This is the SF Productions podcast network TV seasons here the fault TV seasons here Hello From the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm mark you can check out our audio podcast How I got my wife to read comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network calm Well the annual tradition is back the fall TV season begins and so we're doing our show This is like the third or fourth one. We've done. I think this may be four. I think so Of course premiering TV shows in the fall goes back to the 50s Which was originally the new model year for cars at least all the way back then I do remember waiting for the TV guide fall Preview issue to come out. I actually have a collection that goes from 77 When it was 30 cents to 2005 when it was 299 and then now it just doesn't even make sense to get a TV guide Anyway, no we're basing our stuff from entertainment weekly now Of course the TV industry is nothing if not bound to tradition, but now things have changed TV is introduced all year round Networks are no longer in the cat bird seat what with cable and now online But a tradition is a tradition So the big four start the big the yeah the big the big five The big five start their fall TV season. Yeah, so let's run through the new shows night by night Starting with Sunday night. Yeah, a lot of the same football boxes animated block. Good wife ABC does have two new shows blood and oil Which is basically Dallas with Don Johnson as JR or or its empire? Yeah, because they're really promoting the two women in it as well Right, so I think they're trying to compete against Empire as well. I think you're right and it's I believe it's all based in North Dakota So it's all the new. Yeah, it's all about fracking now We have Quantico about FBI trainees one of which may be a terrorist which tells me they did a really lousy job of Screening people. I think this is like a Their take on how to get away with murder because really it's only a one-season kind of concept You know, yeah, you find out who that terrorist is so and Bollywood's Priyanka Chopra stars So she's a huge star in India, but this is her first real thing in the US and they're really playing her up Moving on to Monday several new entries CBS's life in pieces if you like modern family, you'll love this clone of modern family it looks a little Different from modern family and maybe weirder, but but it is so very much in the idea of Three separate families. Yeah, they all have separate stories and then they come together at the end Which is the whole formula for modern family CBS has Supergirl once CBS gets football out of the way It's only been 40 years since we got a comic superhero and show in prime time. That was wonderful. Yeah. Yeah Really looking forward to this, but still not sure why it's not on the CW My concern is there's no where to fit it with there's gonna be no lead-in, but it looks really good Oh, yeah, it looks great, but I'm worried it's gonna get lost on CBS. Yeah Speaking of the CW though, we have crazy ex-girlfriend, which is a stalker musical comedy. I Don't know if CW's luck can hold out for this or not We have on Fox minority report because TV shows based on movies are always a hit Hey, you can look out everyone's well with like a mash. Yeah, and this will be the next man I'll be the next man. Yeah, or it'll be the next cancellation in about four weeks. Yes, because I from what I understand It's very expensive Because it's in it's a futuristic show. So Unless it hits huge numbers almost immediately. It's Fox. It's gone.  It's just the one where the girl is She's got tattoos, right? She doesn't remember anything, right? But she suddenly has these abilities and all this Yeah, I might watch that Yeah At this point NBC doesn't have a lot else going for it. So they'll probably let it run for a while Tuesday we have ABC's the Muppets. This is a show. I'm looking forward to the most Yes, so big bang theories Bill Prady worked for Henson as a writer Long time ago and the only question is whether his reverence for the characters get in the way But based on the ads they're really expanding the concept more adult and it's more You know, it looks like it should be a lot of fun. Absolutely. I'm looking forward to it CBS has limitless. Hey a guy gains expert abilities at stuff through tech I've never seen that idea before on TV. What a new idea. I would like to point out This is another TV series based on a movie. Of course it is So you got two strikes already Fox's grandfathered and the grinder don't bother learning much about the sitcoms with veteran TV stars Cuz it won't be along around for very long. I don't think so either Fox's scream Queens, so I'm not sure how you do an ongoing horror series unless you do it on cable and you can show stuff Yeah, I It's an interesting concept though, right? I don't know. Yeah NBC has Chicago med and coming soon Chicago security guards They just ranking that out and doing the the law and order CSI How many Chicago shows can you have and that's how they're doing there? They're promoting it as the next Chicago show, right? Yeah, you know, it's like okay. It's now the Chicago trilogy. Yes NBC has best time ever with Neil Patrick Harris. It's a variety show. It's a hidden camera show It's a dessert topping. It's if he can talk himself every week after the frenetic first episode we saw Yeah, that's my concern is wow, I don't know what else you could do Yeah, they just threw everything at the screen. They possibly and they gave away like prizes to the audience and to home viewers Right that weren't there was a car and there were trips and I mean it was just ridiculous Absolutely, and then we have ABC's Wicked City This is a 1980s LA serial murder case with with a limited season kind of like American crime And they could come back with a different serial murder case every season if they wanted. Yeah Over on Wednesday, we have CBS's Code Black. Oh another medical procedural But a great original idea folks can't You just can't crack out enough of those can you yeah next We have Fox's Rosewood yet another procedural. This is the first time I've ever heard of it It was when I was reading about it in entertainment weekly I and it was it almost like a little a little blurb and there's this other show and by the way Rosewood is also coming That's gone Thursday night NBC's Heroes Reborn The show that started great then petered out into a lost clone returns. Yes. Why now? Why at all? What's the point? NBC is the player so Wesley Snipes needs to pay his IRS bills and NBC is still amortizing the sets from Las Vegas So here we are. Yeah, welcome back to the Montecito CBS Angel from hell because Jane Lynch isn't doing enough, right? And some just need something to do between those Hollywood game night seasons. Yeah, so she's now doing this. I Don't see this one lasting very long seems more like a CW show I don't know. I thought it seemed more like an ABC family show or something. Yeah, I could see that Yeah, and speaking of ABC on Friday night Dr. Ken so Ken Jeong founds us back from community to a very traditional sitcom. I Think that's a really bad fit for him. Yeah Most people don't know him from community. They would know him from like the bum The hangover the hangover movie Bachelor party that wasn't right, but the problem is he His style of comedy really doesn't fit no traditional sitcom doctor, right, which ironically he is in real life He's a doc. He's an actual doctor.  Oh my gosh So NBC is gonna have four nights of live programming in prime time now They are just In free fall at this point Then on Saturdays as always the network gave up Lots of reruns and that's all again I say this every year used to be see that Saturday night was the big night That was the night every show wanted to be on and then they went, huh? We had a couple poor showings. Nobody wants to watch TV on Saturday. Yeah, nobody wanted to watch TV on Saturdays So we'll put poorer and poorer shows on. Hey, no one's watching them. Let's just put reruns on It's self-fulfilling. You have seven nights to work with and you've decided and we're just giving that one up Yeah, I don't bother. Yeah So who's first in the dead pool? Oh I'm betting on truth be told I think that's a pretty that you know You know that a rosewood The procedural I never heard of You know, it depends on what shows first Well, that's certainly a point if you're out first out of the gate went by the way as we're taping this a couple shows have already started and We're seeing a lot of shows this next week and by you know early October. They're pretty much all out there so Now there's a lot of other stuff coming out In various other medias besides network TV But we didn't cover that in this one because you know really the fall TV previews are really all about network absolutely and So think about who you think will be the first TV show cancelled and let us know right email us And you can check out our audio podcast how I got my wife treat comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network Dot com from the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm Mark. Thanks for watching. Bye. Enjoy television Read a book


Let's try some electrocyclicization reactions now. So let's try this four and plus two electrocyclicization reaction or the six electron electrocyclicization reaction The way I always remember it is I don't know something caught in my head a long time ago, but 6 HD like high definition and six is bigger than four, you know, so six HD Reminds me of the mechanism six electron heat dis so this is the six electron system Because this will be these pi electrons these and these are all going to rearrange It's light and not heat so it's going to be con Okay, so six like con because of six HD six Yes Okay, so what is con mean that means con rotatory so that means that Both of them are going to spin the same way So if that's the case since they're out like this Both of them are going to spin the same way, right? So one's going this one's going to spin up This one's out like this Out like that. It's going to spend it so we're going to Sacrifice one of our high bonds for that second to make that second six-member green so for that sigma bond our Mechanism is actually and so let's draw in our electron Like that and like that and like I said this is going to be calm So since they're both pointing out like this Both pointing out like this When we turn they're both going to turn the same way and when they do one's going to face towards us one's going to face away from us, okay, and You'll have to put plus it's an anti-mer Because of course it's an anti-mer That's it If it was heat on the other hand The mechanism would be the same But your product is going to be different because six electron light is con six electron heat is dis like 6 HD So they're going to turn Opposite ways so since they're both out They're both out right this one's going to turn this way Towards and this one instead of turning the same way is going to turn that way Towards it as well. So if we do this, we'll make the skeletal frame, but We'll make actually the What we call the miso compound here, so this is miso, so there's no anti-mer So again, just remember 6 HD. I think it's the easiest thing to do for my own sake. Okay


Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time to introduce you to the eminent panellists on this panel. First up, Dr. Bhavna Gautam, founder of Embrace Life. Thank you so much, Dr. Bhavna, for joining us today. Great having you. My pleasure. Thank you, Bhavna. I see that we shared our names. So, it's lovely being here. Pleasure. Pleasure having you, ma'am. Also, we have Ms. Piali Das Gupta, senior VP, Marketing Columbia, Pacific communities joining us. Thank you so much, Ms. Piali Das Gupta, for joining us today. Thank you, Bhavna. Thank you for having me. Pleasure being here. Also, we do have Dr. Vispy Jopi, the CEO of Masinah Hospital. Thank you so much, Dr. Jopi, for joining us today, Lai. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me here. I hope I'm audible and everything is fine, technically. Yes, yes. Perfect, sir. Thank you. We also have Ms. Samantha, counseling psychologist at Fortis Hospitals. Thank you so much, Ms. Samantha, for joining us today, Lai, at our summit. I believe she's just logged in. Thank you, Ms. Samantha. If you could hear us, do acknowledge the same. All right. So, we'll just give her some time on setting that up quickly. We also have Mr. Nithi Zamurdia, co-founder and director at Indira IVF. Thank you so much, sir, for joining us today, Lai. Thank you, Bhavna. It's a real pleasure to be talking on this particular very important topic in the current times. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time to introduce you to the session chair of this wonderful panel discussion that's Ms. Nazia Albi Rehman, e-forum editor. Thank you so much, Nazia, for joining us today, Lai, and being a part of this wonderful panel discussion. Thank you, Bhavna. I am audible. Yes, perfect. So, ladies and gentlemen, with such eminent people on your stage and screen, it is now time for me to pass on the live bait and to Nazia to take it forth with her panel. Over to you. Hello, all. My apologies. We had too many technical glitches and we are starting late. But I will try to cover up and I'll keep my questions short. I'll keep my intro short so that I give more time to experts like you to speak on the topic. I think mental health, I believe, has been the most discussed disease globally after COVID in the last one year. Everyone, I mean, this mandatory confinement in which we all are currently in has given, there's been a sudden surge in the cases of mental health. And I don't know if a lot of people, but some people have definitely become vocal about the problems that they are suffering. At work, in family, you know, in your neighborhood. And a lot of people have got mental health issues because they've lost jobs. A lot of people are not able to do their jobs because they have mental health issues.  We all know what the problem is and let us focus more on solutions that you all can offer us. So, if I can, I would want to start with Dr. Yopchi because, you know, Masina Hospital has been doing so much around mental health even before we all started talking about it. And if you can tell us, you know, how the problem has increased in the last one year, one and a half year post COVID. And also, how has it changed in the sense that, you know, if you have, if you're seeing a trend which did not exist before, you know, if there are younger people coming to you, the older people coming, what is, is it related to only a particular age group? Although, if you can just bring us to, you know, all the interesting new details that you have been noticing in the last one and a half years. Heading an institution which has run a mental health facility for almost 25 years, which is not common because, you know, mental health indoor facilities in most hospitals are not existing. And we've always had a spectrum of cases which range from very mild to very severe psychosis. And in this period when there were two challenges, you know, one is to continue the indoor admissions were restricted because of the fact that we were afraid of COVID spreading. Because, you know, even if you have mental health people staying together to make to ensure social distancing and COVID protocols in the indoor facility was a problem. So therefore, there were a lot of patients who would not seek the help that they required at that time. And they were actually, you know, suffering at home. And at that time, we, we digitally thought of, you know, going on to the digital platform and going digital in a bigger way than what we were doing conventionally.  So it's not very easy. However, we made sure that we kept the services running and we tried to, you know, defer admission for as long as possible. But it was very difficult. And once the lockdown started, once the disease and we were able to understand more about COVID and the fear of COVID became lesser. We started, you know, gradually taking patients in more and more into the single rooms and with a lot of care. Sorry to interrupt you, but what are the kinds of cases that you've been noticing more and more? It's the same. In fact, the severity is more. I mean, I would not say there's any change in the kind of cases that you're getting. It's that we are, we were getting people who would be easily manageable at home because of with medication and all. But now with the situation being worse, the severity and the number of cases started increasing a lot. And if you, if you have to give me a percentage, a rough idea of, you know, of both. The severity and the number of patients. I mean, I would say that it's a one third more than what would normally be there. I also ask this because, you know, I myself know a patient as young as a 10 year old, 11 year old, you know, who was who went into who was diagnosed with clinical depression after COVID. Then of course there are older people, there are younger people who have lost their jobs. Bhavna, if I can get you also in Bhavna Gautam, not the emcee, if I can get you in the debate. What are the trends that you have been noticing? And you know, how do you, what are these kind of solutions that you have been offering? So the way Dr. Vispe mentioned, I'm sure the whole bulk of clinical and severe cases, you know, are the ones that approach an institution like Masina Hospital. What I noticed in my practice was that during the first lockdown Nazia, there was a larger number of people probably coming in with anxiety. You know, because there was this financial uncertainty, there was an uncertainty about how we are going to cope with the lockdown. There was no idea about how we are going to move across. However, with the second lockdown, there's just been a very, I wouldn't call it significant, but of course there's been a shift where I'm getting a lot of younger ones who are coming in typically in the age group of 18 to 25, roughly around 32. And now the idea or the major challenge that they are having is not, you know, anxiety or depression. It is this sense of hopelessness or helplessness because they were in an age group where they were looking forward to probably creating their careers and starting a new journey altogether. And in fact, very interestingly, one of the journals have been reported this emotion and called it languishing. So I actually saw this shift from, you know, a lot of anxiety and depression to that languishing where people didn't know why they are doing and what they are doing and where they are headed. And in fact, for them to ignite hope when you yourself don't know how long the situation is going to last was quite a journey actually. So you may tell them a lot of things as mental health expert and especially as a holistic health expert. I incorporate, you know, many dimensions of health, whether it's your nutrition, whether it's your fitness, whether it's your meditation, all of these aspects come into it. But with the restrictions and what do you do? There are people who are locked up in isolation and they are not allowed of their buildings. They're not allowed of their, you know, cubes. We in Mumbai, we live in very literally live in, you know, tiny nests out here. We do not even have space to go breathe. How do you tell them that, okay, you need to exercise and you need to ensure that you fix your diet? And at the same time, please stay connected with your family and stay connected with your friends because socially. How am I addressing it? How am I addressing it? Yes. So like I said, it's been a very, it's been quite a learning for me too. We try to do, you know, with a lot of history taking, we try and understand what outlets can work for this particular counseling. It cannot be a generalized approach. It needs to be so customized and it needs to really understand their fears and move around that. Some of those fears may just be, you know, just be fears. I mean, there's no basis to it. But you move, you move with that. But all of, for me, the main work still remains that it has to take into consideration all of these aspects. They are nutrition, their fitness, their social connects very importantly. So like I said, holistic health in fact came into a much bigger role rather than that piecemeal approach that was being implemented earlier. Dr.  I myself had two pregnancies.  Now, when you add COVID stress to it, I mean, what kind of outcomes?  And, you know, and you suffer from so many health issues when you're pregnant.  And how do you help them? How do you answer them? So I think the biggest problem with this COVID was that it certainly hit the world and people didn't know how to react. People didn't know what it can cause, what it can do and how to safeguard yourself. There have been a lot of misleading things happening, you know, digitally as well as through other medias where people were really confused as to what should be their step. We have been having patients who wanted to go for IVF, but they were really scared in terms of because of the fear of pregnancy. There were few misconceptions that can pregnant women go for a COVID vaccination, which still just got recently cleared off that they can. So till now, there was there was very uncertain situation that should I go for a COVID vaccination and then go for a pregnancy? Or if I am pregnant, how should I safeguard myself? Can I go for a vaccination or not? Which is I think now clear. So, you know, it was very typical for these patients and we had put in a lot of efforts, especially with the with the help of telemedicine teleconsultation. We have provided them with the helpline so they can get in touch with our doctors and they don't have to visit, you know, hospitals unnecessary to expose them to such kind of conditions. We have tried to provide them with, you know, authentic information because there have been so much information floating from all around. They really didn't know what to do and what not to do. We have tried to advise them to, you know, isolate themselves with other people, be away from people as much as possible to safeguard their pregnancy and to shield themself. But is there also not very depressing, you know, to be all alone when you're pregnant and how do you address the mental health aspect of it? Yeah, it is very depressing, right? And at times you can't do anything. If you are pregnant, that is the only option that you have, right? There is no other option. The only thing is use digital technology to be in touch with, you know, your relatives, your people, try to avoid, you know, physical contacts and coming close to people.  You have a baby with you and then you can't let people, you know, be around you or help you out, right? Because it's very scary, you don't want to expose your babies to such kind of situation. So it has been really bad, but I think somehow the way digital has helped, you know, people connect to their doctors and this telemedicine thing floating around. It has really helped, I think, a lot of patients to get the right answers by connecting to the right doctors. Shamanta. Shamanta or Shamanta because you have written Shamanta. It's Shamanta, yeah, Shamanta. Okay, so Shamanta, if I can have you in the discussion, so you know, I was wondering, I've forgotten my question. So I wanted to ask, you know, let me go through my, basically, if you first tell me what are the kind of patients you're getting right now, and what are the solutions you're giving to them? So I work, since I work in a hospital setting, I usually see post op and pre op, right, and also, am I audible? Yes, but if you can be a little louder. I think we've lost, if I can, I remember the question, if I can come back to Mr. Jogchi, you know, the biggest problem with mental health has always been, first, there is a stigma attached to it. Secondly, it is very difficult to, you know, tell the person suffering from mental health issues, you know, to tell the person that you need some kind of help, you should go and see a doctor, people get offended, they're already going through a lot of turmoil within themselves. How do you handle these kind of situations, you know, how do you go and tell a person in your family or in your neighborhood or at work that, you know, you need help? See, basically, you're asking this question is the wrong person because I'm not a mental health professional. I mean, actually, I wanted to ask. Let's answer your question. See, there is a stigma to mental health, no doubt about it. But the fact that the acceptance that that mental health is an issue today has become easier, especially since the time people have started coming out in the open. Of course, COVID has helped to some extent, but more than that in the recent past, you know, celebrities talking about depression, celebrities talking about anxiety has helped. To my mind, one of the things which we want to introduce as a hospital is that even in any any executive health checkup in the hospital, you never get an executive health checkup which checks your mental health. I am very keen that, in fact, I had plans to introduce that in my executive health checkup in my hospital right from the beginning. Unfortunately, with COVID, all the executive health checkups also have closed down. You don't do executive health checkups at all.  