talk to people if I have to, and can make friendly conversation, even click with strangers at parties, but I cannot for the life of me make a friend if I wanted to. I am a giant loser, and having people know this scares me lol. Like, it’s one thing that I have to deal with all this anxiety when I talk to literally anyone, but pushing through all of it all day all the time and having it amount to nothing is just so annoying, but it’s obviously because I don’t try hard enough even tho it feels like I am. You know you’re a loser when you can go through college freshman orientation, when everyone is just trying to make friends and party, go along with everything, and still not have so much as even a name to drop.

I'm 5 years late but God this makes me feel so much better. This is like life saving material and I can't stress how much better this made me feel.

The thing i think i like the most about this series is that it shows all these fears and insecurities we think are unique to us are just a part of the larger human experience. Its only because we only live one life and see one perspective we dont realize these things happen to all of us.

Did anyone pause the video to read the whiteboard behind the characters?

What if you're a loser, but not secretly?

The best line of and probably only single line to summarize this "and i dont want to look like a loser." Dude such a relatable video, me at the grocery store, me in class, me at work, me after having an awesome 30 min conversation on the surf or anywhere. Im not sure if this is because im an introvert or if its because most people genuinely dont know how to make friends.

The guy in the red shirt is actually me. For whatever reason after highschool my fear of people grew to be crazy and irrational which led to me being super socially awkward but it translates as bitchy so no one ever talks to me or approaches me cause they think I'm stuck up and I'm left sitting in my apartment hating myself cause my youth is quickly passing by and I'm spending it alone. When I try to be friendly I think it comes off as desperate so people never act interested which makes me feel like an even bigger loser. Sigh I'll be super excited once they create robots with downloadable personalities kinda like that episode of black mirror

I just wanna hug everybody in the comments section right now.

Fun fact: that tech start up idea already exists in Japan where you can hire someone to basically impersonate you and live your life for a bit. They could do things like go to your job and do your work and spend time with your family while you're elsewhere.

I keep wondering how the hell I have JUST discovered this channel

Jesus fucking Christ, as this one WAY TOO CLOSE for comfort. Like, I kinda want to cry. But then again, I'm alone, in front of a computer, at a time I should be working on something or going to bed. But I'm not. Because I'm telling myself to not cry because of intense emotional and physical trauma that constantly feeds into my feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness that stabs any and all attempts to make myself happy in the dick with a rusty ice cream scoop tells me that I have to "remain strong in the face of adversity because A MAN DOESN'T CRY when he feels powerless", while the irrepressible headache that is the knowledge of my own skills and abilities effectively squeezes my head in a vice of stress and anger so painfully that I feel like I could have an aneurysm at any given moment. Fantastic job! Really loved this one!

Hi I'm Daisy. I'm too scared to write my feelings so the backspace key is my closest friend.

So it's been 2 years since i watched this for the first time and it's still easier to share my emotions with the internet that with any of my friends or my parents or my therapist

Its crazy how accurate this vid was, but whats worse is sometimes I feel like I'm actually publicly a loser as much as I feel like one on the inside. I've convinced myself I'm god awful at making and keeping friends and even meaningful relationships...to the point where when I had a solid relationship I convinced myself I was so much of a loser that he deserved better. The friends I do have tell me I'm gorgeous and crazy intelligent and honestly praise me to no avail and briefly I'll get caught up in physical confidence and i'll even acknowledge my own achievements...which is all great and fine and dandy until I realize how lonely I am.

This episode hit a bit close to home...

god damn that ending, literally me in every social setting

I'm Autistic and probably also have ADHD but never got diagnosed as a kid because my parents didn't really know about that stuff, so my Mother just assumed I'd grew out of it and she and my Stepdad are also terribly unsocial people, so I never really managed to have kindergarten or childhood friends in general and it's just now... I can mask enough for people to like me when first meeting, to appear social and interesting, but with the depression I've been suffering since my teenage years it's just becoming harder and harder to find and keep friends. It's like people have these limited slots for friends, and everybody filled theirs up way faster than me, so now I can be an acquaintance at best.

I never thought anyone else had “the wedding problem.” I’m terrified of marriage, less because of commitment and more because I only have 2 people from my family that I’d want to come to my wedding. This is a relief to feel like I’m a little less crazy. Thanks for mentioning that Cracked

That ending. it hurt. this whole thing was far too real. and that ending is just way too relatible and gets right down to my loneliness.

