First and foremost: I am SO SO GLAD that you're still here. Your presence has made my life so much better, and I know that's the case for many other people too. So I think it's safe to say that we're all grateful you decided to stick around. I really love how you used this video to show firsthand just how much life is worth living. Two points you made that really stood out to me... 1) Doing nice things for yourself. YES. THIS. SO MUCH THIS. I think society makes most of us feel like we have to earn nice things, so we don't do them for ourselves often enough. But the truth is that we don't need a reason to deserve nice things - we deserve them just because. I know my life got significantly better once I embraced the "treat yourself" mindset, and I'm glad that's been such a big contributing factor into what has made living worth it for you. 2) When you talked about traveling abroad and gaining the perspective that no matter our differences, at the end of the day, we're all human - that reminded me of my own trips to Brazil and Australia as a teenager, which helped me gain that same perspective. It's such a beautiful realization to have. (And it makes me want to take more international trips now as an adult... Canada was fun this year and I'm hoping to get to Japan sometime soon.) Your recent trip to Europe looked like so much fun, and I'm excited to see what countries you visit next! (Also, from a sheer photographer/videographer nerd point of view: The footage you got on this trip is PHENOMENAL. It makes me want to get on a plane to Europe right now and see everything you saw in person. And I absolutely love the way you edited everything together. I AM SHOOKETH, this is seriously some next level work!) Watching this video hit me so hard in the feels that I cried, because even though I've never personally experienced thoughts of wanting to end my life, I know so many people who have. And your story is going to be such a powerful resource for them. Thank you so much for not breaking your streak of 100% survival rate of bad days so that you could make this and share it with all of us.

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe

5 ай бұрын

Delighted your still. Well because you're still here. Everyone's mental health Priestes!

OMG Kit...I am crying watching this, but tears of happines. Now, in deep depression I needed to watch this. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO❤ have a wonderful christmas❤ love You Kit❤❤❤

@SchizoKitzo

7 ай бұрын

So so glad I could help, makes me happy I made it after all. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas as well

So glad you are still here! What a good word of encouragement to those struggling. Blessings!

You are thriving. Every breath you take has been and will continue to be a gift -the world is yours to enhance and explore. You are so loved. Never forget it.

You are truely a inspiration for all of us who are suffering from this illness. Life is worth living.

I LOVE love love your content! You are doing such a good thing by posting things like this and by still being here! My girlfriend has schizoaffective disorder and has been coming out of an episode and I have been sharing your content with her to help her get better and process her trauma! Thank you so much for this, from the bottom of my heart thank you ❤

🙋🏻‍♀️I’m from Aberdeenshire and Inverness is relatively close! I love watching your videos and I’m so glad you (and I) didn’t do that thing all those years ago. Love❤X

Oh wow that was needed. It brought me to tears. Thank you Kit.

I’m soooo glad you’re still here! Thank you for all your encouraging words. I am currently experiencing some psychosis but I know I have to stay strong. My psychiatrist increased my medication and I just have to wait for it to start working.Thank you for being such an inspiration, I love your videos!

@SchizoKitzo

4 ай бұрын

Glad I can help, and best of luck with your symptoms! You got this 💪

@user-xe4sn6he8w

4 ай бұрын

@@SchizoKitzo Thank you Kit!

Thank you, I didn't know I needed this video.

@SchizoKitzo

3 күн бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thank you for making this channel. I also have schizo affective and althought it can be hard at times I have to find a reason to keep living

I am glad that you didn't end it and that you are doing something with your life. ❤️🙏

WOW! That's my first reaction after watching this beautiful video of yours. And I'm going to be honest, I haven't really been on the upper side of mood lately (I'm depressed and in vegetative state at the moment) so I'm just going to leave quick comment not to spoil the atmosphere, and to help in algorithm. After all, it's the algorithm that recommended me one of your videos like a year ago, and I'm so glad it did. And I hope you and all of us beautiful people here never drop below 100% survival rate. Thank you so much :)

@SchizoKitzo

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate you so much Kinzhe and I love your comments! I'm glad you liked the video!!! Thanks so much!

You're one if my favorite KZreadrs. I was diagnosed with MDD a few years ago. My life has been quite rough. I think the roughest part is that I feel a lot of shame for this diagnosis I got years ago. Even after recovering, I feel such a great degree of shame. And it hurts my self esteem.

Goodness.

I'm really happy to see you living your best life.

It’s a beautiful message

Wonderful video! I just wish it didn't have to be censored because KZread doesn't know the difference between a video advocating for and against something.

@SchizoKitzo

7 ай бұрын

Yup I agree, and thanks!

Beautiful

Hi, your video inspires me. My daughter is diagnosed with SZA and you give us hope one day she might get to where you are right now.. can you please make a video on how you manage traveling, especially a place so far away. I understand breaking from routine, organizational skill and time difference is hard..so its awesome that you can do all of that

@SchizoKitzo

3 ай бұрын

I made this one a while back, maybe it will help kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqZ9qtefgaXAc9Y.html

3:35 that’s my local town of Greenock 😇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 glad you where here and the weather didn’t seem to bad haha 😜

@SchizoKitzo

5 ай бұрын

It was lovely! The weather was awesome.