Sometimes they are so subtle that you will pick it up early and then maybe, you know, that's the time to intervene and make sure that you don't land up in a bad situation. I think that's what I would put it as my. Shamantha, the question I wanted to ask you then was that how if I notice, you know, if I feel that there is somebody in my family or my colleague, you know, or my in my neighborhood, who is who's become a little aggressive or you know who's become a loner, not talking the way you used to, how, what is the right way to approach the person and you know, tell the person that, you know, I think you need help or you need to go and see, because people get very offended the minute you try to tell them that you could have mental issues, they come back and say you have mental issues, you have lost it, you know, so how do you handle that? Absolutely. Also sorry, what are some signs that we should notice, you know, what are the first few signs that are very important to, you know, observe, which give you that idea that this person might be suffering from something to do with mental health. Okay, so answering your second question first, so we need to look out for the signs and symptoms, right, so any mental health need to be louder. So answering your second question first, we need to look out for the signs and symptoms, right, so any mental health disorder or symptom for that matter will have certain symptoms like it can have physiological symptoms, it can have emotional symptoms, it can have physical symptoms, right, so when first we need to understand what are these symptoms and what are these signs and what are they related to, right, so if it's like anxiety for that matter, right. So they will be showing bodily cues, they will have some sort of reaction to a particular situation, so we need to understand, then we will be able to tell that, okay, yes, this person is having an issue, right, but and again, if it's depression for that matter, they will try and avoid social situations or they might isolate themselves or they might have excessive crying, disturbed sleep and appetite, right, so each problem has a different set of signs and symptoms, so depending on that, we will be able to identify that, right, and what was the first question again? First question is that how do you approach the person and convince the person to go and see somebody like you or Bhavna. Right, I think first understanding who is very close to that person, I think like any random person just cannot go and like talk to them and say, you need help, right, because they might get offended, even though they would need help. Saying the way you say it also matters, right, how you say it, where you say it matters a lot, you can't say it in public, you can't say it in a way that could be disrespectful or offensive to that person, right, so you need to understand, okay, this is a sensitive matter, right, and maybe I have to be close enough to that person to be able to have a discussion around this topic, right, and once I do that, and also if you cannot approach that person directly, like, you know, have this conversation with them directly, then maybe giving them an example, right, or you know, like talking in terms of a third person and helping them realize that, okay, you know, you, like you too can take help, right, like since somebody else took help and felt better or, you know, put themselves in a better situation because of taking help and there is no stigma or shame surrounded around taking help, right, because there's mental health and stigma just like come hand in hand. Okay, so I think reducing that stigma and normalizing the fact that you can take help, whether it's, whether you have to take medication or just go to therapy, and also helping them understand that people who just want to talk about their week also go to mental health professionals not just people who have severe mental health issues, so informing people about this, educating people will really help. I want to come back to you, Kelly, I just want to add very briefly to it, you know, how do you suggest one should approach somebody who's suffering from mental health? So, Nasi, I get a lot of parents who ask, how do I get my child into therapy or a lot of spouses who say, how do I get my partner to, you know, be part of this therapy process and I always tell them, yeah, yeah, like children saying, can I get my mother to therapy and it isn't easy for a child to do that and I always tell them irrespective of whether the person comes or doesn't come, the first thing you need to do is be a genuine listener, you know, I've realized that most of the times people want help, they just don't ask for it because like I said, it's the stigma or their egos get in the way or they feel that they are going to be judged, but every time the supporting people around have been good listeners and they actually go with the idea of, you know, suggesting things rather than implying that, okay, you need help, people have been more open to seeking therapy. So I usually, in fact, land up training the people who come to me for somebody else, I train them on how to become a better listener and maybe the other person would feel much more at ease saying, okay, you know, what I think I'll take your suggestion. Piyani, you told us that, you know, you have suffered from anxiety and despite suffering from anxiety or your own issues, you've done remarkably well in your career, you've won awards as a marketing and communication expert. So I would really want you to take us through your story and also tell us what are the kind of support an employee would need, you know, from your office or you know, your, and how do you speak to them and what, where are the loopholes and what can be done to improve it all. Nazia, thanks for the question. So I've been, you know, a mental illness survivor, I like to call myself because I've suffered for over 23 years, I continue to live with clinical depression and anxiety so it's not just anxiety.  And on the other hand, end of it you have people who are perhaps going through some kind of a phase, you know, are starting to probably show some kind of symptoms and they would want to just talk about it. Like Havana also was saying, you know, the importance of listening right. I think specifically talking about the kind of support system that you need at work. I just feel, and without, you know, mincing words I'd like to say that I think India is far behind. I think that most organizations and I'm talking about very large organizations I wouldn't be unfortunately taking names here. But I've worked with very, very large organizations where my personal experience has been that you know people have very, very low to nil awareness about how do you deal with people with mental illness. And it's challenging because it's, it's a dual battle then for people like us because you're fighting a battle with your own mind where there are voices in your head that you can't necessarily control and there are voices that are going on telling you that you're going to fail. You know your life is not worth living you're not good enough you're good for nothing. Everything is wrong everything is going wrong. So that's the that's an internal battle that you fight and then externally you fight a battle with the ecosystem that you're within, which kind of identifies you as somebody that's a little different a little off somebody that is a loner is not a people's person, which is typically not looked at as a good sign in in a corporate setup is not, you know, is not a team player you know these are the words that you know this is the sort of typical feedback that is kind of given to people that isolate themselves, and not realizing that that's actually, you know, a symptom of a disease that the person kind of lives with right and it all stems from tremendous amount of apathy. I think the correct word is apathy because it's not just about not knowing it's about not wanting to know because it's not their reality. It's, it's almost and I'm sure that you know things have changed quite a bit in the last year and a half with COVID. Dr mentioned that you know he's seen a 30 to 40% rise in cases and obviously that has led to greater awareness, and while COVID has taken away a lot I think the one thing that it's given is higher awareness around mental illness and mental health in general.  Right there was so much of chatter around it right. But when would we actually see mental health leaves. Right. I mean when when can an employee very safely writer letter to a manager and I'm very I'm actually currently very fortunate to be a part of an organization where I have leadership which is extremely empathetic. But that's never that that's not really been the case all my 15 years that have been, you know, in the business right.  My performance and the way I am in the organization will be looked at through the prism of oh she's mentally ill, and therefore she's a burden or oh you know I mean she's problematic or things that's the usual narrative right. So the point is that you know a like I said there is no structured way of dealing with people there is lack of awareness there is a pati, there is tremendous amount of, you know, neglect, right, because you know, I mean, if you can give an example of how did you handle on day to day basis, you know, having a corporate job and having the stillness. How did you tackle the issue.   You have to how do you survive. It's very tough Nazia it's extremely tough to survive because yeah but but I would want you to tell us, you know, in a way and so the people who are listening would know that there is a way to survive because you have survived. I think that the way to survive is to continue to do what you're doing and focusing on the things that you're good at, and to, to ensure that you know you are able to. You know you're able to distance the disease from the person. Right. You know the disease is a part of us, but it is not. It is not entirely who we are there are other aspects to us so for example I'm mentally ill but I could also be somebody that's good at painting or you know is is a good friend, a good listener. You know, fun to hang out with amongst people that are genuinely like not necessarily a lot of people but you know people that are genuinely like. I'm somebody that could be very well read for example so there are other aspects to me that also make up who I am professional you might be having some bad days but on most other days you are doing your job pretty well. So here's here's the thing about it right there are days and there are many days that you don't even feel like getting off the bed. That's a reality, right. And again it differs from person to person not everybody's cases as severe as me or as chronic as mine, but there are many days when you don't feel like even getting off the bed forget attending meetings, but the way I've been able to cope with it to just constantly tell myself that you've just got to do this you've just got to do this and you cannot let the disease become bigger than you. Right. And have you taken help of professional counselors. Of course, of course, I mean if you've lived with the disease for over half your life, you've you've reached out to every possible doctor and psychologist and psychiatrist and taken all kinds of help that there is out there, and the best of health, but in certain cases, you know, there's something called treatment resistant depression, which is DRD, and I don't want to get too technical but I'm sure you know there are doctors on this panel so I'm sure they would know what I'm talking about. My case is that unfortunately so it is kind of treatment resistant. I still haven't given up hope and I continue to take my medicines. But, but, you know, like I said, not everybody's cases has severe. There are cases that are less severe and they're able to manage better. I am able to manage the way I am because I've lived with it for so long. So for me now, I have been able to you ask me how do you cope. One of the ways of coping is to be able to identify your triggers is to