Did anybody else spend the rest of the video wondering if Flossy was coming back?

This is, perhaps strangely, perhaps not strangely at all, the most uplifting video I have seen in a long time. Like, this hit the exact psychological spot I needed to hit at this point in my life (27 years old and, while not exactly successful right now because I basically ruined my life with drugs over the past 8 years, definitely back on the right track, with even a few hugely beneficial life staples, like a VERY modest but fully paid-for car, and even some very small luxuries here and there). This is reminding me of all the things I needed to be reminded of but my jaded mind always rejects. It's weird, it's just reminding me of all the ways I sabotage and act almost hateful towards myself, my past self especially, but... in a way that, instead of depressing me, somehow opens my mind and makes it totally clear what positive things I can do for myself. And instead of thinking "ah fuck why haven't I been doing these the whole time, I'm ruining my life and I'm doomed to keep doing it, agh, help I'm drowning," I'm just like "holy shit this is so true, I'm definitely not alone in this; I'm probably even better off than I think, I just need to grasp and maximize those good things I have going and use them to form the identity of the person I want to be and the life I want to live." I'm not explaining it perfectly, words can't do it justice, but... I just really needed this. Especially the reminder that I'm not alone. This might be one of the most psychologically beneficial videos I've ever seen, and it came from a humor website based on a defunct magazine based on another defunct magazine. What a wonderful, weird world we live in.

When Jackson started talking, I FELT that. *edit. And the ending is the funniest part about social anxiety. You could actually hit it off with someone. And then think “wait they were possibly just humouring me. They don’t actually want to be friends- it’s a facade, just being nice. Yeah. I best leave them alone.”

Secret Losers Anonymous should be its own series. This is one of the most relatable things I've ever seen

"Hi, I'm Gina and I've genuinely given up on making real live friends. I've never really had any. Video games, RU-vid videos, writing nonsense stories, that's what I do when not at work. If someone were to kill the WiFi in my house, I'd have nothing to fall back on, and that's probably not great."

Lest be honest that room would be packed to the brim

Actually really love the extras in the back ground and foreground, like the desk saying “Man I can’t wait for school to be over....then I’ll be happy”

This series means so much to me. Every time I think they can't get more in my head, they do. And the comfort it brings me knowing that I'm not alone is irreplaceable. Thank you.

Only difference for me in this one is that I'm a loser who DOES ask people to hangout all the time, but I get the answer "Definitely man, tonight just doesn't work, but we'll definitely make something happen some other time." No one has time for anything anymore, and I don't get it because I have nothing but time.

wait.. is SLA a real thing? I'd join

Hi, I'm Evan, and I've been obsessing over this dead web series for a month.

Honestly watching these make me feel so much better. It is helpful to know that other people think these things too. So thank you Cracked

Please don't stop making these. They are helpful.

I've just found this channel on YT today and have been binge watching all of their stuff this gives me life man. It makes me feel like I understand myself better

I love this series. It reminds me that I’m not so different from others, even when my depression makes me think I am.

I've been dealing with this since high school. After graduating I lived in a "party house" at a lake, and it was no big deal to have a couple hundred people come out some nights. People I didn't even know would come up and tell me how cool I am, and they had so much fun and blah blah blah, but in the end I was alone whenever we weren't causing a public disturbance, and by the time I figured it out and tried to meet or hang out with people, In a manner that wouldn't cause liver failure, it didn't work. I would either feel like I was being froze out or not welcome, or somebody who'd been to the party house would gather up their friends to watch me chug a bottle of wine (literally, a whole bottle, no stops). Consequently, when I moved out of the party house, I basicly became a hermit, because I wasn't throwing home destroying parties, and was never invited out. One time I gave a guy shit for not inviting me to a get together he hosted, sincerely pissed and feeling betrayed, until he told me he didn't invite me because he thought I was too cool to need to hang out with his crew. This blew my mind. While I knew the truth of my looserdom, the public perception of me had me elevated to a status that somehow combined Bond super villain and the high school team captain. All I seriously wanted was a small group of close friends to wax philosophic with while getting baked in a van, like I had in high school. Instead I was bombarded with myth and legend of my exploits, that caused intimidation and/or disdain in the community. Perception is this crazy wall that people not only build but cover in graffiti. We think that perception is a personal thing but it isn't. We all see the same walls with the same tags slapped on them, from slightly different angles. The "closeness" between people dictates how differently they see the wall, and if you do nothing to stop them building it you end up stuck on the other side. Ignore enough walls and eventually your boxed up in what other people believe, and the worst part is that you yourself laid at least the foundations for those walls, if not half the bricks and paint, either through inaction or false interaction. Even writing this now, in my mid-to-late thirties, people assume I'm this totally adjusted individual with no lack for human contact, but the truth is, the next time I talk with a real person will be while I'm waiting for my daughter to come out of her school. The biggest problem is that now I'm used to it, and interaction with people out of my family group is awkward. Any way that's my dish, thanks for listening.

