mental illness is no joke (seriously) (vol. 2)

Estimated read time: 1:20

Summary

In this heartfelt and candid video, creator "ito can't sleep" opens up about personal struggles with mental health, daily life, and passions. Through discussing small victories like cleaning her room and enjoying hobbies such as manga, anime, and music, she provides a relatable narrative about overcoming challenges. Despite past difficulties with mental wellness, she expresses gratitude for the supportive community she's found online, sharing insights on her favorite media, games, and musical interests while encouraging open communication and connection with her audience.

Highlights

The creator shares her challenges with maintaining a clean room and her journey towards improvement. 🧹
Discusses her love for manga like "Goodnight Punpun" and animes such as "Murder Drones." 📚
Expresses a passion for games like "Splatoon 3" and visual novels such as "Doki Doki Literature Club." 🎮
Shares her taste in music, ranging from video game soundtracks to Vocaloid. 🎵
Opens up about playing various musical instruments and missing the collaborative nature of band. 🎸

Key Takeaways

Mental health is a continuous journey, and small achievements like cleaning a room are worth celebrating. 🎉
Sharing personal stories can lead to meaningful connections and friendships. 🤝
Hobbies like reading manga, watching anime, and enjoying music are great ways to cope with stress. 🎶
Being open about mental health struggles is important and can be liberating. 🚀
Music and art are powerful tools for expression and healing. 🎨

Overview

In this video, the creator known as 'ito can't sleep' allows viewers a glimpse into her world, discussing the ups and downs of her daily life intertwined with her love for manga, anime, and music. Sporting a casual, 'just got out of bed' look, she is relatable to many who watch not because of perfect settings or rehearsed scripts, but because of her authenticity.

From battling with keeping her room tidy to cherishing her favorite mangas, she connects with her audience by sharing narratives that resonate on the topics of mental health and personal triumphs. Her openness about needing help and eventually progressing to handle tasks independently strikes a chord, underscoring the importance of talking openly about mental health.

Music plays a significant role in her life, serving as both a solace and passion. Whether it’s playing instruments, enjoying concerts, or delving into game soundtracks, music is depicted as a source of joy and recovery. Through her candid conversation, viewers are invited not just to listen but to engage and connect over shared experiences in the realm of mental health and creativity.

Chapters

00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Personal Updates The chapter starts with a casual greeting and an apology for the host's appearance, emphasizing a relaxed and informal setting. The host is in pajamas and has not styled their hair, having just showered and slept. Despite this, they feel their appearance is acceptable. The host mentions a bit of tidying up done in the room, highlighting a minor accomplishment of the day, although the viewer cannot see the changes.
00:30 - 02:00: Cleaning and Personal Challenges In this chapter titled 'Cleaning and Personal Challenges', the narrator discusses their effort to clean up a messy area filled with trash and dirty dishes. They express satisfaction with their accomplishments, acknowledging the personal challenge cleaning presents to them. The narrator reflects on the difficulty of cleaning their room and how clutter tends to accumulate over time.
02:00 - 04:30: Favorite Manga and Shows The narrator discusses their previous struggles with managing overwhelming tasks, such as cleaning, and expresses gratitude for help received from others. However, they mention recent progress, as they have been able to complete these tasks independently, expressing pride and happiness in this accomplishment.
04:30 - 06:30: Video Games and Visual Novels The chapter delves into the personal experience of the narrator, who describes a particularly low point in their life characterized by neglect and an unhygienic living environment. This involved issues like rotting food, scattered trash, and a severe bug infestation. The reflection shared denotes a lesson learned and a resolve to prevent such conditions from occurring again, highlighting a moment of self-awareness and personal growth.
06:30 - 10:00: Music Preferences and Experiences The chapter explores the speaker's dedication to their work and their commitment to improving daily. Additionally, the speaker addresses questions about their entertainment preferences, revealing a fondness for manga, particularly 'Oyasumi Punpun,' and mentions cosplaying as Ieko, indicating an engagement with manga culture.
10:00 - 14:30: Musical Instruments and Performing The chapter discusses the impact of Aso's works on the speaker. They express that even though they don't read much manga, Aso's works have made them contemplate their life, showcasing the profound effect of his storytelling. This reflection is something they deeply enjoy about his creations.
14:30 - 16:00: Open Discussion and Personal Growth In this chapter titled 'Open Discussion and Personal Growth,' the discussion revolves around personal preferences in television shows. One of the participants shares their enthusiasm for the anime 'Murder Drones,' expressing how much they enjoy it despite not watching many other animes. They mention having merchandise related to the show, such as N and Uzi plush toys. This exchange highlights a moment of sharing personal interests and growth through open discussion in a group setting.