be able to list down. You know, what are the things that could be potential triggers or have been triggers in the past and how do you kind of build a shield around yourself to try and see if you can protect yourself from those triggers. It's not going to happen all the time. You're not going to be able to protect yourself every time from those triggers. There would be days when you would be triggered by something something not working out or you know something frustrating you deeply. But the idea is to try and constantly kind of build that wall around yourself to that's my personal mechanism it differs from person to person I'm just telling you what works for me. And it is it is the ability to to identify triggers. Right. So I think going back to, you know, corporate policies, I think that one of the things that I strongly feel about is, you know, when we talk about diversity and inclusion at work, you know, diversity and inclusion is not just about hiring 50% women, that is one kind of diversity and I'm, you know, me being a woman and being a, you know, very proud feminist, I think that I'm all for diversity in the board room all for breaking the glass ceiling and having more women but diversity and inclusion is also about ensuring that you have enough. People of different backgrounds and different worldviews right people with mental illness have a very different world view which in many cases could actually be an asset to the company which most most companies don't realize. For example, when you live with anxiety, you're you're you're kind of always, you know, you're always pre emptying what can go wrong. Right. You can become risk averse but you're always kind of sniffing out problems before anybody else can because you look at everything as a risk factor right you look at everything as a potential source of risk. Now that in many ways could actually be a positive thing in a team, because everybody else might be like oh you know we're going to be very gung-ho about something. And then you need that one person to say that hey but listen, have we thought about this and this could actually backfire. Right.  And again neurodiversity is massive but you know, I think I think is is one of the things that organizations should very very actively doing be doing just as they should be actively hiring LGBTIQ people, for example, right.  Because of technical issues we started late and now we are already out of time Mr. Jadeel has already joined for the next panel. So, you know, now I would discuss that last final thing which which I hope we can discuss for next 10 minutes at least. How can we make, you know, like, there was this incident of Deepika Padukone coming out and you know talking about mental health issues then there was Ali Abarth's sister who started talking about her mental health issues. How can we, as a nation, as people, you know, how can celebs and how can brands embrace this and you know, make it, make it perfectly fine to you know have mental health issues and bring in more awareness about it so I can, I can start with Mr. Dr. Amudhya, you know, if you can, if you would want to talk about it because I also remember Isha there talk about postpartum depression, you know how she suffered and from it and she overcame it. So what can celebs and brands and corporates do about this whole issue of mental health? I think India really lacks, you know, the awareness about it and you know what Piya Ali has described, you know, for me it's very difficult to even understand, right, because someone who has suffered really knows what he or she has been through. The person on the other side doesn't realize what they have done, right. We have had a long array of discussions with LGBT people and you know, finally India has achieved that level where now we recognize that they also, you know, are a part of the society. I think there has to be something which is the lead from example. The organization have to take it as a priority and channelize it. It is not just having a policy around and just saying that we have something like this in place.  The managers need to talk about their mental, you know, wellness issues to employ under them. Then only you can initiate a discussion. There has to be a lot of, you know, effort being made from the media side. There has to be effort made from the celebrity side. I still remember a movie, Thare Zameepar, right, which had a bit of flavor about the same issue. So that created a lot of ripples that, you know, something like this exists, otherwise people don't know and people don't understand that something like this exists. As psychologists, yes, you guys definitely get cases which are, you know, of these nature and you know and you understand that something like this can happen. But for a normal public, for normal organizations, for normal people, they are unaware of all this thing. They really don't understand that, you know, someone can go through this and what is the kind of struggle that they have. This is something that we need to bring out as a society. We need to accept it as how we have accepted other things in India. And I think there is so much work to be done on this because COVID has really shown us that, you know, this thing has become a highlight now. People are suffering from it and at the end of the day, it is the organization that will be suffering if the employees of the organization are having mental health issues. And there have been studies conducted in the western world which says that every $1 that you invest on the mental health, you will have additional $2 to $4 of revenue being generated for the organization. So I think it is something that we really need to work on now. I think we need to take that quote from you later and circulate it to as many corporates as we can. So Chamanta, you have to sum it up for me in two minutes because I really need to wrap up. Yeah, sure. I completely agree with Dr. Murthy. But adding to that, I completely agree with Dr. Murthy, but adding to that, I would like to say that, you know, create safe spaces for people to converse about mental health, you know, whether it's creating social support groups, right? It could be formal or informal and also having regular conversations about mental health in the workplace setting, right? Even at homes, I get a lot of cases where people tell me that they cannot discuss about mental health at home because it's not even acknowledged, right? So when they say that I am going through so and so, family members just brush it off and say, you know what, it's just, you know, you're just pretending or maybe like, you know, this is just a phase, get over it and things like that. So having that conversation is so, so important. Nazia, taking from what Piali just addressed so beautifully, I believe the one way where we can create that huge impact which is required, you know, vis-a-vis the slow growth that we are seeing on the awareness and accessibility is to create a more community-based approach. People need to rethink their relationship in communities and there are so many communities that need to come together to create an entire ecosystem. Talk about mental health in schools, talk about mental health among pregnant women, talk about mental health among the chronically ill in the hospitals, talk about mental health of the caregivers. So unless each community and each ecosystem does its bit in getting the awareness done, I think that complete chain and link chain doesn't get created. So whether we are talking about conventional medicine and doctors out there who treat you for maybe physical ailments, what stops them from bringing in this element of, you know what, if you're feeling too disconnected with your physical health situation, why don't you also approach a therapist? Why don't you also go to a counselor? Why don't you also see a psychiatrist? It needs to get normalized on multiple levels so that people know that they are in an ecosystem and not an isolated hunt to find support for their mental health. So I believe we need to interlink these community efforts together. Dr. Joshi. So basically, of course, everybody has spoken about this aspect of, you know, widespread awareness. And actually, to some extent in Masina Hospital, the fact that we have a mental health unit for a long time, it's like almost natural for many of our patients to sort of seek mental health. So it is not that bad in our hospital as such, but in society. My question was here, how to create awareness and what can we as a society and particularly corporate, you know, offices can do for their employees to improve. Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying that to mainstream this mental health issue is therefore I spoke in the beginning to, you know, make it a part of a mental health, matter of physical and mental health checkup. As I said, an executive health checkup should have mental component itself, besides that the question of see basically everybody is afraid of mental health illnesses because person almost not only does it put you back, it affects your own livelihood.  And the last and most important thing is when you have a mental health illness, it becomes a very costly and a socio economically destroying affair for you. It's completely, you know, it puts the whole family's socio economic status, so I mean, there is a finiteness to a physical illness, which is not there in a mental illness. This is a prolonged illness. It's something which is a fear of the unknown. And even if you become aware, and you want to seek help, you are afraid of, you know, going ahead and and actually seeking help. So there are many dimensions to this, the awareness of course is the first factor but today in our in our country, it has to get coupled with the cost of treatment also, because ultimately today. Although the Mental Health Act mandates that insurance is supposed to be given, but is this the ground reality. That's a question I always ask them on the ground, you do not get insurance for mental health illnesses because there are still not proper no proper guidelines for that.  You're how do you define pre existing disease. How do we find an attempt at suicide whether suicide is supposed to be given a status of a mental illness or whether it has to be treated and what is the cost of treatment. So there are many other aspects to this besides just the awareness, so that I am sorry I have digressed a bit when but I touched on a topic because I feel that it's all. But that's absolutely necessary you need to cover mental illness in under insurance otherwise a lot of people would would not go I mean I know somebody who was seeking going to a counselor with a counselor would charge 3000 or 4000 per hour that was adding to the mental illness not reducing it. Absolutely. So, if you can conclude the session for us. Well, I think that three things one is a first recognize that mental illness is an illness, right, I think that awareness has to be built to raise enough awareness through conversations to involve stakeholders for example the press. These for example, like Dr Babna said, and to to acknowledge that mental illness is an illness is not something that is in your mind right.  And that's the only way to kind of do that and the third obviously is to have, you know, test makers, influencers, people in the in in in the know. People in the limelight like for example the pickup people of influence, who would be able to come out and share their stories because that also gives tremendous amount of, you know, courage for people like me to come out and talk about what it is like to actually live with an illness like this so I think you know that's how I would sum up some it up three, three key things. Thank you all for joining us and I've been getting messages for last five minutes included, although I would have loved to have this conversation going on for another half an hour or so I mean this is really enriching. Thanks again and you guys are really doing a great job because you know many illnesses has become a big problem for our country I was reading the report that WH of the India I think is the most depressed country right now. It is the most after China. Okay, I think it's really population I think. Yeah. Any issues, thank you. Thanks again and we're very sorry that we started late because of technical problems and we have to finish it more or less on time. Thanks a lot. Thank you again. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you sir. Thank you very much.