What I'm finding funny about this series, and about this episode in particular, is these several of these same people seem to meet each other all the time, and yet don't seem to already be friends.

Really, really affected by the scratchwork on the desk. Now that I'm an adult, I sometimes really miss back when people were forced to see each other on a regular basis.

This show is literally exactly what I needed in this time of my life, thanks a bunch!

Omygod red shirt guy is so relatable I want to cry about it

When did this become a mirror?!

Honestly these videos are amazing for both helping with depression and actually making you notice that things are rough but are still somehow better for you. It's nice.

I would say lots of thanks to the creators of this!!!!! Thanks a lot, really, I needed this!

As much as I like After Hours and Escort Mission, this series has become my favourite on Cracked. It's a great counterpoint to the negativity that plagues the internet. I really hope there's much more to come!

These are so good yet they don't get the views they deserve.

WOW! this hit home, I'm always in my head. Assuming someone thinks or feels some type of way about me. Biting my tongue instead of saying what is bothering ! These videos are amazing

What's funny is I got into these videos about 9 months ago or maybe over a year idk. But I find myself back again and I still enjoy it. And it's still exactly the thing I need to hear.

This was actually pretty cool. I'd wanna be friends with them lol.

Good evening, RU-vid. I'm about to be thirty this year and have nothing to show for it. I'm buried in student loan debt, but failed to obtain a degree due to severe mental illness and lack of guidance. I have literally no close friends, am currently unemployed, and living off my girlfriend and a generous family member. I lost the three closest people to me by the time I was twenty-seven - my mother, father, and maternal grandmother (the only grandparent I ever knew), all to drawn out, painful diseases. I'm a secret (or not so secret) pathetic loser. All I want is for my job interview to go well this week, even though I feel unqualified and undeserving, and the transportation required is going to cost me money I don't have. All I want is to actually land this job, instead of just fantasizing about what it would be like to succeed and to be self-sufficient for once in my life.

This series is like an old friend every time we’re together it impacts and comforts me in a new way

This gets to me personally because I'm a little bit of all of them combined. This is the second video that I've seen from this channel and I'm hooked now, bout to binge watch this entire Playlist

These videos are so relieving. Makes me feel less weird and less alone with my loneliness.

I'm too shy to meet new people, yet I still distance myself from people I already know. I crave companionship but I don't know how know react when someone shows interest. This seems like a formula for impending loneliness.

The desk that says “Man I can’t wait until school is over then I’ll be happy”

This hit way too close to home

**let's out single tear** Same.

why does this series hit every spot in my brain

Oh my God this is literally me, I'm screaming. This is so good, I literally feel like I'm alone in this. I needed to hear this. I beat myself up so much over being too "aloof" around others, everything they said was exactly how I feel.

"Hey, Im Ruby, and I hide behind multiple fabricated personalities to hide the fact Im an introvert who has no money."

Since this hits pretty close to home for me too, I'll take a leaf out of Praire Perspective 's book: Hi, I'm Rachel. I am a music teacher who also plays ultimate frisbee, weight lifts, and performs violin. I am loved by my students and I get many compliments on my teaching methods by colleagues and my boss. I'm freakishly organized and a hard worker to boot. I'm told I'm beautiful by many and I've also worked hard to be at the level of physical fitness I am now, and I'm still trying to lose the last 10 lbs. I have no religion, I'm bi-racial, I'm in the middle politically, I'm pescetarian, and I don't feel like I fit in anywhere ever. Every friend I've made in college moved away and I've yet to make any new ones that I can tolerate or that share interests with me. I used to host parties and hikes and outings but over time less and less people would come until I gave up inviting anyone anywhere. I don't get invited out anymore and I spend most evenings working out or watching cartoons. At ultimate frisbee everyone else mingles and chats and I sit awkwardly alone so I'd bring a hula hoop to play with while waiting between games. I got my first smart phone about two weeks ago because I didn't want to become a "sell out". I'm not single and live with my boyfriend, but my family is in another place and without friends I do most things alone now. I would definitely attend a secret losers anonymous group if it existed!

