Today's video is sponsored by Skillshare, more on that later. Well, hello there, my beautiful, lovely internet friends. I have a serious subject today, which is why I brought out the foot mic, because nothing screams you should really listen to my opinion, please hear me out on this, louder than talking into a disembodied foot. So the video that you are about to watch is a deviation from my normal content. Usually, I'm a creator who talks about my life as an amputee, hence why I have so many feet in my house, weird sentence out of context, topics around disability, mental health, things like that. But there is one specific topic that has been rattling around the internet for a few months now that is deeply concerning to me. And as someone who has gotten divorced, this is something I wanted to spend a few minutes shedding some light on. I got divorced a year and a half ago. I was in a very committed relationship with one person for a decade. We were married for seven, and I had to make the decision after a long chain of events and doing everything in my power to salvage things. I made the decision to leave. I've cut my leg off twice, and that decision was more difficult. And I always shudder to talk about this stuff publicly, like I tried to keep it real quiet when I was going through that because the amount of judgment and hatred that there is, towards I would say specifically women when they are ending marriages, when people have no context, is intense. The reason that I was able to get divorced is because in the state of Colorado, you can state that this relationship is unsalvageable.  This is the case I believe in all 50 states. It's still not an easy process, but you have a way to leave. This wasn't always the case. Back in, I believe it was the 70s. No fault divorce was like instituted, but prior to that, you had to prove something was really, really messed up, like abuse, abuse or infidelity to be able to exit a marriage. And recently, there has been a growing conversation for bringing this back. Hi, it's Joan, a different sweater. I'll be popping up to adding details I forgot to mention because I was kind of nervous when I filmed this video.  For instance, last year, the Republican Party of Texas added language to its platform calling for an end to no fault divorce saying we urge the legislature to rescind unilateral no fault divorce laws to support covenant merit. It's not just Texas, there's discussion of this in Louisiana and Nebraska. This was also discussed in 2016 at the National Republican Convention. Like this is an actual thing that is occurring in our country. This is a movement that is being made and it is deeply concerning to me for a lot of reasons. There's this one quote from a Rolling Stone article I'd like to read to you. Despite its embarrassing premise, the only way to retain a partner is to literally trap them in the relationship but the sentence continues on from then but that's literally it.  There's therapy for that, my friend. Before we continue with this topic, I would like to take a few moments to thank the sponsor of today's video, Skillshare. I'm actually really excited to work with them again. If you followed my channel for a while, you know that they've sponsored videos before but this is a service that I actively use. Skillshare is an online learning platform that has classes on all different kinds of subjects from illustration to photography, music production, film and video, productivity, AI and more. So I saw this Skillshare course name pop up and I had to take it so I started taking this class this week. It's called How to Use AI to Organize Your Life. 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This first came to my attention when a man by the name of Stephen Crowder, you might know him, made this announcement that he is getting divorced, that it's not his choice, that his wife is leaving him. And no, this was not my choice. My then wife decided that she didn't want to be married anymore and in the state of Texas, that is completely permitted. It's been- It's allowed as crazy as it is. You're just allowed to say, I don't want to be married anymore. And I can't control that. And in this big announcement, made references to the fact that like in the state of Texas, she can just do that, right? Like legally she can just leave, even though I don't want it. Very clearly insinuating in my opinion that he does not think this should exist. He talks about how much he doesn't believe in divorce, doesn't believe it's a good thing for families, for children, for anything. His beliefs haven't changed. Then says in today's legal system, my beliefs don't matter as if he is the only party involved in making that decision. After releasing this video on, you know, him not wanting to get divorced, but this being something he was forced into, video evidence came out that he was doing some pretty damn atrocious things to his then very pregnant with twins wife. He and many of his contemporaries have said things that either allude to this or directly stated. Basically what these voices are saying and pushing for is that you should not be able to get out. I think I can just like end the sentence there. That's like, that's really the point is that you shouldn't be able to get out. Once you're locked in, you belong to that person, baby. You ain't going nowhere. Unless of course you can prove abuse or infidelity. Now I can spend more than a couple seconds talking about this because I think it's a larger issue. But when you're talking about having to prove abuse to leave relationships, like I said, it is really difficult to prove abuse is occurring in a court of law. It sounds great to be like, well yeah, you know if abuse is occurring you can totally get out. But do you have any idea what it looks like to actually make that happen? Do you have any clue how difficult it is to exit abusive relationships or prove that someone is an abuser beyond a reasonable doubt? Taking away no fault divorce would make it exponentially more difficult for victims of domestic violence and abuse to be able to escape. And that is something that we should all be very concerned about regardless of your stance on the topic of divorce. It is so bizarre to me that a portion of our society is advocating for this kind of control because that is what it is. All this is doing is making it easier to control someone. Oftentimes this is women, but guess what? It's men too. Regardless of your gender, you can find yourself in a bad situation or a toxic relationship or discover that you have an abuse of partner. So let me like take this back a few now, just let's say that abuse is not occurring. Hopefully it's not, right? But this relationship is not good for you for whatever reason. You've done what you can to remedy it, to try to address it. It's not working.  The idea is that you should not be able to leave because you stood in front of people and God and made a promise years ago.  You gotta work it out. People just give up so easily nowadays. Figure it out, figure it out. But it's not reputable at this point. It's absolutely the marriage is just beyond repair. No, it isn't, just work through it. But there is something greater than your individual desires. But the marriage itself isn't institution. And I don't care if you don't feel happy at this particular moment.  There are more important things than your individual pleasure at any given moment. So often the tone is people who just aren't willing to put in the work.  Have some endurance. Have some perseverance. Just work through it, right? It's just what people do.  And I don't know what kind of divorces these people have witnessed or experienced. Maybe that's the case for some people. But I can certainly tell you at least in my own experience and that of the people that I know that this is not a decision you make lightly. Even if it might come as a surprise to other people.  