So over the over the past two weeks though with and that expanded role for Greg Ward the target shares are 26% for Earth's 20% For Ward 14% for Boston Scott 13 for Dallas Scott or 12 for Miles Sanders Earth's though has double-digit targets in four of his past five games He's an elite tight end and let me just ask you what should we done the Eagles the rest of the way because they are a team that does have Playoff aspirations and that matters in week 16 and 17 Very much so because it's more predictable volume We can kind of assume that they'll keep doing the same thing And I think that seeing Miles Sanders do what he did on Sunday was really reassuring and I Kind of had never my process on Miles Sanders guys soon that given how good Boston Scott looked I thought they were going to continue to involve him But I mean like Miles Sanders is high-end pick. He is crazy athletic. He is a very good football player I should have Realize the odds of him moving back into his regular role were higher than I thought they were so I think that for next week If we assume he plays 75% of the snaps gets some rushing work some target work With his talents, I would assume Lane Johnson is still out Which is definitely a negative for the the Eagles, but I would still say he is a low $7,000 type running back. What do you think? Yes? He was 6,800 for this week I don't want his price to go up too much. So my kind of threshold with the concerns. I was about 7,000 But he's 7,400. It's not it's not a terrible price. No, but it is creeping up Kind of toward the my high-end limit and yeah, I'm with you out. I I had a lineup where I Couldn't played Miles Sanders, but I played Philip Lindsay instead and yeah I I like I still liked Miles Sanders, but I just yeah I was worried and I mean he put some of those concerns to rest this week. Yeah, I would say that I my level of confidence of Miles Sanders is increasing exponentially and Seeing him come through in that volume just makes that role in my eyes at least even more firm Then it would have been had he played 75% of the snaps and not done a whole lot So Miles Sanders arrow very much up on him going forward


We're in preparation with Samsung on this new, innovative, high-tech app that's coming out and it's going to be integrated to, I mean everything's going to come together, it's going to have my music in it, it's going to have Stan's going to make a cameo. Anything can be a tool, you know, so the computer doing computer art is an amazing opportunity to explore a new kind of tool, right, to invent and create new creatures or new things. It's all on how you use it. It looks like one of those old football collars, but you put it around like this and it allows for music to come up only to my ears, right. So actually, let's turn on the music and then they'll actually get to hear it through my headset here. Yeah, we'll just throw something on. That's kind of cranked up actually. Okay, so this is cranked up, can you hear this? Just a little bit. So he can barely hear this, I'm like talking loud. I work as my own self sort of on fashion and technology, so the combination of fashion and technology. So yeah, some of my dresses they are bleeding in, they are surfing cocktail shots, they are attacking really with mechanic spider legs on the shoulders, they are exploding in a layer of smoke sort of. So I do a lot with animatronics and robotics and what I want to do is that fashion is augmenting us sort of, you know, so creating an interaction. Right now, the price of our machine is $49 on souschef.nonincue.com, because it interacts with the food program. So there's food that comes with the machine, you wave the food in front of the machine, it automatically recognizes the time and temperature and interacts with different time and temperatures of different bags of food and you just drop it in. In 30 minutes, you have a gourmet chef-prepared meal, just the way that we would do it in Michelin-star restaurant.


Okay, we are live for another 40-time livestream Number 12. Wow, we've done 12 already. That's like three months in a row, is it? Maybe? Yeah. Cool. Awesome. That's everyone doing.  It's been a bit crazy. I actually... I was supporting a residential recently for autistic young people, or disabled young people. Kind of took them away for a couple of days, did some workshops around the working life and how they can get adjustments and have a little chat. We're actually... I'm actually creating a film at some point with the organisation that I work at called NDTI, which is... It's all about inclusion, and we're going to basically try to highlight the voices of those young people as much as possible. It's cool. It was very tiring, but I'm glad I did it, and it's good to be back home ready for another livestream. Anyway, how are you all doing? Hi, Joshua. Hi, Austin. Hello, Anthony. Thank you for joining the stream. Awesome. Yeah, so I realised that I didn't put much of a reminder out, because I actually forgot that I was doing a live today, and so I kind of popped up a little bit earlier. So yeah, didn't have much prep for that. Hi, Angela. Hi, Austin. Austin, are you joining from two different streams? Cool. Well, just as per usual, this is a chance to talk about or ask me anything about autism, anything about myself, my life, mental health. You can go with everything. I have an open book. JanieCF asks, love that. Can you tell us the name of the organisation again, please? Sure. It's called NDTI. So it's the National Development Team for Inclusion. It's a very good place. Very cool. You're on both of them, Austin. Thank you. So neurodivergent unicorn kitty. Like my name. Hello from Vegas. Las Vegas, eh? Sin City. If that's what they call them, call it. Maybe. Good. Good. My speech is a bit broken today, because as I said, I've been socialising for about three days straight. So it's not going to be on par, as usual. Yeah, it is. Cool. Where is everybody from? Let me know. How's your day been? How's your week been so far? You got anything planned for the weekend? Anything cool going on? Love to know. I'm going to put a bit of music in my headphones in the background, as usual. Some chill music on. I'll do it. Las Vegas, yeah. Happy Friday. Jordan's calling in from Dudley. How you doing, Jordan? Nice to see you, man. Joshua G says a small village in Northern Ireland called Bali-Goen. I'm hoping to see my girlfriends on the bank holiday Monday. Can't wait. Awesome. Really cool. Really cool. Yeah, the place that we were doing the residential out was Leeds. So it was actually quite close. But I tend to struggle very much in the mornings, especially when I have to travel very early in the morning. So I stayed over in Leeds. We went, I think, to an animal sanctuary place. Really cool place. Got to hold a snake and a chinchilla and some rats and stuff. It was really cool. The young people loved it. It was a really lovely time. Remember to rest after an intensive day. That is a very good idea. And I shall do. Very much so. I'm going to be snuggled up in my sheets tonight, that's for sure. I don't know. I mean, I do want to go to the gym, but I've hurt my elbow last week because I was doing too many pressing movements at the gym. So possibly not gym tonight. Possibly not for the rest of the week. I might give it a bit of a rest. Go easy on yourself. Paddle Queen Leila says surfing, open water swimming, out, outrigger, canoeing in South Florida. Very cool. Remember to stay hydrated. Leeds is the best city. Do you like it, Rod? It's pretty cool. It's quite close to home, so it's not too far. I know a lot of people who live in my own town tend to go there because my place is not so great in terms of party destinations and stuff, so most people go to Leeds when they want to go for a night out. Jane ECF says, I think my 20-year-old has autistic burnout. He is really slowed with everything, partly speech and processing. Any tips except for oops to rest and backing off on demands? Yeah, I think resting and taking a step back is good. More energy than usual, try and do something. It doesn't have to be a really big thing. It could just be a little thing that they do just to show them that they can still do stuff and build it back up. But I think it's very dependent on the person, really, I would say. Keifa from the United States, Angela from the Netherlands. Probably going to see The Little Mermaid. I have not seen that yet. Is it out in cinemas? Yeah, Tender Night is Austin. It's annoying. It's the first week of bumping on my volume as well. Crazy. Miss Lady Sapphire says, I find myself packing for the whole day when I leave the house, sensory stuff, extra clothes, adventure and stamp bag, guitar, et cetera. Turns like a good plan. I wish I was that organised. Michelle Herr says, I'm an autistic writer. It's been very hard to write the whole script in one day, but writing it is taking too much time. Any tips for a writer? I'd remember that you always have a certain limited amount of energy a day, and you tend to be very focused in on things, but then, particularly for me, if I've got a project that I'm really excited about doing and I just keep working at it all day, I kind of forget to drink and I forget to eat and I forget to rest, and if you keep doing that on a daily basis and not maintaining your sleep schedule and stuff, you can very much just, I don't know, you can be heading for a burnout, so it's good to try and check in with yourself quite a lot, see how you're doing. I find that if you're struggling with the focus element, which I doubt much of you would be, association with music tends to help, so like, whenever I put music on while I'm in my office, it tends to be when I'm working, so I've got that kind of... Josh, you asked, have you tried the Over Air WH-1000 MX-5s? I have not. They sound really cool, though. Good, I'm glad, Janie. Your body's adjusting, yep. Any tips for moving into my flat from Jack? I'm overwhelmed already with even the thought of moving out and living somewhere new. I mean, you've got a few options.  