Welcome to my channel! I'm Meredith, a psychotherapist, author, and, most importantly, a human being down to get real on everything...LIFE. I love to discuss themes in therapy, and because of my video on loving an addict, a subscriber requested that I react to Renegade by Big Red Machine feat. Taylor Swift. After that first reaction video, the Swifties swarmed my channel, and the requests came in, leading my channel in a different but welcomed direction. It was a "glorious happening of happenstance." ;) Get ready for some real transparency mixed with humor and warmth.
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The fact that she jump of a cliff in the out of the woods music video 😅
I adore you. Thank you for everything you do and your vulnerability. As a person who very recently has had thoughts of suicide, your words warm my heart. ♥️
I didn't realise that the people who recommended it before didn't give a warning, or I would have said something 💜 I know you have a long list of recs already, but if you need a lighter song after this, you could try the music video for "Love". Thank you for sharing this even though it was hard, and take care of yourself. 💜✨
That message is what I needed, this video is what I needed. Especially with the way I’m feeling, I am a single mom to twins and this whole video healed me in a way
Her best song
I don't like when they do videos where they end their life and then they end the video that way. Billie Eilish did the same thing. it's sort of glorifying it I wish she had shown the pain and then rewound so she made a different decision and then she'll what her future would have been, has she NOT gone through with it SHOW HER AT HER College Graduation , WEDDING, SHOW HER WITH HER CHILDREN, Grand Children, SHOW HER AT PARTIES, SHOW HER GOING THROUGH GOOD AND BAD TIMES, BUT STILL LIVING A GOOD LIFE..... sorry the phone capitalized everything by itself. but for them to end the video where that's it, she's done This bothers me
I freaking love this song because she literally called her out and did not care. Ballsy but that’s our Girl and outing Andrea’s thoughts. Love it ❤
IM HERE
Everything you said here is why the club/radio remix that always gets played always bothers me so much. This is a serious, beautiful piece of art that should be appreciated for what it is. Lana got a lot of flack over the years for idealizing suicide but it's not her fault the general masses chose to mindlessly listen to the upbeat, dance remix.
Just stay here ♥️
PLEASE REACT TO BIGGIE SMALLS-SUICIDAL THOUGHTS IT’S like a life changing song for many many people Please 🙏🏻 😢
This was a song I played a million times but then I watched the video and I never liked the song again.
I feel you
lana fans are about to make this woman go insane (me included)
out if topic but GIRLLL I LOVE UR NAILSSS
her best friend committed suicide and this video is about that, she talks about it also in fingertips when she says "I was in Monaco, I couldn't hear what they said on the telephone, I had to sing for the prince in two hours, I gave my self two seconds to cry" (if I ain't wrong, maybe that's another experience that she had, but I knew summertime sadness was about that)
This song is about her best friend, who committed due to mental health struggles. This is best referred in the line “I think I’ll miss you forever, like the stars miss the sun on a morning sky” which is truly heartbreaking.
It really is so heartbreaking
I didn't believe that music or an artist could have the power to touch someone so much until I met Lana. I know that many lay people who have never bothered to get to know her music say that her songs are sad and that they can encourage negative things. I understand that certain topics can trigger some people, but for me, listening to her was what gave me strength. I have never felt so lost in my life, but hearing about how she managed to move on and how she continues to fight her own demons gives me hope that I can too. I am grateful to have met Lana.
Yes, she’s amazing. She talks about the things people don’t want to look at and I think it’s incredible and needed.
No, no, noooo, NO!
The end is the chaos that goes round and round in her head, maybe while she is high. It just sounds like chaos. My opinion only.
Nobody will listen and it's so frustrating 😢
Do you do psychology online I will literally pay for it!! 🤣
I literally also read it as thank you almee until i read the comments 😂
coming from an addict I’ve never wanted to hug you so bad. we love you Mere🫶🏻
Do Knuckle Velvet from Ethel Cain
The fact that I never knew what this song was about... But as someone who has dealt with those thoughts and impulses my whole life, I do appreciate what you had to say.
React to BEL AIR please 🥺
AAAHH!! LANA DEL REY!!
Your Having Delusional Thinking
this morning i went through my suicide note once again, have been depressed for more than ten years now. i don't seem to get better, and i'm completely missing life as a breathing corpse. my siblings have great lives, and my one and only fear is my sister hurting herself if i do something. anyway, long story short you made me cry
You stay here. Your sister needs you. The Earth needs you. I know with every ounce of my being that you will see a change, it may take longer, but just stay ❤️
how old are you? It could be hormones. xoxo
I loved your analysis! Take care of yourself and its ok if sometimes you need a break. If your followers support you is because you've made a very beautiful community being a really sweet, lovely and really good person
what i’m about to say is not exactly triggering, but it is pretty dark (but the second part is really important), because i can speak from experience of someone who tried to end it and survived. a lot of the times we do it because we don’t really feel loved by others, and 99% of the time when you ask for help people won’t listen, say they’re busy but they love you, people don’t take it seriously or worse: drop you off at the hospital and then you’re treated like shit by professionals. people with BPD find it very difficult to find a professional that will take their case just because their unreliable, so how can you ask for help when there’s no one to ask to, not even professionals? but there’s the other side of this, when you do it and you realize you will die, it feels like all your problems have solutions, you feel the love of your close ones, you fear how they will feel, you fear you won’t see them again, and now all you worry about is your survival, because everything else is manageable. so if you’re reading this, don’t let yourself get close to that edge, you don’t need to harm yourself in order to get a solution, and even if people seem busy they probably are just busy, and you’re far from being a burden, you’re a human for god sake, your tiredness will pass if you give yourself space to rest bc you have time to fix your problems, and all that love and care you desperately want from others, why don’t you give that to yourself? what would happen if instead of harming yourself you ran a nice cozy bath, watch a cozy movie, watched the moon above the dark sky? if you give yourself some space like a journal or a canvas to put it all out with no judgement words, and let things just be? what if you let life embrace you, even with hardships, you can chose to carry the good things, even the really little ones, in your heart.