I find it difficult to believe that people make this kind of decision and follow through on a whim. Again, I am certain it happens but you'd have to really work to convince me that that is the norm because it's not easy. In fact, it's much simpler to stay married. Also, let's just say that someone is a lazy bum, doesn't wanna put in the work, has never considered the fact that relationships might be difficult sometimes and just once out wants to leave. You might disagree with a reasoning for that but who the hell should be able to tell that person that they are forced to stick it out, they are forced to stay in a situation they don't wanna be in. It genuinely feels like treating people like children, like they're there, you're not old enough, you're not wise enough to understand what we're doing. So we're just gonna keep you stuck here because we know what's best for you. We who have absolutely no idea what occurs behind closed doors. When it comes to your romantic personal intimate life. This is kind of unrelated but marriages are so easy to get. If we're gonna talk about staying in a marriage is being so important and you can't leave it and divorce being made inaccessible to people, why can I just walk down to the courthouse and literally get a marriage license and get married in like three days? Like in the state of Colorado you don't even need witnesses or a judge, I can just like find someone, we can sign a paper in the woods, we are now married. And we're totally fine with giving people that kind of responsibility to make decisions for themselves, do they wanna spend the rest of their lives with? But beyond that, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You can't have the autonomy to make decisions for yourself once you've made that decision already for yourself. If you wanna make divorce a lot more difficult to get, why aren't we also talking about making marriages way more difficult to access? I'm not advocating for that just so we're clear but it kind of seems hypocritical and weird to me if the tone is that we don't trust you to make decisions. Another thing that is perplexing to me is that those advocating for this type of thing often talk about like needing to keep people together to lower the divorce rate. And what doesn't make sense to me is that that is not indicative of a healthy relationship, of a good situation for two people or even for kids involved. There's such an emphasis on staying together, on not getting divorced because that's bad, but is it? Like I've already talked about my experience with divorce. It is life-changing and agonizing but the idea that we see divorce as a whole as this bad thing, as failure and that the goal should be lowering the divorce rate instead of focusing on what actually makes a healthy, long-term, successful relationship, what do people need to thrive? How do we best serve each other? As opposed to making it harder to get out of a relationship that isn't working is just confusing to me. Like in Colorado, the waiting period from filing to actually being able to get divorced is 90 days but we had to wait longer because the judge wanted to talk to us even though internally there was no dispute, meaning that I had to wait on someone I do not know who does not know me or my relationship or anything about us to grant me the ability to leave. Now, because it was just like financial matters, I totally understand that splitting up of assets and all of that. It's important that that is handled well and fairly but that felt like such an invasion because I suddenly realized that some man again who didn't know me, my story or anything that had actually occurred in my marriage held the power to be able to tell me if I could leave it or not and that is in no fault divorce. The idea of that being abolished and having strangers who have no idea what is occurring, having the power to be like, nope, you can't go anywhere, you're stuck, is horrifying. To anyone who is an advocate for this idea of no fault divorce being abolished, I genuinely want to ask why do you, like why do you want to control people because at its core, that is what it is.  What level of unhealthy or insecure or just messed up is that? You don't get to own other people. You don't, you shouldn't be able to and suggesting these kinds of laws. That is the end goal. Like I said, this isn't a topic I normally address on my channel but I kind of like talking about some of these larger issues. Let me know if you're interested in hearing more of this kind of stuff. I look forward to reading your comments. Also, a big thank you again to Skillshare for sponsoring today's video. Check out that link and code down below. It helps to support the channel and is also a service that I genuinely have used. I really like them. I'm guessing you've probably heard of them before if you've been on YouTube for a second. 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Love him so when he flips that dough, he's pizza boy USA.  Welcome back to another idea of rockin' the mass today. Carlisle Four Nationals 2020 behind me. Stangasaurus, first time I actually registered the car in this event. That's pretty cool. Last time, if you guys probably already know, was at Servini booth. And I'll leave a link to that video at the end of this one. But that was a fun experience. Servini is an awesome company. And I'll probably be stopping by there later today. Everything on my car is from Servini. So I hope you guys can hear me through this mask. We shall see. But anyways, I am on the quest yet again to find another need for green Mustang here today. We'll see if it happens. It's been an extra year now, so it's been more opportunities for people to purchase it. So we're going to go ahead and walk around here, see what we got, and see if we can find another need for a green Mustang here today. All the way from Tennessee. Yep, a little bit of a drive. Pennywise back again. Yeah, yeah, how's it going? How you been? Pretty good. I drove yesterday. I got here, so I drove 12 hours straight. I just came straight here from a 12-hour shift. 12-hour shift, 12-hour drive.  How was your drive? 12 hours in there? So it was good, man. Air suspension, it rained the whole time, from 10 o'clock until 30 minutes out. It rained the whole time. The car did well. I just put these Nitto triple nickel G2s on, and it handled the rain really well. Lots been done since last year, you know? Right. Dude green. Dude green, let's see. We'll go green. Let's go green. How are you doing this morning, buddy? There we go. There we go. Every time I see your car, I want to watch that movie. I know, man. Well, don't worry, next year, I'll have it viewing inside and outside the car. There you go. That's good. You know, it'll be cool.  All right, and so here it is. I was lucky enough to run into the new 2021 Mustang Mach 1. So here's my thoughts on this one. And of course, I'm more than likely be reviewing it when it's all said and done anyways. But essentially, this is the replacement for the bullet Mustang, same 480 horsepower. One of the benefits here in the Mach 1 is that the six speed is a Tremac six speed manual, as opposed to the MT82, that of course, traditionally, has been known to be causing issues. So still has rev matching, but the Tremac, that's the one found in the GT350, as opposed to the MT82 found in the bullet, as well as the regular GT. So I love that the Tremac is in the Mach 1. 10 speed automatic is also available. And of course, that comes with paddle shifters.  Also gets the GT500's rear axle cooling system, also rear tow link, and the GT500's rear diffuser, as well. They're touching on the exterior a little bit. Of course, you are gonna find plenty of orange accents on the Mach 1. There is a handling package, I wanted to mention, that's on the FighterJet gray one that you're looking at right now. Essentially, that equates to the performance pack level two on the standard GT, if you think about it, you're getting 10 and a half inch wheel tire combination up front, 11 inches in the back. Of course, just the wider wheel and tire combinations right there are going to give you better handling right off the mat. Four and a half inch exhaust outlets, I love that, it is larger than the GT, but not quite as large, of course, as the five inch exhaust outlets on the GT500. But here's my beef, I guess you could say, with the Mach 1. The two circles that I'm sure everybody at this point has noticed found in the front grille. A lot of people may think they are possibly air intakes because that is what the Hellcat does after all. And that would be a very cool idea, if you ask me, but they're actually backed by plastic. And so Ford's explanation on this, essentially, was that they're the spots that you are going to install fog lights for. Meaning this new Mach 1 actually does not come with those traditional fog lights. You have to purchase them, or you could really get any kind of fog lights to be in there. It doesn't have to be those throwback fog lights. It could probably be some super LED rally spec lighting, maybe if you wanted to, but still, nonetheless, that circular design in the front