Perhaps if you have anyone to help you, even if it's for a small amount of the day, or if it's something that you might find difficult, I think that'll help a lot as well. I think living somewhere new is a different thing, because it's adjusting to the environment, and then whenever I've moved somewhere else, it's kind of like you're missing that sort of sense of security and safety that you usually have when you're in the other place. So I think just trying to make the room look as most representative of you as possible, whether that be copy your old room, move in some of the stuff that you had in your room. There's lots of things that you can do, but I think over time, it'll be something that you'll adjust to. It's just sometimes can be a bit tough. Thank you very much for the batch, Janie. I appreciate it a lot. That's awesome. Thank you. Joshua says, remember to stay hydrated. That's your hydration check from Joshua. The hydration checking man. Awesome. I love it. You have those headphones too. How are they, Austin? Are those those WF1000 ones that they were talking about? Are they noise cancelling? Because that's the first thing that I check for when I go through like a new pair of headphones or something. I want to be able to wear it out and about. Well, I've got a few plans in terms of posts next week. I'm going to try and do some more stuff around Alexa Fimea. So that's going to be going to be fun. I'm going to do a post on what it is. I'm going to do a post on my experiences and how to manage and understand the your emotional world better from my own self kind of improvement journey. Alexa Fimea is such a massive part of like everything that I've experienced in life. So it's a topic that's very close to my heart. And I realized that I've only really done a post about it talking about my experiences with Alexa Fimea in childhood with that kind of aspect of just, you know, I kind of thought that I had like multiple personalities or disintegrative identity disorder, the idea around that time because I couldn't like identify what emotion I was feeling at the time. So I thought whenever I was in the different emotion I was like, oh, that must be a different person. It's weird. It's weird how like young brains perceive and interpret the world. Especially when I am a very weird person. Yeah, they've got good noise cancelling, very, very good. I might have to check it out. Come see the museum this summer. What museum? Welcome to the stream. I'm Aranth and Andrew and Alberta. Thank you for joining. BF for bemusing. Yeah, so I'm going to talk a bit about Alexa Fimea a bit more lately. I know I made a reel about it and I kind of did a bit of writing under it, but I did realize like going through my notes pages that I hadn't made like an official proper light carousel in depth post on it. So that's going to be fun. That's going to be good. Has anyone seen The Little Mermaid? How is it? So I actually quite like that film. I think it's good. The Dudley Zoo and there's a castle. Sounds cool. Sounds cool. I think I'm definitely going to have a bit of a rest this weekend. I got some on Monday. Some, you know, like a social thing. So I've got to save my energy up, but I also realized that I've got to edit my podcasts and I've got to do my social media page. So it's going to be a bit of a non-weekend this weekend. Are you still dreaming? Ask. Your content makes me feel brave and accepted. Thank you for what you do. I'm a new follower. I am also an odd HDer slash 16 year old girl who does music. Well, I'm very glad that I can provide some help with that. It's difficult. When I was 16, I didn't really have any of the resources within the autistic community and I would have really, really needed something like that when I was younger. So I hope that you can get something from me and the other graders and... Yeah, I mean, what kind of music do you do that would be interested to know?  I definitely know some of them are easier. I think the positive emotions are a lot harder for me to identify just because I have so much more experience with the negative ones and they're a lot more kind of in my face. I've had situations where I've got overwhelmed of excitement and had a meltdown, but that's only happened a few times. It's mostly the anxiety, anger, sadness, perhaps. Those are the ones that are a little bit easy for me to pinpoint. I guess it depends, because there's a lot of different ones and there's a lot of complex ones and there's lots of combinations of different emotions that people have come up with. I'd say that the top ones are usually the negative ones, but I don't really struggle to identify much else now. I'm pretty good at identifying my emotions at the moment. Happiness, a little bit fleeting sometimes, so I'm not too sure. Andrew Luk Tak 1 asks, Do you have friends more than I do? I do have friends. I don't know where I have more than you. Yeah, I do. I do have a podcast, and I recently added it to Amazon Music, so you can check it out now if you want. Do you have an easier time dating? Then who? I don't have a hard time with it. I don't really know, it's hard to compare unless you ask other people, I suppose it's not really something that I tend to talk to my friends about really. Just you says the fact that you have more experience with make affirmation sounds to me sort of like RSD. Yeah, I definitely do have issues with rejection, but it tends less to be more of an issue within relationships or friendships that have already been established. Stuff with strangers perhaps doesn't really bother me that much. I know in situations where I have fans of unattractive, like the gym also met and I've gone to chat to them, there's a little bit more of the RSD coming in because you kind of... I don't know, something that I noticed that you just kind of... because I'm so direct and because we tend to be a lot more direct, those kind of indirect signs and signals, you don't really have an idea of what the person is like, so it's hard really to understand their indirect communication and there's people that I know, it's a lot simpler because I know how they react to things and what they look like and you know, it's... I think it really depends, but I definitely say that people that I have a strong connection with, I feel those RSD come in, but the negative emotions, it's more to do mental health to be honest, it's less to do with that kind of thing. I've got a question to ask. Hey Kieran, welcome to the Streamman, how are you doing? Amaranth asks, does Alex of Armia get worse when you are tired because of burnout or sleep? I think anything that requires cognitive processing is probably going to be worse when you're tired. As I said, you kind of have... the way to go is to check in with yourself and just learn to do it on a more frequent basis. It's also about looking at the different signs that you might be feeling a certain emotion and you can do that through your physical feelings like when I'm anxious I can feel it in my legs, I can feel this kind of light sensation of it and it's crawling on my bones. It's not very fun. And then you have the behavioral things so the way that you interact with people might be different and you also have the cognitive differences. So how are you thinking about things? If you're sad, are you perhaps thinking about sad things? Just stuff like that and just being able to kind of link it all together. And that does require energy, definitely. So I would assume so. I think that's what happens to me and my boyfriend at different levels. Could possibly. I know that it can... Well, it's going to be the first. I can talk about it. I think another thing is like a media-emotional reaction sometimes specifically with neurotypical autistic relationships or autistic. Because usually it's quite hard for us to really pinpoint exactly how we're feeling about what someone says or how we're feeling about a certain situation or a certain feeling that other persons have had. So a lot of the time our immediate reactions aren't always the truth of how we feel about that. It just takes us longer to process it. So sometimes you can have situations where you have perhaps a disagreement or you have some kind of negative emotion or even a positive emotion and then you kind of go back on it like a week later and you're just kind of thinking about it all the time.  I don't actually feel like that was representative of what I thought and feel but I couldn't pinpoint exactly why and then like a week later long texts and trying to decipher exactly how you feel and it works and it's usually different to what you reacted to in the moment. So on our side it can be really difficult if you're elixopharmic and people are kind of forcing you to understand how you feel about certain things immediately and then on the other side it can be quite hard for the other person to I guess trust what your reactions are to certain things and perhaps not expect some long backtracking situation which I understand I understand it from both sides I feel like if people understood those things especially in relationships it could be a lot easier for people to be more understanding about your partner works or how the other person works could be friends as well to be honest or parents How has my week been so far? Yeah it's been good it's been exhausting it's been busy and lots of socialising so good and bad because I'm knackered but I've had a good time Do I have any sleeping difficulties? Yep Especially this week Being away from home in a different environment it's always going to produce that kind of feeling I suppose Red looks good on you, thank you very much Joshua G. Williamson's What's your podcast called? It is the Forty Aughty It's called Forty Aughty The Autism Podcast It's pretty much everywhere so if you just type it on Google it will come up like Spotify, Apple or YouTube I also have clips over on YouTube sort of shorter more kind of focused in topic question kind of thing looking big in that shirt thank you I actually haven't been to the gym this week and you know when you haven't been for a while and you lose kind of the residual pump from like the previous that you would usually have from going to the gym consistently so I'm feeling very flat at the moment but I appreciate that Andrew looked out I guess I want to ask if high school was easy for you or what it was like for you No, it was awful I hated it We got the secondary school in the UK and it was there's a lot of stuff a lot of negative things, some positive things but a lot of negativity and it's primarily one of the reasons why I have such bad mental health just because of the experiences that I had you're holding up, I'm glad not too bad as I said it's um it's been a week week and a half the Cortes says also on Remeron thanks for doing a review of it it was an older post I'd probably say that a lot of ways I did that holds up although I haven't watched it in a while Remeron for anybody wondering is metazapine so it's like subscribe for sleep for me it helps me with the anxiety-producing effects of SSRIs kind of helps me tolerate some a lot more so that's why I'm on them but one of the bad things is that it's