Thanks so much for that inspiring video!

i always wanted to be a filmmaker, but unfortunately my mental health has kept me from ever achieving that dream. this winter i've tried to get back into writing via short stories but with the voices it's incredibly difficult. one of the highlights of my life was a trip to europe in 2014 on the back of a manic episode that changed my life and my poor husband's life in a negative way. i love your gentle, caring heart that wants to help people. as a clefted person, your desire to help people with clefts really makes me cry

The music you used throughout the whole video was perfect

@SchizoKitzo

5 ай бұрын

Love hearing this, thank you!

@Death-xb6gt

5 ай бұрын

​@@SchizoKitzo yw

Great video life is worth it and inspirational

i’m amazed you made it through college..its uplifting

@SchizoKitzo

17 күн бұрын

I’m so glad I did too!

This is so inspiring!!! This video is awesome. Thank you for sharing ❤

Thank you for being as strong as you are. Your videos help me not feel alone. And this video came at a very important time in my life. You really are special. Thank you for being you. ❤

I feel like we're friends. I'm so glad you're here

This video is so awesome, thank you for making it

@SchizoKitzo

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Thank you! It was very inspiring! Keep slayin!

@SchizoKitzo

6 ай бұрын

Will do!

Thanks Kit. ! Most beautiful video I've seen all year. !

@SchizoKitzo

7 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

I keep coming back to this video, and to your channel. Thank you.

@SchizoKitzo

5 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome

Something interesting is that your content often seems to pop up right when I need it. I was shit faced while your community post about alcohol cane up. I was planning on unaliving before I saw this. I can't say it fixed anything but I think I'll hold on to living until this depressive episode ends and then I'll probably want to live again. It feels like something is looking out for me or deliberately placing these things into my consciousness to guide me, but it is benevolent. Sometimes I start getting the feeling its speaking to me through metaphors and symbology and that the direct experience of life is illusory. I've been missing my medication a lot and I'm sure there's something more going on to life than I've been aware of, it feels like I'm in the Truman Show being watched by a higher power orchestrating my life keeping me tethered by a string puppeteering me through my life as I pull back on the strings and tangle them into filigree webs of self deception, it gave me a Midas touch where everything I touch turns into shit. My life is free form and dissociated, I don't even really know what's going on anymore but I've decided I'll keep living. I know I won't feel this way forever and that all that is hidden from me by whatever is doing this will be revealed in due time.

Amazing. Insightful. Brave. Vulnerable. Courageous! A brilliant 2024 to you!!! 💜

@SchizoKitzo

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I got energy, thanks

Nice!! Must have been awesome!

Happy New Year! Stephen and I talk about your content a lot. Hope you and Stephen collaborate in 2024. Respect!

@SchizoKitzo

6 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh thanks so much I’m so glad to hear that! And sounds like an awesome idea to me. Respect right back! Y’all’s content is awesome too ^_^

I might as well live. I'm here. Now that I am medicated properly for the first time I am beginning to find enjoyment. Turns out psychotic depression is a thing.

Thank you so much for this content. I’m a parent and looking for info and answers about early psychosis for my son. We caught it early so he’s stable. The one symptom we aren’t making headway on is his emotional numbness, which he says is unbearable bc with no feelings at all there is no reason to live. Have you ever experienced this? I haven’t seen you talk about this one. Thank you so much, again. You are helping so many people not feel alone.

@SchizoKitzo

6 ай бұрын

I get emotionally numb when I’m in depressive episodes, but I know that it is temporary so my mind doesn’t go to dangerous places. But when I’m in it, it’s not good. Hard to do anything I like or enjoy. I hope the two of you can figure it out, because there has to be some kind of solution! And thanks for your kinds words. Hang in there!

@ameliaerhart1218

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! No matter what, even when you go through a bad spurt and the worst of the worst, just remember you made a difference for me giving me security that amazing good hearted smart adorable funny sensitive people like you are living well with this difficulty, and helping us all along the way. ❤

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I glad it has worked out for you, but it is not the same for me.

Hi Schizo 😊 I was just wondering I’m Schizoeffective myself. What do you do for work?

Life may be worth continuing but is it worth starting?

just keep swimming :)

do they let you take all of your medications with you traveling overseas? Legitimate prescriptions (some tightly controlled like alpraz olam). I'm not talking about smuggling anything (all declared). I want to travel, but some of my meds are like a ball and chain.

Team SK 🎉

Visit Italy, it's a good place

Hey,just want to ask,are you on medication? Because im schizophrenia as well.im about to off medication

I love labradors

Jesus loves you

@jeffsoto5435

5 ай бұрын

Shes not religious

I dont condone you going to Jamaica. It is a dangerous hellhole

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