grille is backed by plastic. You inevitably will have to replace that because I do not like that look up there. So if you go with the Mach 1, it is a very nice car. Just replace that with whatever you feel you would like to replace it with some type of fog light in some form or fashion. So that's pretty cool getting to see the Mach 1 there in person for the first time, but let's go ahead now and make our way to Servinia and want to see what they have to offer this year. Apparently, they got a bunch of new hoods, so let's see what's going on over there. ["Beat the Boat"] All right, so we got a cow hood here, got the GT500 heat extractor hood over there on the S197. And of course on the S550 as well. Cool thing about these is that they do have a rain tray just like the regular GT500 that can be removed. You know, it's aftermarket. You don't have to get a GT500 in order to get the hood. You can actually put it on any S550 or for that matter, any S197. So that is pretty cool. I like that. I like that they have a removable rain tray as well, which actually makes this thing drivable in the rain. So well thought out, Servini once again. And of course, you can check them out at Servinis.com. ["Beat the Boat"] This is pretty cool, you guys. You get to stand in line to get thrown around in a raptor. That is fun. I've reviewed the raptor a few times now. It's absolutely amazing. And I always seem to review it in the snow. But dang, that car is, I should say, that truck is insanely off-road capable. I always have a blast driving it. So that is pretty cool that they got that. I like that idea. ["Beat the Boat"] All right, so you know what I was just thinking to myself? I'm actually in the 2019 line from my Mustang. So there is only my need for green. There probably isn't going to be any more unless they're at maybe a vendor's booth or something. But I am once again, the only need for green. Stengosaurus is the only need for green in Carlisle. It's kind of sad. I always like to see more, but what are you going to do? Buy a need for green. ["Beat the Boat"] The glitter is definitely nice. But look at this. I guess this is by Stainless Works. I don't know enough about these other exhaust companies. But it's so unique. I love that. It tilts in. Wonder what this thing sounds like.  Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there. If you like, be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews. I appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold. ["Beat the Boat"]


What's going on, everyone? Sam here, late in sports cards, ripping two boxes from Muhammad A. We've got one box of 22 Panini Mosaic football hobby, one box of 22 Bowman Chrome baseball hobby. So good luck here, Muhammad. Let's do, uh, let's do Mosaic first. Let's see if we can get out of here. Love it. There's a Brandon Iac on the Mosaic for the Niners. Got a purple Drew Brees, 32 out of 49. Nice one there. Tom Brady on the Stair Masters insert. And Sean Alexander, Silver Overdrive for the Seahawks. Cameron Thomas, Tristan Ebner. James Washington for the Cowboys. I keep forgetting he's on the Cowboys for the Cowboys Mosaic. Silver Mike Will for the Chargers. There's Trevor Lawrence insert and Garrett Wilson introductions on the Mosaic as well. Let me pull a case hit out of here. That'd be sick. The word is it's stained glass. Stained glass, um, busted, storm chasers and razzle-bazzle, yeah. What's up, Wahoos? Was it a good Royal Rumble? I know people have been talking about it, man. Those are like the most fun to watch in my opinion for wrestling. It's Stone Cold comeback. That'd be cool. Okay, do you work? Uh, Blue Desmond Ritter for the Falcons on the Rookie, 50 out of 99. Maybe the starter next year. Maybe, maybe, yeah. Silver Jamal Adams, John Elway. Silver in it to win it is Cooper Cup for the Rams. He did not. Well, I'm less interested now. He's the only guy I want to see come back to Stone Colds on everybody. Traylon Burks. There's a Son Haskins Mosaic Rookie for the Titans. Nice one there. That, again, is not numbered. Nice one there, Titans. We got H. Coby Myers on the Mosaic for the Patriots. Another Patriot, this time Red Tile Law. One of those Super Bowl winners, Chris Olave and Cooper Cup. There's Andrew Booth Jr. Mosaic Rookie for the Vikings, followed by a Red Logan Hall Rookie for the Buccaneers. Blue Chips, Kenny Pickett. And Center Stage, Tony Romo, not numbered for the Cowboys. Joe Burrow, Mosaic for the Bengals. Got Silver, Sam Williams Rookie. One Rookie of the Week one. That's pretty cool. The Cowboys. Dan Marina. And Overdrive is Barry Sanders. Never cool a Cowboys player wins any kind of war. Just fills you with hate, Donny. It does.  There's a Cave Antibodou, this time Mosaic Rookie for the Giants. Red, Amari Cooper for the Browns. Travis Kelsey. And Silver, Metamastry, Jill Montana. Nice one there for the Niners. Olave debut. David Bell. Boye Moffay. Got a John Elway on the Mosaic. Nice one there for the Broncos. Silver, Eli Manning. Metamastry, Devonte Adams. And Silver, Jamison Williams. Jamison Williams debut. Malik Willis, Rookie for the Titans. Jeremy Rucker. Roy Williams. Nice one there for the Cowboys. Congrats on that, Muhammad. Very cool. Moray Williams are. Stefan Diggs and Mosaic for the Bills. Silver, Jonathan Greenard. Kenry and Bass. Last pack of Mosaic here for Mohamed. Kenny Pickett Rookie. Nice one there. As well as a Two Attack of Iloha on the Mosaic, followed by a Red T. Higgins. Going to the Bengals. Bass Desmond Ritter and Aaron Donalds. Purple Montage. That's 45 of 49 for the Rams. Nice one there. Congrats on that, Muhammad. Okay, so that'll do it for Mosaic. Let's do some Bowman Crowe, Muhammad. Now, again, that is 22. Bowman Crowe, Muhammad. Coach, wide receiver safety. Oh, God. Jeez. Williams, probably. Coach first, for sure. Probably to safety second, wide receiver third. That's what I would go for the Roy Williams. Got Joey Gallo. Mookie Betts. There's a Nolan Gorman, Arizona Folly for the Cardinals. Zigil Tovar and Will Minot Diaz. No firsts in there, surprisingly. I know NT Baseball for Spaniko coming, dude. It's going to be awesome. There's Eddie Leonard on the shimmer for the Dodgers. Nice one there. Francisco Alvarez and Hedberg Perez and Pasha. Josh Donaldson. There's a Shades of Greatness, Wanda Franco Rookie. Hot New Nightclub. Nine Hays. Bill and Carlson. There's a Jack Herman. Nice one there for the Pirates. A little bit of dust on that. Just going to have Donnie wipe that off really quick with a microfiber. See if we can get that off for you. Nice first thought of that. Willie Vasquez first and Joey Weimer first. Potential big name to look for Autos in 23 Bowman. Give me Joey Weimer. Got it. Awesome. Donnie got it off for you, Muhammad. All good. Bobby Whit Rookie. Got Atomic coming up here. Nolan Gorman, Arizona Folly, Atomic to 150. Very nice. Congrats on that. Again, Muhammad for the Cardinals. Made his debut this year. Randon Cohn and your Donnie Delos Santos for the Pirates. Nicoladolo Rookie. Alec Thomas Rookie. There's a Shades of Greatness, Luis Angel Acuña for the Rangers. Oscar Coloss first and Curtis Mead on Base. Curtis Mead's second Bowman card. This is first. It was in 22 Bowman. Good job, Sam. It's a knowledge bomb. I just dropped on you, Donnie. I didn't do that. I learned. Will I learn again? Blue Bob, Joey Bart, Yolbert Sanchez, Lawler, and Jason Dominguez. Yeah, UC was in here a little bit earlier too. Same with Joey. Joey's in here all the time as well. Snipes, Lady, Tone, Pete, all of them. Everybody, the whole squad. It came to the league. Colton Couser, nice one there. Garrett Mitchell and Dustin Harris. Zenn Invicta Miscellia Bina for the Twins. Nice one there. Muhammad, Yoshua Garcia and Jackson Job. Super sharp. Tray Turner. There's a Josh Lowe. We've got a Junior Perez, the 499 and the refractor first thought. Congrats on that. Muhammad, nice one there, buddy. Luis Meza and Nelson Velazquez. Velazquez. Seya Suzuki Rookie. Hunter Green Rookie. We've got a Warming Burnable, aka Cooling Freeze and Alarm to 125 on the Teal Pink Vapor Wave. Please explain. His name's Warming. Opposite of that is Cooling or Colding. And then Burn a Bell, Freeze and Alarm. Hey, that part is... That part's a stretch. William Bergola, don't care. It's awesome. Tempted to purchase for the weekend. James Wood Shades of Greatness on Ben Show and Max Munsee. That'll do it for your break there, Muhammad. Thanks as always for the support, buddy. Do appreciate it and we'll get that right out, team.