THANK YOU FOR THESE WORDS
Well-said❤
I agree with y'all it's about her ex. But some of your points are interesting but maybe just a perspective she gained with both experiences. It's like unconscious linking in how she lives with these emotions 😅
I've waited for this reaction so long...and it came. Awww! So happy 😊 One of my favorite songs by Lana, even though is so sad, I see such "lost Hollywood" cinematic vibes, love the video.
i'm from the northeast of Brasil, in a town called Olinda. we have a shopping mall built in 2017/8, and since then, more than 7 people killed themselves there, like you said, when a person do that, others may try too
I have been waiting for this reaction this video has such a tragic message on suicide awareness
Hey, I know you usually react to newer songs and newer artists, but I'd find it interesting for you to delve into some old music. Like REALLY old. Example: my favorite song by my favorite band - "Whispering Pines" by The Band. It would be right up your alley due to its content and artist back story. Because the guy who co-wrote it and sings it dealt with addiction and mental health issues. Unfortunately, this was like 50 years ago when things like that were either ignored or swept under the rug and not taken seriously. Anyway, it's a thought. Sorry for going on for so long. And sorry if I commented about this before. I can be forgetful. 😊
Pleaaaseee, Flipside next, its my favorite from Ultraviolence
Absolutely yes, Flipside has to be the next, and the other one could be Wild at heart 🙌🏽
This is a hard one to watch. It seems suicide is a thing in my world of family and friends. My partner of almost 10 years ended it on March 24th 2010. Then both my cousins in 2018. They were brothers. My nephew in August of last year. His mother found him and now this month on the 6th of June, my oldest brother ended it, he was 61. I feel that no matter what I do it surrounds me. They just don't get how much hurt it causes the people left behind. I am gutted. Don't know how much more I have to endure.
That is absolutely devastating to read and let alone live. The impact on you is so great. I really hope you are letting yourself live, grieve, feel anger, whatever you need given this. The rates are increasing and the contagion effect is so real and fucking awful. I’m so sorry. Please do whatever you can to support yourself. Sending ❤️
@@mendwithmere, thank you. I do, actually. I am an artist. I turn Taylor Swift up or whatever I am feeling on that day and play it loud. It drowns out all the noise in my head. If I didn't have that I don't know what I'd do. I have a painting family on FB with just a couple of really good friends from Australia that I talk to on the reg. It helps me tremendously as does your channel. The LDR today was tough and I was not expecting it. I finished it but then went and mixed paint with Taylor on for a couple hours.
YEEESS FINALLLYYUUUU
Thank you for always being so kind in the videos
Maybe its an amalgamation of all the men shes been with / encountered on a deeper level than just pictured with. After all narcissists really do love her!
I needed to hear this. Thank you, Mere.
Also, while this video is obviously about ending one's life, i find it inspirng in the scope that Lana has openly admitted she "doesn't want to be here" and said she wishes she was dead in interviews but she "keeps going." I find that inspring as someone who has been feeling that way at times in my life for prolonged periods. 🥺
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I love the remix of this song. 🙌😍🏳️🌈🌈
Ewwww disgusting 🤢 Lana talk about her best friend ,so don’t use this disgusting flag.
FINALLY! I love the ending where she's walking down the country road at night with her ghost. Chills!
You’re the best. ❤
When are you reacting to Lana? 😊😊( pls don't misunderstand I'm not trying to sound forceful)
I will save this video to listen to your message as many times as necessary. Thank you, Mere!
Please do!!!! 🤍
Hi Mere, thank you so much for this! There were always a theory this was about a friend of her who committed. After her song Fingertips, we now know what's this about: Aaron Greene, who used to be her boyfriend, ended up dead. He died by a car crash. The visuals of this video, the car, the road... In Dark Paradise she said "I wish I was de@d, like you". She struggled about his dead for so many years.. 💔
Wow. Thank you for sharing this.
it’s so funny that i just commented asking for more lana content lol; thanks mere.
I can never figure out the songs simply by their initials without having to google (for example) Taylor songs that start with the letter T. To me it’s easier to just call this smallest man. Scooter sent Matty to her. She would never say she would die for his sins to Kanye. I disagree but that's the joy of her music. Figuring out who’s who’s of who’s that! 🤪