This video was amazing. Thank you

Ok....this is like my 5thepisode straight....i am now subscribed😌🙏thank u

I'm SO WORRIED about the singer character guys... Like, she didn't even get to the end of the group session. Did she get the sliver of closure and feeling of relatability the others got?? Will she be alright????? ((∩•́ι_•̀*∩))

this series hits home so often and so much that it scares me a little

I love this channel because it is so real!!

I'm actually really suprised at how acurate and in touch this series is to my recent struggles. I've always felt that past "friends" and even my own family doesn't understand my social anxiety and existential dread, making me feel that I'm alone in this. But yeah, leather jacket and red plaid guy? I'm totally a hybrid of you two.

My boyfriend sends me the links to every single one of these when they're uploaded and i finally beat him to one : )

damn, where's that support group near me. though i doubt my loserhood is a secret to anyone

Absolutely loved this.

This was too relateable...I have an identity crisis since I started highschool.I was always a joke teller in elementary,even dirty but tastefull jokes :P,didn't care what people thought about me,I felt comfortable in my skin.Then in highschool, I just closed up into my shell. I was paralyzed by the shock of entering a new enviroment and being surrounded by strangers.I wouldn't talk much for the first two years,I only texted my bff that was in another school.I felt paranoid and was carefull not to make mistakes so people don't laugh at me.It turned into a disorder.The third year I decided that it can't go on like that,so I started copying the behaviour of the people around me and acted more open.People suddenly found me more approachable,but on the inside I was tearing up.Luckily I made a few friends,who fit my energy,careless and creative.It helped me stay calm.The fourth year of highschool I realized that I've almost complietly forgoten who I really was.I then decided to no longer care about what people thought of me.I tried to stay true to myself.I tried to rehabilitate myself.Altho I never again felt the way I felt in elementary.The aftereffects of my experience in highschool left me constantly insecure about myself.And my best friend ditched me because she thought I was boring and too shy.And now I'm just sitting at my laptop the whole day playing mmorpg's with my old school friend who lives far away,and eventually go outside to play with my dog.I literally have no one I can hang out with and who actually might give a fuck about how I feel.I go to parties n' shit but that can't fill the hole in my heart >-

My name is Lali and I am too scared to put myself out there and ask people to hang out with me because I don't think they really like me and I only stay close to my best friend and boyfriend, but honestly I would really like to have more friends that are girls because I only hang out with guys and I'm tired of the sausage fest but at the same time I think every girl judges me and dislikes my personality which a lot of the time I don't blame them because of my low ass self esteem but I really just want some friends that are girls.

I've lost count on how many times I had those same thoughts at the end.

This was amazing and tapped into a lot of very real thoughts while still being funny

Wow- thanks guys. I needed that.

"Hi my name is Brei and I've dreamed of being a writer since I was a child and I'm even a great storyteller. I've been told I am a very creative thinker by every teacher or friend I've had since grade school on, but my dad told me there was no money in art and to pursue the sciences. So now I'm a fairly successful physical therapist. I make good money but a big part of me hates so much about what I do. I'm also mad at myself for sacrificing a core part of who I am to live a more cushy life. When I'm at work I feel like an imposter. I spend so much energy trying to act like I know what I'm doing and that I love what I'm doing, that by the time I get home from a normal workday, my natural introversion banishes me to an evening on the couch. I push everyone (even my fiance) away because not only do I need to feel alone to recharge but I feel so emotionally drained from doing for others all day I can barely do for myself. The rub of it is, I put up such a good front only my fiance and my therapist know. So, yeah, I am a secret total loser."

This pretty much sums up my feelings of the world and society. We are all little voices internally screaming into the void. AKA we think to much, assume to much, and talk to little about important stuff.

These are fantastic animation and remarkable writing , frankly free therapy!

i love this channel so much

God, this hurts. Stop making these so accurate to my life.

I just had a dream yesterday that I got engaged (haha so single right here) and had no one to be my bridesmaids. Probably spurred by the fact that all my college "friends" are getting married/best friends with someone getting married and my entire feed is just filled with "bridesmaid proposal gift boxex", which are apparently a thing.

Can we please get episode two of this. This video brings me to tears.

AWWW THE VOICEOVERS AT THE END 💘 what a way to drive their point home yknow

This series is too real.