Good morning. Welcome to Health on Monday. My name is Joanne Mochache. You are watching the Y254 channel, specifically Y in the morning. And do remember if you want to talk to us, if you want to interact with us, you can do so. And if you want to ask any questions, and if you want to also share some of the things that you are going through specifically on the topic that we are going to be discussing, you can do so on our Facebook and Twitter. That is going to be have hashtag Health on Monday and hashtag Y in the morning on our Facebook and our Twitter that is Y254 underscore channel on Instagram. And remember that on YouTube you can find us as well. And do remember to subscribe. And right now we are going to be discussing a particular illness that we are calling ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis. I have just recently learned about this, but it is also affecting our youth. This is a youth channel and that's what we have discussed. We have decided to focus on this particular issue. And our guest today, his name is Joseph Ngigi. And he is undergoing this particular problem. And we'd like to get to know him. And we'd like to also get to know what his experiences have been on this particular issue. Karibusana, Mr. Ngigi. Thank you so much. We're glad to have you on our set. Yes. And so please explain to our viewers those who do not know what ulcerative colitis is. So ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune condition that results from an overactive immune system. So in the case of ulcerative colitis, the immune system attacks the colon. So instead of attacking disease causing microorganisms, it attacks the walls of the large intestines. So that's basically what ulcerative colitis is. It's a result of an overactive immune system where the immune system now attacks the colon, the walls of the colon. Yes. Okay. I see. So some of the symptoms are diarrhea. Diarrhea. And because that attacking on the walls of the colon results in inflammation, those inflammations will mostly have ulcers or sores. And those ulcers bleed. So most of the time you'll have diarrhea with bleeding. Yes. I see. And if I may ask, how long have you been experiencing this terrible problem? I've had this since 2016. 2016. It was officially diagnosed in 2017, May. Okay. So you've had it since 2016. And then you went to the doctors and then that's when they officially diagnosed it and said that this is what you have. Okay. The thing about ulcerative colitis is it mimics so many other conditions. Yes. Yes. So it takes really long to get the correct diagnosis. I see. Yeah. Because personally I was diagnosed I think about four times with different conditions. Okay. May I ask what are some of the conditions that they guide you? The first time I was told it was typhoid. Wow. And so I was on treatment for typhoid for about two to three weeks. Okay. But the symptoms kept growing worse. Okay. So the second time I went to the doctor, I said, no, it's not improving. So the second time I was told it's brucell. Wow. Then I was on medication for 48 days. 48 days? Yeah, 48 days with an injection every day. Then the third time I was told it was gastritis. And I was on medication for very long. And all this while my symptoms kept growing worse. Oh my goodness. So that's what was happening in 2016 until they finally found the real issue. And when they found the real issue, that means that there were some symptoms that you were experiencing. What are some of those symptoms you are going through that made them differentiate between the gastritis and all the other things and said that this is now definitely ulcerative colitis? What were the symptoms and what are the symptoms? The most outstanding symptom is diarrhea with blood. Diarrhea with blood? Yes. I see. You go for a bowel movement. Okay. And the whole thing is just blood. It's just blood. And because of that constant loss of blood. Yes. There is anemia associated with it. Because now you lose a lot of blood. You begin passing out in the morning, passing out during the day. You grow very weak. So there's a lot of fatigue. Your skin becomes very pale, very pale. Yeah. So those are some of the, the most outstanding symptoms I'd say is diarrhea with blood. That is probably, you're saying that that is most outstanding. That's one that's the hardest to deal with. Yes. Okay. Yes. Diarrhea with blood. I see. And it's like constant. And it's, we're talking about 15 to 20 bowel motions in a day. 15 to 20 bowel motions in a day. And after every bowel motion, one has to go and release themselves. I see. Okay. That's unfortunate. Yeah. I see. And probably about all that you're going through. And if we can continue, Taffadale, so that we can continue to raise awareness, because I know you're not alone. Sure. I know that the others who are watching and others who may not be watching, who might watch on our YouTube later on, who are going through this. Maybe we can discuss how you felt when you first found out that this is what you had. What was the first feeling that you had? Maybe your first emotion. First of all, I'd like to say because of the trickiness in diagnosing ulcerative colitis, it's very, very important if you have such symptoms to see a gastrointestinal specialist. Because that's the only way it can be diagnosed correctly and in good time. So for me, when it was first diagnosed and it was mentioned to me, I had, of course, I had read on the internet, I had tried searching my symptoms and I kind of had a clue what I was going through and what was ailing me. So when it was mentioned, it was not really a surprise, but it was a relief to me. Because the thing about ulcerative colitis is with the right treatment, you can manage symptoms. So for me, when it was mentioned, and I began on treatment, I actually saw improvement on the very first day I began treatment. Yeah, I remember after the, because normally when you have very mild symptoms, they start you off on steroids. And the steroids work instantly. Only that you cannot be on them for long because of the side effects, but they work instantly. And I remember I got back my energy instantly. I felt like all together, all of a sudden I could even slash grass. I felt I had energy instantly. I felt like I had my life back instantly. I felt really nice. I had not felt that for a very, very long time. Because my life was dead bathroom. It was really hard to go about my normal day-to-day activities. Right. Because with 20 bowel motions, honestly, it's very hard to even concentrate. The embarrassment is just too much. You cannot even go out in public because you're always anxious. You don't know when the next bowel movement will hit. Yes, of course. So with the correct treatment, I think it gives one some sort of relief. Yeah.  Okay. I see. And you said that when you first found out in 2016, they gave you the steroids and it works immediately. Yeah. Is there a different treatment that you're using right now? Yeah.  Maintenance therapy. Yeah. Could you maybe explain what that is? Yeah, sure. So these are drugs that aim at controlling the inflammation in the intestines. And you are supposed to be on these medications for, I'd say, for life to prevent recurrence of this condition. And some of those include amino salicylates and the others we call immunomodulators. Because remember, we started by saying it's a condition that results from an overactive immune system. Yes. So mostly what the doctors will do, they'll try to bring down new immune system. Yeah, that controls ulcerative colitis. But there's also a problem with that.  Of course. I see. And so by lowering your immune system in order to help the ulcerative colitis, you're actually increasing the chances of you getting other diseases because now your immune system is lower. That is the greatest challenge with ulcerative colitis. So now you will control ulcerative colitis. But that leaves you open to all sorts of infections. Like I remember in 2017, after the diagnosis, I got the treatment and I was okay for about three months. And then after three months. On steroids. Yeah, I was on steroids and a couple of other maintenance therapy there. You also give you antibiotics to fight infections. They'll also give you, personally, what started on what we call mesacol. Mesacol. Yeah, it worked for only three months. And after three months, it stopped working. So as a result of that immunomodulation, by the end of 2017, I felt sick again. But this time it was not the ulcerative colitis. It was TB. Because my immune system was very low. It was very weak. Now the problem is, any time you have any other infection, it does not manifest immediately. What you will see are the symptoms of ulcerative colitis. So any other infection will trigger the ulcerative colitis. So if you had stopped bleeding, if you get another infection, you will not notice the symptoms for that infection. It will be the UC, it will be the ulcerative colitis. So you'll start bleeding again. You'll start having diarrhea and controllable diarrhea. You'll start having fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, fever, chills and all that. So by the end of 2017, I was down again, this time with TB. And so when you were undergoing the symptoms, you thought it was something else? No, it's very hard to tell it's something else. Because remember, you will just be seeing most of your ulcerative colitis symptoms. So when you're undergoing the symptoms, you thought, oh, this is just the ulcerative colitis acting up. Yeah.  