quite an appetite stimulant and a half so it can be very very difficult if you have pre-existing eating disorders like binge bingeing like me describing things I think I'm pretty good you don't like feeling deflated yeah it's not a good feeling but I'm sure next week once my elbow is feeling a little better I'll be back at it where's my brace that you say on it it says Leeds Youth Council it's from this I think Leeds is one of these it's like a charity I can't remember what it's called it's like the child friendly charity so it's basically like a scheme that different areas and localities combine which is basically trying to make policies and systems a lot more friendly for children and families so it's really cool someone's handing out bracelets when we went to that animal place so bit one up I don't usually get them but it sounds like something that I definitely feel definitely agree with just wish it was more of that specifically for autistic kids in secondary school that would be great anyway as I said please if you want check in and give me some questions you can use the little question bubble at the bottom on Instagram or the comments on YouTube if you want to ask a question or you could very well just send a little message or comment on on Instagram I'm probably going to stream for another half an hour let's go through the hour point as per usual all questions welcome your questions very much make the stream for me so I really appreciate it how am I I think we've had that one I appreciate it Lydia I'm good thank you bit tired bit tired looking forward to doing some work next week and perhaps not looking so forward to doing all of my social media and podcast work in two days that's going to be a bit of a stretch I got a day off next week just because I worked three days this week so that's an upside so let's start with a bit of a longer week away from work what's my favourite animal what's your favourite breed of dog and what's your favourite animal my favourite animal it's a good question I probably like those like kind of frog like geckos I love those I like reptiles and I like fish and aquatic animals they're usually cool I love dogs I think my favourite breed of dog is a grey hound or a wittet it's not very common like favourite dog breed but I just like them there's just something about them they're just really cool they can run really fast so I have had a fair few dogs my big brother was a dog my first dog was called Bob he was one year old and me and my parents got him a year before they had me I think he lived up to he was about 15 and then he got dementia but he was a really good dog he was really lovely so he's a mongrel jet black jet black eyes he's lovely and then I've had quite a few dogs tiny dogs, absolutely gigantic dogs medium sized dogs we're very much being a dog person all my life but I like the odd cat you know hope I have a lovely weekend you too Imogen I like them all over Florida they can be really noisy though because there was a gecko outside just outside of my bedroom when I lived in Thailand and I can't remember what we called him but he was the noisiest little thing and he always used to do it at night time so he was very hard to sleep sometimes with whatever his name was on the side of our roof and at one point we had a girlfriend so there was two of them so that was equally just as fun Amaren says I'd love to be a content creator on science stuff specifically biomedicine and neuroscience but I don't even know where to start any advice yes I would collect a list of all the different accounts that you want to somewhat be like take some notes from them take the things that seem to work for them look at some different YouTubers about you know you've got lots of people online who are talking about social media things if you watch loads of videos over the course of a few weeks on social media and you sort of get your own schedule and you plan together and you stay consistent it's definitely an achievable point for a lot of people it does require sometimes a lot of work and a hefty good spoon full of luck I would say definitely Joshua Dee says I have a dog called Floyd he's in my political picture my dad named him after being Floyd interesting another interesting fact about me is that I am absolutely awful with celebrities I don't know any of them and there's a fly in my room we've talked a little bit about Alexa is there any autism concept? I have been thinking of I'm working with my business partner a lady called Zora we're going to be creating some planners and some workbooks and some video courses together and I think one of them I think with the planners we're going to try and use the spoon theory ways to do that and of course Joshua we're going to have a hydration counter just as a little bit of achievement to encourage us to drink water there's going to be a lot of cool things different sections where you can write down what different feelings feel like we're going to have little journal areas that you can use and it's going to be cool all the movie stars are now I very much like I don't have a sense of like social authority very much I'm more willing to talk to someone if they're interesting rather than if they're like a notable person you know someone's nice someone's got something interesting so more likely to talk to them really don't have that sometimes can be a good thing because it's just nice not to be like that but also some people can get offended sometimes if you don't like notice their greatness hi Lisa how you doing hi Ashley how's it going we are probably got about 25 minutes left at the stream it's going quickly so if you want to ask any questions please feel free I would much appreciate I'm good we've had that for a few years a few times I'm good who would you want to play you in a movie oh my god well here's the thing I need to know about celebrities to know that um I don't know not sure I'm not sure I don't think I can come up with an interesting answer to that I'm just gonna go with like a celebrity that I somewhat feel I could have a good chat with maybe like Keanu Reeves or something although I don't know if he's very much like my personality he could be then again I don't know because I don't know celebrities not terrible you're procrastinating on going for a run and lifting yeah I relate it's been a busy week so I'm weighing up whether I should go to the gym or not very weird and random question if you were able to be in an animal objects which one would you be which an animal objects would I be um I don't know I'll have to think about that um probably a fidget cube let's go with fidget cube yeah I get that from Keanu I saw like an interview with him with um like I think he had like an interview with like a dog or cement he was biting his feet um he does kind of have that aura around him perhaps then again I think you could say that for a lot of different different people within the media and the film industry he'd be a stuffed animal yeah well I suppose there's a lot of variance that you can have with that because you could just get like a stuffed stuffed animal of yourself that sounds awful Jailer asks what is the secret of lifting weights um man pickup human pickup heavy thing put heavy thing down um now um consistency um people talk a lot about motivation and it's kind of right you do have to be motivated sometimes to start at least but consistency is the main thing and enjoying that if you enjoy something you're much more likely to do that to find something that you enjoy doing that's healthy and fair and you know if you do want to lift a lot away and put muscle on you know there are specific things that are probably gonna be more beneficial to that but um if you're just looking to get fit and healthy and stuff there's so many options you can go with you can go sport you can go for like cardio and long distance you can do like events like in athletics there's so many things to pick from and um a lot of individuals fall so you don't necessarily have to be part of that team obviously there is an aspect of lifting weights is that the dietary component of that which is like the protein and getting some good minerals and vitamins and then you know it's all stuff that you can find online there's a lot of really good YouTubers out there who provide a lot of free information I learn everything about it from from these people so they're really great I'm uh I'm thinking at the moment, so I remember last stream I said that I was going to get one of those spinny things that I can use in the chat one of the good things about this weekend is that pretty much in in any space I've been in there's always been like a spinning office chair that I can just spin around on so I've had the opportunity to regulate quite a bit on those things which I'm happy about that's my favorite color um the the darkest shade of pink ever probably which is black um Ayolo Edwards asks can you talk about the issues you faced in bodybuilding with autism um I don't know if it's necessarily due to being autistic that I've had any issues I actually found it to be more of a strength more than anything um I think initially getting into the habit the gym was hard because it was kind of a different change in routine perhaps the stuff around diet you know being consistent with preparing food and making it can tax your executive function quite a lot um and you also you know it's a it'll be different for everybody because if you're really interested in it then it's not gonna it's gonna be like a special interest you know it's gonna be something that you enjoy learning about and applying in theory and practice so it's it's never really a thing and once you're in that routine of things it's much easier to add than I would say for most people so there's a lot of benefits to it um sometimes the issue is primarily about the sensory and social environment at the gym can be quite hard sometimes especially if it's very busy um I'd say that those the sensory and the social elements are obviously gonna be really big things but you know perhaps if you have a really quiet chill gym couldn't be an issue personally I've faced a lot but big ones have been how tight my muscles are in your shoulders mostly so that's like a sensory component of that hmm I imagine you do a lot of bench pressing then um yeah I think it's a sensation that I like like after you've gone to the gym and you've got like a pump on your muscles that I quite like that I can imagine that some people want that do you like Yorkshire tea I don't like tea what car do I have I don't I don't have a car I don't drive I can