The Cure Visual Poem

fantastic

Really like this. Beautiful video.

Brilliant and Moving. Here's this Parents response on my website sqeeky wheel . com sorry about the link

Michael, Thank you! I am moved not only by your words and courage, but your strength in honoring your friend. I too had a friend that died and wish I had your talent to honor her too. You have inspired me to try. Kudo's to you! I believe as you do; not until we put our face on mental illness, will the stigma disappear. From an advocate that is older, I truly believe that your generation will be the one that succeeds.

there needs to be more mental health awareness .. hell i've got mad anxiety.

Poignant message,awesome venue !

I don't know how many times I'd wish I could think like normal people. You have to stay positive and work to try and live the best you can.

thank you so much for making this.

@pmphillipmasters I was just having a conversation with a friend of mine about an earlier video I did for the come out campaign. Asking why I didn't have people with borderline personality in the video. Best answer I could provide is that I didn't really know very much about it. I'll see what I can do to change that. Thanks for the support dude. And she's most definitely not alone. Every day I realize that a little more.

You are right, Cleopatra. She is a great girl. I had a lot of awesome people in my life and that's why I was able to get better. Monglo I totally understand that other people had it way worse than I did. I admit that I was lucky and I'm only speaking about this because I'm so lucky and am able to express myself. Alot of people don't have the ability to speak or the support I did. I feel like I owe it to them to do what I can. Thanks for all the support. You guys are awesome.

My favorite part of this video is how Michael credits his girlfriend with helping him get through it. Support is really important and you can tell she is a great girl and he really loves her. It takes a real man to have proper respect for a woman.

For someone who doesn't want to be labeled crazy it seems like you are pretty comfortable judging other people. I hate when people use the word bitchy. It's so misogynistic. Mental illness effects way more women than it does men. Double the amount of women suffer anxiety and depression. Why do you think that is? Maybe because more than double the amount of women are sexually assaulted and suffer from PTSD? That's why it always bothers me when people say its bio. It's also cultural.

@MrCraiglayton You aren't alone friend. Been there too.

@pmphillipmasters Even if you do have a mental illness you need to be accountable for your actions. I mean if she is mean because she has a problem I guess that's not her fault just hard to understand. I had a friend who was an alcolic and he became a dick when he drank. Yelling and cursing and being an asshole. Makes you think he shouldn't drink. I guess its not relly the same thing. Maybe that's why its so hard to feel compassion, becuase we don't know what's behind people's actions.

Again just wanted to thank you. For my girl. Made her feel less alone.

@franklinstreetking TBH crraziness doesn't mean anything anymore. Good food is crazy. They dont mean that the food is mentally ill. Ppl don't realize that someone like you might be listening. Ur right though about ppl not giving 2 shits about the feelings of people with mental illness. My girl has borderline personality disorder and no one believes her. They just think she's bitchy.

I'm disturbed by the way a lot of people with mentel illness are treated. People think its okay to call people crazy. I'm not crazy. I just have different brain chemistry! What does crazy even mean?

@NolelyNole I'm not playing any game, just relating the experience of someone I know.

I love what you're doing Jason. I have bipolar disease and have dealt with it without help, or with poor – I won't say "help", because it didn't. Only in the last three years have I actually received interventions that work. So that's a lifetime of great struggle and guilt and misery. Although I don't keep my illness secret, neither do I speak of it openly. I still think I will be judged negatively. Still. So I honour you and respect your courage. I hope you get relief from your own struggles.

@MichaelGrayKimber Great Job Buddy. I've been dealing with a Mental Illness for most of my life. I laid in a hospital bed while my friends were told "He'll never survive this one." But I did and I struggle everyday but I have an amazing Partner and a Beautiful daughter. I'm proud to see a fellow artist standing and opening eyes.

Gimme thumbs up if you agree that Michael Kimber is the sexiest jewish cowboy EVER.

@TheMonglo

Lets not play the who has it worse game.

Love it.

Most videos about depression suck donkey balls. This doesn't. Nice to see someone actually talking about this stuff without making it into a bunch of stupid fucking cliches. I'm surprised that this is really good when I was expecting it to be bullshit.

Think anxiety disorder is bad?Try the double whammy mind-fuck of paranoia disorder and anxiety disorder together at the same tier. I know someone very close to me that has lived with that for over a decade. What's really disconcerting is that some douchebags out there that see the fear in him prey upon his fear because they see him as weak.