We call it a flare-up. A flare-up. So then when you were having the flare-up, unfortunately what was truly happening is that you had contacted TB. Sure. Right. I see. And it took long to even diagnose the TB, because I had a cough and I assumed it's just a normal cough, maybe cold. And so they kept giving me serapses, trying to treat the cough. And I continued with my therapy with the ulcerative colitis. But I was not getting better. I lost a lot of blood. I was really pale. You could tell. I was very, very pale, my hands, my face. And everyone was wondering what's happening. What's wrong? And it was until now I couldn't do anything else. I had lost so much blood. My HB was at about four. What is your HB? HB is the hemoglobin level. Hemoglobin level. Normal levels start, I think, from around 13. Mine was at four. Normal level is 13. Yours was four. Yes. Wow. So when I went to see the doctor, because I was not improving, there was no change. I was taking medication, but it was not working. So the doctor decided to check my HB and they found out it was at four. That was an emergency. So they sent me straight to the emergency. I was admitted for blood transfusion. Right. So during the blood transfusion is when I explained that I've been having this cough and all these things. And they did a couple of tests and that's when it was discovered, oh, I actually contracted TB. So when we began treatment for TB, surprisingly, the ulcerative colitis symptoms went away immediately. And I started improving during that treatment period. Treatment for TB. Yes. By the end of the six months, I was doing really well. I had gained weight. After the transfusion, I had my energy back. My skin had changed. So really, the problem normally is getting the correct diagnosis, because these ulcerative colitis treatments will come with all these infections. I see. I see. Okay. And once you had contacted the TB and you said they were able to give you medication, which eventually got rid of that, and that now you are free of that. At the moment, when you are experiencing symptoms of ulcerative colitis, I don't like to ask people their age, but when it comes to ages, do you think or from your experience, do older people or the younger people experience you see? I had you referred to it as you see. And for the benefit of the show, we're going to continue referring to ulcerative colitis as you see. And so when you first found out you had it, you see, do you think that older people and younger people maybe experiences quite differently or the symptoms completely the same? The thing about you see is that it manifests in the younger generation more than the older people. Wow. Yeah. So ages between 15 to 35, that's where most of the diagnosis is done. Wow. As compared to the older generations. Right. So it's mostly diagnosed between 15 to 35, which is what we call the youth group. Yes. And this being a youth channel, I'm glad that you brought that up, because a lot of the people that are watching right now are within that age group 15 to 35 or 18 to 35. And so a lot of them that are watching I'm sure are quite interested. And do remember if you do have anything that you'd like to reach out to us, even some questions that you have for Mr. Joseph Gege, do do so on our on our social media handles. That is hashtag health on Monday, hashtag one in the morning. And that is going to be on our Facebook and our Twitter. That is Y254 channel, Instagram Y254 underscore channel and going right back. If I can just ask when it comes to affecting your daily activities, how has it been like? Do you find are you in university right now? I'm currently working. You're currently working? Yeah. It was it said that it was diagnosed immediately started working. Okay. Like a month into my job, that's when it was diagnosed. Right. Right. Okay. And so how has how has it affected your work and your workplace? Has it, by the way, and it could have had no effect at all. And do feel free to say so. But if it has had any effect, what has it had? What kind of effect has it had? I'd say it has had a pretty negative effect on my work. But I'm really grateful for my workplace because with time they have understood the condition and they have learned to accommodate me. But say because of the, the blood loss and the issue of fatigue, it becomes really hard to operate in the mornings. When you wake up, it's normally really, really hard. There's a lot of fatigue. So getting out of bed is normally quite a challenge. And sometimes you will even pass out in the bathroom on your taking your shower or wake up and can't even have breakfast.  So mornings are normally really bad, but it gets better during the day as the day progresses. So there's that negative impact I'd say because of the energy levels mostly. And there's also absentees because you have to keep seeing the doctor. They're just days you can't get out of the house. So you have to work from home. Of course. Of course. All right. And if I may ask, now that we've talked about the effect when you're at work, what about when it comes to family? I know it's a bit of a personal question, but sometimes when it comes to health issues, we come to learn that it not only affects us, it also affects those around us, especially the people that we love and the people that love us. How has that been for your family, if I may ask? My family has been very, very supportive. I must say that. That's great. So they really support me. What I like about my family is that everyone is willing to learn more about you, see what is this thing. So how do we help? So they go out of their way to do their own research and they have learned over time how to deal with me, how to support me. So I'm really grateful, but I know it can be quite a challenge because it's a very hard condition to understand.  So sometimes you will be very moody, you don't want to talk to anyone, and I'd say my family has learned to deal with that a lot, so they know how to deal with me, and I'm quite sure it's not the same for everyone. Sometimes people don't understand, sometimes people will not understand why you're spending so much time in the bathroom, they will not understand. Why are you so moody? Exactly. What gives you the right to be moody? Why can't you control your moodiness? Exactly. They will not understand why all of a sudden you don't have energy. Sometimes someone will think you're lazy, sometimes, yeah, sometimes people think you're very choosy with the food you eat, you know? And that's not the case at all. Because diet is also something else that is quite major in terms of management of UC, because you don't want to eat something that will irritate your colon, so you have to be very, very choosy with diet. And that is an area I think most people don't understand. We will touch on diet in just a little bit once we're done with talking about support from family, because I noticed something really wonderful. I noticed that your sister was the one that escorted you here, and it was really lovely of her, I think, because even when I was trying to get in touch with you, trying to get to know more about the problem that you're going through, it was hard that I spoke to you first. And I could hear the, I don't know, her voice is quite, you would never tell that she has a brother that is going through something like this. Yeah, she's quite chirpy, quite energetic. And I think you're quite lucky to have that kind of support. You have mentioned that there are family members in other families sometimes who don't understand such things, and they might ask, how come us, we have to eat this, and you, how come you're being so choosy with your diet? Can we talk more about that diet? Diet, yes. Yes, so as I said, ulcerative colitis is inflammation of the colon, and those inflammations have ulcers on them or sores, and sometimes they bleed. Yes. So you don't want to eat something that is going to be rough on your collar or really hard to digest. So diet really should be, I wouldn't say there is a standard diet for you. See what works for someone else might not work for me. What I tolerate, someone else might not tolerate because it also depends on the severity of the condition. But the bottom line is everyone must strive towards eating soft food. So keep it as soft as possible, but at the same time very healthy. Because you must also remember to include all the food groups, vitamins, proteins, all those things, minerals, starch, carbs. Yeah, without forgetting either of them, but now it must be consumed in a form that is very soft and very easy to digest. I see. I see. All right. And we don't have too much time. Maybe right now we can, now that we've kind of understood what you see ulcerative colitis is and we've kind of understood the impacts it has on work and family and the impact that work and family has on people that are going through it, maybe we can talk a little bit about the initiative that you started. I'm quite proud about the man