drive I don't do you ever work out at ham um I somewhat do I don't like do like a proper workout I have my dumbbell that I use for like wrist strengthening my wrist is always like a limiting factor as you would say a limiting factor with a lot of the lifts that I do so I'm having to put a bit more effort into it and it's also good to start you from getting as much elbow pain as I've researched um the issue was is that I wasn't doing the extension part of it which apparently is important for stabilizing the old elbow Miss Lady Safa says I either shut down or share too much I'm a pulled answer so I'm always getting the question on what kind of training you do I only do it for sports not in the club just for clarification um yeah I'm yeah I mean it's what do you do you mean like you shut down and and stuff when people approach you and ask you about the ask you about your your skills you don't drive the other car Lily no it's it's it's so it's much more of a drain for me to like it's it's so worth it for me to to get a taxi or to go bus or something rather than driving so it just takes up so much energy so much executive functioning points for me to do that I do use straps Austin on any excise that I can it's just it it's still much very much as it was particularly a problem because at one point I maxed out the black pull down at my gym and um even with the straps it's it's still tough you get social burnout yeah and that's hard because sometimes it can be quite nice especially if that's like the only kind of shed space that you go to and you're wanting to make friends sometimes that's a good thing it'd be good if you could have like a do you know how sims have that kind of green crystal above the head you know like it could be green when you have like lots of social battery and energy just to speak to people and they can be orange if you have like a little bit and red if you like nope stay away from me that would be great maybe you should implement that get some scientists to work on that oh my god this would be so funny walking down the street with everyone with a virtual green thing above the head a bit bit scary actually hi Hina welcome to the stream Ben Arval says big fan of what you're doing I am myself autistic and so is my podcast co-host co-host we interview power lifting coaches and lifters very cool very very cool would you like to interview me if so please send me an email in my link tree I'd love to have your grant Paul is a good workout I can imagine that that is a good visual sims 4 in real life let's get it let's get it implemented shall we I think that would be good sorry to go on about this but do you think my muscle connection is more difficult for autistic people yeah Austin is right I think it depends really it's important I think to know that you're targeting something but if you're doing like a really heavy compound lift like a bench press you know it can be good as like a monitor of how active or of what you're doing in the movement but it's not necessarily gonna change everything if you can just like use really light weights and just feel the squeeze just all the time and you know I'm sure it will help some people but I think just getting better and stronger using the same form on an exercise over time the muscles that are targeted by that exercise are just gonna grow when you want to do that are they gonna get stronger yeah that's a good one hi from Norway hello him you got the email awesome that would be really cool setup I've actually got an interview on Sunday with a dude who has a hate fitness podcast so that's gonna be fun I'm gonna do that it's gonna be grand dotty dodo jojo we'll learn him I'm going to try and learn to drive but I'm wondering if I might find it too difficult or overwhelming can you drive sorry if this has been already been asked I can drive yes but I don't because you know as you said I found it overwhelming I'm sure it would be something I'd be able to get over with a lot of practice and time but I think at this point in my life there's a lot of different things that require more of my energy and it's it's just not something that I enjoy I hate it it's um I mean ideally I would get a motorcycle but I don't want to die so I know it's not it's not a death sentence it's got a few more difficulties with it than perhaps driving does and driving is quite dangerous in itself so um you know Iolo, Austin very much is good at the old lifting so we've got nine minutes left of the stream so if you've got any burning questions that you really want to ask please go ahead I'd like to think I would look cool on a motorcycle I'm sure I would I think maybe I might get a one of those post apocalyptic trikes that you can get no like the big exhausts that come out from the bottom and go over the top like some wacky races kind of style oh my god I would love that but yeah it would have to be big enough so that cars would treat me as a car but also not be a car so I don't like driving it's awful mad max, yeah exactly that's it thanks for your back I'm hoping it might help my independence as a hideaway for a lot of interacting with people on public transport you said my name right, yeah yeah I think sometimes going on public transport and interacting with people is a good way to reduce the anxiety that you feel from approaching people it's usually you can kind of depending on the journey and depending who's sat next to you or stood next to you you know they may want a child they may not want to but at some point because you're going to get off it's not like you can just hang around and keep interacting so I feel like there's less pressure in those kind of situations and if you are wanting to meet people new people, whether it's friends whether it's relationships I think just being able to feel confident with approaching people is going to be a good thing although it is absolutely terrifying absolutely terrifying the worst thing I should start an autism lifestyle and you should Austin I haven't heard of Ryan Dewars or JPG coaching I watch a lot of the youtubers just tend to be ones not all of them, some of them are not very good but I like to take little bits from everybody I've never bought a program I've never bought any PT sessions so everything that I do is always from me because I'm interested in the research, the hell out of it trying to figure out what I'm going to do do after today I don't know if I've got any meetings should probably check we'll check later it's not the time Dotty Dojo Jojo says I used my first bus in about four years three weeks ago I'm challenging myself good, that's awesome it can be really hard just getting back into the routine of things like that because they're just inherently a lot more stressy than a lot of things so trying to add something that's not stressy into a routine isn't too bad there's something quite big like that I think it's tough good on you I'm the same with trains at the moment there was a lot of time where I was not feeling too great about going on the train having about down and shutdowns now that I'm in the flow I think it's a lot better goodbye thank you for coming on and chatting and asking questions much appreciate I should sing something what should I sing? I don't know if I have the capability to sing in a pleasant manner JK Ayala says I watch a bunch of YouTubers and I have a coach but I feel like none of their advice applies to autism ADHD but then I might just be making excuses definitely like the physical practical stuff is applicable but perhaps not the adjustments that they suggest or if you want to go to the gym you have to go to the gym you have to get these things that cause you a lot of sensory distress you don't need to do those particular things but I feel like sometimes they can be a bit undermining of the issues that we have which I'm assuming that's the experiences that you've had and I guess when your ADHD might be a lot more feeling like you need some variance in the exercises that you do as well so that could be something you could just program something in you every day so you've got something fresh from you I'm trying some different variations Joshua J says I remember having to get on my first bus a few weeks ago and my goodness it was very nerve-wracking but thankfully it wasn't as bad as I expected good it's always the case with new things you've got to get into the rhythm of it once you're in the rhythm your brain starts to I know that autistic people struggle with that aspect of habituation like ignoring sensory things but I think to some degree you can you can get used to coping with highly stressful sensory situations like the bus or social situations and you can sort of manage your energy a lot better and I guess you have a little bit of an idea of what it's going to be like before you go there so it's less of a surprise twinkle twinkle little star few fighters that pretend it or any song by David Bowie probably not maybe we'll go through one of the other streams one of the next ones let's do that no let's not do that I don't know if I can do that oh my god well I've got two minutes left on this stream I just want to thank anyone who's bought on insta or subscribe to the membership on youtube much appreciated to anybody who has I don't always pick them up so I just want to say that and of course if you want to go check out the stuff that I do I have all my link tree it's pretty much everywhere you can find my instagram as Austin said I have followed you Austin or you can go on to my youtube on Spotify or Apple Podcast or Amazon Music to check out my podcast which has a lot of notable guests and some people that you may recognize from the autistic community that you can come on and chat about particular topics very very interesting and if you're not looking to watch or listen to a very very long podcast I do have clips over on my youtube channel yeah well done Joshua nice little congratulations from Dottie hello Aileen wearing sneakers welcome to the stream we're nearly finished we've got like a minute left you've messed the bulk of it but I appreciate you coming in how's the setting of the content creation going I hope you're staying hydrated really you know I don't think I'm going to go to the gym so I'm just going to chill better good I'm glad doing some really cool posts I'm good it's very very very tired anyway I'm going to sign off now it's been lovely to chat to you all again and if you want to catch the next one ask some more questions every Friday by 30pm so I shall hopefully see you next week alrighty and remember to stay hydrated everyone see you later youtube thanks guys