mental illness is no joke (seriously) (vol. 2) Transcription

00:00 - 00:30 [Music] hello I apologize for just filming in my pajamas my hair is not done but it's okay I think I think it looks fine considering I just I just took a shower then went to sleep oh I also cleaned up my room a little today I mean you can't see it but this little like side table
00:30 - 01:00 that I have over here there was a bunch of trash and stuff on it but I cleaned all of it up and I put all of my dirty dishes away and yeah I'm pretty happy about that cuz sometimes it's really hard to clean my room or like you know just I don't know once something is there it kind of just like P up and then
01:00 - 01:30 it just gets more overwhelming to clean so I've had to have help from people before which I'm very grateful for and yeah but recently I've been doing pretty good so I've been able to do these things by myself and I'm very proud of myself I'm really happy I can do that now cuz a really really long time ago um this is kind of gross but when I
01:30 - 02:00 was at my absolute worst um there would just be you know like rotting food trash would be everywhere and I did have a really bad bug infestation and that's like disgusting I know but [Music] yeah I never wanted to get that bad again so
02:00 - 02:30 I'm always working I'm always trying my best every single day I won't let it get like that again yeah um also I've seen people ask questions about you know like manga or books or shows that I really like so I'll answer those um some of my favorite mangas if you can't already tell I really like do yasumi pun pun I cosplayed ieko
02:30 - 03:00 and I I do like a lot of aso's works I also really liked I I think that's definitely I don't know it after I read it I just contemplated about my life a little bit I feel like his Works tend to have that effect on you and I really really enjoy that about him um honestly I don't read that much manga so that might be it
03:00 - 03:30 actually and for favorite shows I don't watch many animes but I do really really enjoy murder drones does anyone know what that is I like I really really enjoyed murder drones I have an N push and an Uzi push and I want more but I can't I don't have
03:30 - 04:00 enough money I need to spend my money responsibly yeah I already know I'm not I'm not going to do that but I just I can't whenever I see like a silly little plush of something I like I just have to get it I have to get it it has to be mine um so yeah um some other oh I also really like Moka Maga and
04:00 - 04:30 Evangelion and let's see magical girl site and trying to think that's all I can think of off the top of my head because like I said I don't really watch many shows or animes um but yeah kind of like that genre of stuff if you catch my drift if that makes sense um yeah and also oh what was I
04:30 - 05:00 going to talk about oh some of the games I play Splatoon 3 also Splatoon 2o although I don't like I don't know how it's the the game play as much apart from octo expansion I absolutely loved octo expansion and I will play it again I will play it I think I've played through it like completely in its entirety maybe like three or four times by now
05:00 - 05:30 okay my phone just fell over very cool um anyways yeah um Splatoon 3 Splatoon 2 Minecraft Project saai very rarely OSU I'm not very good at it plus I only play Mania anyways but um what else oh this isn't like a game that you can
05:30 - 06:00 really play with other people but I really liked yum Niki I also oh visual novels I really like visual novels I also really like doy toi literature club that was pretty good um I also really like sa no UTA also very good very interesting but um yeah that's what I can think of off the top of my head
06:00 - 06:30 oh the type of music I like I like I really like Jack stobber um I really like video game soundtracks I consistently listen to the Delta Ron undertale Yi key like I listen to all those soundtracks pretty consistently um I also listen to Alita I love Alita I went to one of her concerts she signed my
06:30 - 07:00 Sketchbook yeah but anyways I also really like Vocaloid I met kikua before I still can't believe I met kikua I gave him one of my pet rocks I hope he still has it cuz I don't know I hope he I I don't even know what he would do with it not going to lie but yeah uh in Vocaloid I really enjoy like I said
07:00 - 07:30 kikuo um who else I like most of the really popular artists right now um I also like more Niche vocal Aid artists like Babu Chan I don't know if a lot of people know that producer um also the one that made the song that goes like ch
07:30 - 08:00 that artist I forgot that artist's name but I really like their music um oh I also really like Nero's Day at Disneyland which is more of like I think it's I don't I don't really know what it is actually I just stumbled across their music one day and I really enjoyed it so yeah if anyone knows nar's day at
08:00 - 08:30 Disneyland like we need to talk um let's see any other music uh I used to listen to a fair amount of Jpop um I used to listen to a lot of Eve um I used to listen to a lot of Ado before she got super famous um I used to listen to
08:30 - 09:00 Y also listen to to you um let's see ohto Mayo I love I love ttoo I remember back during I think it was right before Co I would just listen to her songs nonstop I love I I I love their music it's very good
09:00 - 09:30 um yeah I think that's most oh I love I love them so good if any of you listen to their songs again please talk to me please also um trying to think oh so how do you say that uh
09:30 - 10:00 so I think that's how you say the name the theory of relativity I also really like that band and I played a few of their songs on my guitar If you also like them please talk to me oh yeah I also um oh I also wanted to talk about some of the instruments I play
10:00 - 10:30 um I have a guitar like an acoustic guitar I have a Telecaster I have a flute which I don't really play on that much I was in band in middle school and high school I still really want to perform in a band though cuz after high school there isn't really many opportunities like that anymore so I'm kind of sad cuz I really liked you you know coming as a group making music
10:30 - 11:00 you know I do really miss that um I also have a ukulele but my brother broke it on accident cuz he's just he's just a little boy I don't think he even knew like what he did but I can't play on that anymore well I should probably go get it fixed but yeah ukulele I also play piano although not very
11:00 - 11:30 consistently I just play whenever I feel motivated to but yeah um oh yeah if you if you guys want to hear me play any songs especially if it's on like the guitar or piano and it's not like super difficult you could recommend some to me cuz I'm always looking to make music cuz I love music just like how I love art but yeah
11:30 - 12:00 even though if I might be kind of physically unwell right now I think mentally I'm really happy because I made I made some new friends through the people that contacted me and I'm really happy that I could I don't know I'm just really happy that other people can relate to my struggles and and
12:00 - 12:30 yeah yeah I guess I don't know I've never I've never been this open before and yeah I think it's worth it I was really scared about talking about stuff like this in the past but I think it's worth it now especially you know since
12:30 - 13:00 I'm making more friends and I'm genuinely like I genuinely enjoy doing this yeah also like sorry about My Shabby clothing this is just like an XX large random t-shirt that I use as a as my pajamas I haven't even brushed my hair it's okay but but
13:00 - 13:30 yeah I think I think that's all I wanted to talk about um