that we've had on set today because he has started a wonderful initiative and I think it's one of its kind in Kenya. I don't think there's another. I did try to do, I did try to research, I couldn't find another. So you are founder and CEO. Yes. Can we please talk about the whole initiative that you have started for UC? Yeah. So after the diagnosis, I went, as I said, I went and tried to check around, see was there a group, was there someone going through the same thing around here? And sadly I couldn't find. So I decided with all this struggle that I've gone through trying to get someone who can at least shed more light on this condition, why don't I start something. So I decided to start a hope for alternative colitis Kenya and I'm really thankful to God that it has grown and it has helped me raise awareness. So I use that platform to share this UC thing, to share the symptoms, to share with people what this thing is and to basically make people understand why sometimes I behave the way I do. And that has really helped me because now no one judges me. I've had people get to learn about UC, to understand what UC is and it has turned out to be a very successful venture. People are supporting me, people are reaching out to me. Wow. And surprisingly people have started reaching out saying, hey, I'm also going through this thing. I also have UC. I have UC. What worked for you? How are you managing it? You see? And that really to me is something I'm really grateful about and I'm so proud about. That is amazing. And I think you're on the right path and I do think that I don't like preaching. But yes, I do believe that sometimes when things do get hard in life and sometimes we ask ourselves, why is it me? Why have you chosen me to go through what I'm going through? Sometimes I do believe that there is a reason and you could be the mantle that people need to hang on to. You just never know and here you are. You started hope for ulcerative colitis and here you have people reaching out to you and maybe this could be your purpose. Maybe this is exactly what God meant for you and this is something I strongly believe in. And so sometimes I don't necessarily shun the hard things in life.  But I know there's a reason why I'm going through it. And I do hope that that's what you feel. And is there any projects that are coming up that we need to raise awareness for? Majorly currently what I'm doing is raising funds. I'm scheduled to go for treatment to India. So majorly that has been what we've been up to currently. But in future we look to have more projects for creating awareness. Treatment in India? Yes. Okay. Yeah, so we are basically raising funds for that. Okay. And before we do close down the show, I'd like for you to let people know that is your camera in which way they can get those funds to you or to the organization or to the initiative through social media or through a phone number. Please do let them know. So for if you have any contributions, our M.P.S.A. number is 0725-451-900. We are on Facebook as Hope for Alcerative Collitis Kenya. If you log into Facebook and go direct to that page, you'll find more information concerning fundraiser, you'll find a pay bill number, and you can support us in whichever way. Could you repeat the website please? Yes. The Facebook page is Hope for Alcerative Collitis Kenya. Hope for Alcerative Collitis Kenya. Capital U, Capital K. And that's where they will find all the information. You will find all the information. You can also reach out to us, chat with us, we'll be glad to respond to you. Okay. Is there any other way they can reach out apart from that Facebook page? Apart from the Facebook page. So we are on all the social media channels. You can find us on Instagram, you can find us on Twitter. We also have a website, Hope for Alcerative Collitis Kenya. You can also find us there. And I've also said our M.P.S.A. line is 0725-451-900. Please repeat the number. 0725-451-900. All right. Okay. I'd like to thank you so much for coming on set. And maybe you could say something to anyone that is undergoing this problem, because I do know that when it comes to issues, sometimes it does help to hear that someone else is going through it and how they're managing it. You could take maybe 30 seconds to do so, and then we can have our last few questions and then we can close down the interview. So for anyone going through this, I'd like to say it gets better. The thing is, don't keep quiet with your issues. Step out, talk about them. If you see the area that lasts more than a few days, please get checked and get checked by a gastrointestinal specialist. It will help if you diagnosed early in good time. Okay. Thank you for that. And lastly and finally, I have seen that once again your sister did come with you, and I can't bring her on set right now, but are there ways in which family is helping you continue with this initiative that you have created? Are there parts in which they're taking place? Yeah. I'd say family is really supporting me in terms of finances. The thing about ulcerative colitis is that it's also very expensive to manage, because with the medication and with the diet, it's a very expensive venture. So family really supports me in that area, finances together for my medical bills, finances together for my diet, finances to make it for my appointments and all that. So really family has really stood by me. I see. And I'm really, really grateful for that. Right. And speaking of finances, lastly and finally, you did say something about going to India for treatment. If I may ask, I know we can never know the outcome of the treatment, but what are we hoping for during this treatment? What are we hoping to achieve from this treatment? As I said, UC affects the colon, and sadly there's no treatment for UC, so it's something you manage. But there's a high success rate of recovery if you get the colon removed, either partially or totally. So they can do what we call the partial colactomy, they remove part of the colon that is affected. If it's the entire colon, they remove the entire colon. Right. And then they replace that with an artificial sort of rectum. Right. Right. And I did see, I'm trying to find, because I could have sworn that there was information about the amount in which your colon has been affected, but for some reason I can't come across it. It's a three-quarter. Three-quarters, yes. Three-quarters. And you said they can't be treated, but it can be managed. Yes. I do wish you well. I do wish you well, Mr. Ngigi. I do wish you well. And when it comes to the Hope for Alternative Kenya initiative, do you remember that you can reach out to Mr. Joseph Ngigi on the social media handles that he has shared, and do you remember that there is hope when it comes to authoritative colitis, what we're calling UC, there is never, ever, ever, ever, ever any sad ending. And do you remember, just because you can't get treated, it doesn't mean you can't manage it. And life can be just as fun. Am I right or wrong? You're right. I'm right. Right. Oh, again, just to finish on a light note, because I feel like right now we're talking about something very serious. And you know, it's morning time, and we don't want to put our views in such a somber mood. Maybe I can ask, what are some of the things you enjoy doing on your past times? Just to get to know Mr. Joseph on a personal level. Sure. I love music. You love music. So... Listening or playing, or both? I listen to music so much, but I also play piano. Okay. Yeah, so I serve in church. Right. As a band lead. Okay. And I also do my own projects on piano, and playing with bands here and there. Yes. So music is part of me. I also enjoy cooking. Something I adopted after this, you see diagnosis. So I like to prepare my own food, and that actually acts as therapy for me. Cooking is therapy for you. Wow. So you do feel like, oh my goodness, that's interesting. Cooking and music. And apart from that, I am a techie. So...  What is that? Oh, a techie. I say, oh, you like technology. Yeah, so I really like technology. So I also do hardware. And electronics. So I program for hardware. Okay. I see. We have gotten to know exactly what you see is about. And we have gotten to know a little bit about what Mr. Joseph Ngeki does. And he loves to play the piano, and he is a band leader when it comes to church. And that's what we're getting in a nutshell from him. And if you'd like to continue to get to know Mr. Ngeki, you can do so through the social media handles that he had shared. If you have any questions for him or for us, you can do so. Make sure you hashtag health on Monday, hashtag why in the morning, and do ask whatever you can about UC. And if you do have anyone, a loved one, or even yourself that are suffering from UC, you are a certified artist, please know that you're not alone. And that Mr. Ngeki is here with his initiative, meant to help you guys champion through this thing. You can hold hands together and you can go through this thing together. Please remember that you can reach out to me on enjoy underscore Machache on Twitter alone. And my name is Joy Machache. It has been health on Monday. Coming up next is youth in politics with Hilda Wadibi. Please stay tuned in.


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A new study from the CDC reveals that Asian American children receive the least amount of mental health treatment of any type of child in America. Now let's talk about the reasons why that might be, and if it should be a concern of yours. Yeah, this is going viral. It goes viral every time we talk about it, whether it's the children using mental health treatment the least, or Asian American adults using mental health treatments the least. Both of these are true because, Andrew, guess what? Asian American culture, I guess Asian culture in general, does not fully believe in mental health. Should that change? Some people say yes, some people say no, and there's a bunch of comments in the middle, so we're going to cover those. Get into our takeaway, so make sure you like, subscribe, and turn on your notifications, but real quick, some people say there are some reasons why young Asians 5 to 17 might have mental health issues. Yeah, what are the reasons, David? Oh, by the way, guys, we did try to do some research for this video, so we got some numbers and stats coming up. Parental pressure to succeed in academics. Discussing mental health concerns is considered taboo in many Asian cultures. Pressure to live up to the model minority stereotype. Family obligations based on strong traditional cultural values, discrimination due to racial or cultural background, and difficulty in balancing two different cultures and developing a bicultural sense of self. Essentially, I would boil it down to family pressures and not fitting into society. Yeah, so real quick, Andrew, what are some stats that you want to address? Because a lot of people are going to point to the stat that suicide for certain age ranges of Asian Americans is the number one cause of death amongst certain age ranges of Asian Americans. Yeah, so the overall suicide rate for Asian Americans is actually still half of the national average. So, you know, I know that's a morbid thing to think about for a second, but let's just talk about it that Asians are still doing, I guess, relatively okay in that department. Although for a certain age group, it seems to be the number one cause of death. But I also think that's because it gets moved up because the other causes of death. You are saying the homicide overdose rate is so low, it pushes suicide up to the top of the list. Right, right. It's not that high, but I'm not saying Asian kids are not depressed. Guys, we on the channel have talked about before. I do think that especially Asian adults need to look into mental health if they feel like they need to seek it. It is more accessible now than ever. It's more affordable now than ever. And there are more Asian therapists. If you want an Asian therapist, there's more Asian therapists in America than ever. But do the kids need it? That's a huge debate. Yeah, now the kids, that's a different thing because I think a lot of parents or a lot of older Asians, a lot of millennial Asians might agree that some Asians do need mental health, but maybe the kids don't need it as bad. But we'll get into those reasons later. Thank God all them kids on Vodka Dance, that's why everything's crashing to the floor. This is the first comment that says, hey, but that means 95.6% of us don't get it, which means we got another A.  Are you happy? Of course, that was a joke about what the mental health issues being caused by high expectation Asian and Confucian parenting. If you haven't noticed that, 4.4% of Asian American children receive mental health treatment, but that still doesn't shock me. And Asian Americans said, this is partly why I was never diagnosed as a child with autism or ADHD. Yes, my schizophrenia diagnosis came many years too late because my parents would never take me because they do not believe in mental health checkups. Yeah, this is definitely one of the drawbacks. I do think mental health checkups should be something that you're probably required to do at least a couple times when you're growing up. We got to normalize this discussion around it because I feel really bad for these people if they were missing out on treatment for like five years when they needed it five years ago. Because who knows, that means that five years was lived in potentially mental torment, right? I also don't believe like immediately going to medicine and pills because then that means if you're like a kid, if you get diagnosed at 12, think about it. Then you're on pills for like decades of your life that could not be good for you. Somebody said, we Asians don't need therapy. We just suppress our issues deep, deep into the very void of our psyche and pass down our generational trauma onto our children or our cats. Guys, I don't want to overlook some of the recent tragedies in the past year that were committed by Asians in America, obviously who had mental health issues. So I think that let's be clear. I think Asians do need to think more about it. Okay, that's obviously then the current status quo. We need to increase the talking about it. And that's what even this video is designed to do. Somebody said, forget psych meds, the cultural stigma around getting talk therapy, psychotherapy alone is huge in the Asian American community. This is a problem. This is Andrew. You're talking about no pills. There's this person saying that even just getting talk based therapy is frowned upon in the Asian world. Yeah, I mean, think about it. Asian American adults are also the least likely to receive mental health treatment. So of course the children are. So the status is not the same just because we're focusing on the children in this video. That's what this article is about. It's actually just Asians in general just don't get. Let me just say this as an aside, Andrew. And I know a lot of people are like, you know what? I'm just going to talk to my friend that's a one good listener. Your friend that is a good listener is not a trained professional. I don't know, you know, but David, you don't count, man. How much do you think it is that a lot of the therapy of mental health treatment in America is geared in English and a lot of parents are not super fluent in English? Actually, so there's like already that language bear. There are more in language Asian therapists, by the way. I don't think there's a lot of mental health therapy that's whether you're talking about psychotherapy or medicinal therapy, even in Asia, though. So I actually think it's more of a cultural thing, but you're right. Yeah, had they had more in language resources, more people would for sure. I don't know how much that percentage increase would be racial wise, though. Somebody said, Steven, you instead of the best in beef, Western medicine doesn't work on Eastern minds. Is this true? Do you agree? Yes or no? No, I think your mind can become more Western as the longer you hear. I think for me as an American born, I don't think I think completely American, but I think I would almost consider my mind a Western mind. I'm a Western mind. Yeah, I mean, if you're born and raised in America, yes, you may have traits about you that are more Eastern than a full Western person, but you're going to be more Western than Eastern. I have a Western mind, mostly. And I remember there was old jokes back in the day when America was all white that like only Anglo's psychotherapy worked on Anglos and not on Irish because Irish were so like unemotional. That was like a old stereotype from the 1920s. Somebody said Asian parents simply do not believe in mental health. That's why I think it's changing and it should change. But I do think that Asian parents would like to believe that they could just like kind of push it out of their kid or work it out of their kid. And you know, the truth is all the kids that get diagnosed with mental diseases or mental illness, I'm sorry, in America, some of them need it and some of them do not need it. So obviously parents are just trying to hope that their kids are one of the ones where it's like they do not need it. Yeah, I heard physical activity and sports is really, really good for the mental. Obviously, I believe in that too. So I think that's something that Asian parents should think about more. Somebody said this is why suicide is an epidemic in our community. Suicide is the leading cause of death for Asian youth. This is the only race where suicide is the number one cause. Yes, like we said, that stat sounds startling. But there is a comment that replied which which is true because I just I looked up the facts. He said wrong info Asian American suicide rate is actually still very low. The highest rate is actually Native Americans, which has been constantly a native. So what I'm saying is is like although it ranks number one as the reason it is still actually really low relative to other groups of people. That's all I'm saying. Right. Somebody says who says that whites being over medicated is the norm that we need to adapt to basically saying, well, why do you want to tell Asian kids to start popping pills like little Billy and Becky over there hopped up on what God knows what Zoloft when they're eight or whatever. Do you think it's like, you know how a lot of Asians like to kind of do preventative medicine or like, you know, TCM or kind of like natural medicine. Like just live a just live a proper life and a healthy lifestyle and you don't need to get surgery and get older muscle and do all this thing. And Asian medicine for sure is more preventative because the medicine dosages are not that strong. Yeah. And also it's about living like a healthier lifestyle and like eating right. So I guess like, I think what Asians could adopt is trying to push their kids in a natural way to do the things that fight against mental health issues, which is certain things like get outside more, have friends, social things or sports things. I mean, somebody would say that those are more old school remedies. Right. Somebody said, don't you think that the US is over diagnosed and over medicated literally just to big bring bigger margins and bigger profits to big pharma.  Somebody said Asian parents, even poor ones do a better job raising their children. So this is a comment from a non Asian person saying, I don't know, sure seems like you guys are have good macro stats. I have no reason to believe that your children need to be on pills. Yeah. The macro stats are that Asians, Asians, which is a big group by the way when you're encompassing all Asians, but Asians generally have a higher income, higher education, lower divorce rate in the family. I'm not saying there's not poor Asians and I'm not saying there's not Asians who want to get divorced, but I'm just saying these are the macro stats when you clump all Asians together. So I guess what I'm saying is that, yeah, I mean, I'm not saying Asians are doing great, but I think they're doing okay. But do you think the one area of opportunity that Asians have is the happiness metric? Because let's say, for example, on HDI, like human development index indicators, Asians and the macro do well, but in the micro, some Asians have this sense of like, man, I'm just not as happy as like my white friend or my black friend or my Latino friend. Yeah, but I think it's, um, no, and I think Asians could do a better job of being happier, like I said, but I think that happiness is all relative, right? If your happiness bar, if it takes you this much to be happy, guess what? You can just want this much and you can still be happy. Or also just note that, you know, being Asian in America and being happy as a good looking privileged white person or something, it's just very tough to have that feeling, right? If you chase that, if you chase what your one like privileged friend has was like born in an old money, good luck. Yeah, and if you want to keep chasing dopamine, that is a dangerous path to go down because you're going to end up doing drugs. You're going to end up doing it. So I don't know. It's, it's, that's tough. I think that's a different conversation, but you guys let us know in the comments down below what you think. I think specifically being Chinese, which is like known as a particularly, I don't want to say like not happy race or like some people even on the downside and recall Chinese like a perpetually like miserable group of people. I don't know. It's definitely like, it's just how the culture is, but I think we could do a better job being balanced. For sure, Filipinos seem more in tune with Latino or Western happiness for sure. What I would be interested in seeing is I guess depression or I guess suicide rate stats broken down by economics and ethnicity. A little bit more specific, right? Because like, I'm not going to say I'm not going to assume just because Filipinos generally are more joyful or seem to have more life in them that a lot of them are not depressed too. I'm not going to say that. I don't know. I don't know, man.  You know, that's that's on the table for no, it's true. It's true. It's very complicated. I'm not an expert in this. Yeah, I guess I'm just saying it's tough to tell. But I guess what I'm saying is for a lot of the people watching to hear that Asian children received the least amount of mental health treatment does not shock me. Right. But why are some people sad about that? And why are some people happy that that is though? Well, I think some people see it as an achievement that the score that the number is not very high, which I guess is a good thing. However, it probably does mean that probably Asians need a little bit more thought about that. You know what it is? I think Asians need a lot more psychotherapy, a.k.a. talk therapy, but I do not think that we should increase the physical pill therapy at all. Oh, like I said, I don't know. But for sure, psychotherapy, we need a lot of it. Oh, you against big pharma. I'm just against popping, you know, blue and yellow, purple pills. I don't know. All right. All right, everybody, let us know in the comments down below. Do these statistics kind of concern you? Or is it just like a number and there's more stories to the number? What are some things that you would like to suggest that Asian families should do to battle mental health? Maybe naturally. I have one last recommendation. I think Asian Americans could invent Asian mental health. Maybe we understand the brain more technically for all its valves and chambers and insulin and endorphins and serotonin and dopamine. And we just understand more of the valves like a tourbillon watch. You know what I mean? Like the watch faces that are clear where we could see all the mechanisms and that way that's like our way of doing it.  Obviously, especially, you know, certain types of Asians and like, I don't know. I think that that could resonate with the community more. And then that understanding of that fundamental like math can help them adopt the psychotherapy. Hey, let us know in the comments down below what you think. Again, we do see mental health as a serious thing. I do want to reiterate that yes, there are a lot of Asian therapists out there. It's more affordable now. There's tons of apps. I don't know if you're feeling like you need some help. Go talk to somebody professionally. Get an Asian therapist. That's my recommendation. But anyways, guys, thank you so much for watching that video. Hit that like button. Check out more episodes of the Hop Hop Boys. And until next time, we out. Peace.