The Psychological Problems For Pump It Up Players

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TLDRThe video explores the psychological effects of playing Pump It Up, focusing on mental health issues that can arise from gaming obsession. The speaker shares personal experiences and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, seeking validation, and addressing insecurities. They advocate for prioritizing mental health, suggesting that it can lead to better gaming performance and overall well-being. The discussion highlights the need for balance in life and the potential negative impacts of letting gaming define one's identity.

Conclusões

  • 🧠 Mental health is crucial for gamers.
  • 🎮 Obsession can lead to negative psychological effects.
  • 🔍 Self-awareness helps identify unhealthy habits.
  • 💬 Seeking validation can be harmful.
  • 💪 It's okay to have insecurities; acknowledge them.
  • 🏃‍♂️ Prioritize physical health alongside mental health.
  • 🛑 Set boundaries to maintain a healthy gaming lifestyle.
  • 🤝 Encourage friends to seek help if struggling.
  • 🌱 Focus on personal growth beyond gaming.
  • 💖 Gaming should be a fun and healthy outlet.

Linha do tempo

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker discusses the psychological effects of playing 'Pump It Up' and emphasizes the importance of mental health. They express gratitude for positive feedback on previous videos and share their passion for the topic, noting that they are not a professional but have personal experiences to share.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker highlights concerns about players who make 'Pump It Up' their entire identity, leading to obsession rather than passion. They reflect on their own past obsessions with rhythm games and the need for self-awareness regarding one's mental health.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The speaker addresses the issue of seeking constant validation from others, particularly through social media. They share personal experiences of negative feedback and emphasize the importance of not letting others' opinions define one's self-worth.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The speaker discusses insecurities that can arise from gaming, particularly in social settings. They stress the importance of acknowledging flaws and seeking professional help if needed, while also sharing examples of insecure comments made by players.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:20

    The speaker concludes by reiterating the significance of prioritizing mental health for overall well-being, not just for improving gaming performance. They encourage viewers to reflect on their motivations for playing and to seek balance in their lives.

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Vídeo de perguntas e respostas

  • What are the psychological effects of playing Pump It Up?

    Playing Pump It Up can lead to obsession, seeking validation, and insecurities, affecting mental health.

  • How can obsession with gaming affect mental health?

    Obsession can lead to a lack of balance in life, constant validation-seeking, and emotional distress.

  • What should I do if I feel obsessed with a game?

    It's important to seek self-awareness, consider professional help, and prioritize mental health.

  • Is it normal to feel insecure about gaming performance?

    Yes, many people experience insecurities, but acknowledging them is the first step to improvement.

  • How can I improve my mental health related to gaming?

    Focus on self-care, seek professional help if needed, and remember that gaming should be a fun outlet.

  • What role does validation play in gaming?

    Seeking validation can lead to unhealthy competition and dissatisfaction, regardless of achievements.

  • How can I balance gaming and mental health?

    Prioritize mental health by setting boundaries, engaging in self-care, and not letting gaming define your identity.

  • What are some signs of unhealthy gaming habits?

    Signs include obsession with the game, constant validation-seeking, and neglecting other aspects of life.

  • Why is mental health important for gamers?

    Mental health affects overall well-being, relationships, and can enhance gaming performance when prioritized.

  • What should I do if I notice someone struggling with gaming obsession?

    Encourage them to seek help, talk about their feelings, and remind them of the importance of balance.

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    all right guys uh welcome back we got
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    another video uh coming at you this time
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    with the psychological effects from Pump
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    It Up uh this is actually something that
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    I've been more and more passionate about
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    as time has gone on as I've gotten older
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    and with all the things that I've dealt
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    with my personal life over the last
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    couple years uh I've started to heavily
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    prioritize uh my mental health and I'm
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    here today uh to talk to you about
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    mental health and again the
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    psychological effects that can come out
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    from Pump It Up or you could really
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    apply this to literally anything i mean
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    if you want to just stick to the genre
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    you could just say for all rhythm games
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    it's very very important and you can
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    apply it to all of them um before I get
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    into it I do want to say thank you guys
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    for all the positive feedback that you
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    gave on the last video that was like
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    this in the discussion format type of uh
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    content uh it makes me really happy that
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    you guys are enjoying that and this is
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    the second one now um I did write down a
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    couple of bullet points that I have like
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    just right in front of me just so I
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    don't forget any crucial things to talk
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    about but this is a topic that I've
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    never honestly heard anybody ever talk
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    about and um again this is uh purely
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    being made just straight from passion
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    honestly uh there's obviously there
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    there's no there's no uh major revenue
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    or anything like that that's going to be
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    earned from this type of video um and
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    even just with rhythm games as a whole
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    they're so niche um so there's really no
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    uh drive or reason to really push out
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    content in under that aspect and that
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    mentality of you know trying to profit
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    from it it's a straight passion um and
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    again as I've gotten older I've been
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    wanting to make this more and more and
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    more so I'm glad I'm finally getting
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    around to it um but I also again have to
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    thank you guys because it really
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    motivated me to do it so uh without any
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    further ado let's just jump right into
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    it so what are some psychological
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    effects that can happen from playing uh
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    Pump It Up uh well this again is going
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    to apply to very specific uh people um
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    that fit certain criterias and again I I
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    need to make this clear to you as a
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    disclaimer i'm not a you know
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    professional i'm not a therapist i'm not
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    a psychologist uh so keep that in mind
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    obviously I'm just a dance gamer with
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    some opinions so again these are just my
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    opinions and it's things that I've
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    noticed um within myself in the past and
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    uh currently other players that I've
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    seen too it's as I've gotten older I've
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    I've started to notice like all the red
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    flags and uh signs of it uh existing
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    within other people and it's really sad
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    and unfortunate to see and um I'm going
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    to get get distracted here so let's just
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    jump right into it and then we'll talk
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    about why this matters uh near the end
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    of the video um so the first thing that
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    is a very big concern for somebody is if
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    your entire identity is pump it up
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    that's literally it there's nothing else
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    you care to talk about there's nothing
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    you care to think about outside of that
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    majority of your identity as a human
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    being is the game uh that would mean
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    when you're hanging out with people 99%
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    of the time you're talking about pump it
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    up you're thinking about pump it up uh
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    when you're with your significant other
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    you're thinking about pump it up when
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    you're going on a walk you're thinking
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    about pump it up when you're at work
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    you're thinking about pump it up when
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    you're talking to other friends or
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    groups you're thinking about pump it up
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    or talking about pump it up it's one of
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    the two or both thinking or talking
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    about the game majority of your life uh
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    obviously that's a huge concern um but
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    again there's a lot of people that don't
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    realize it uh including myself when
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    again I was younger it wasn't Pump It Up
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    uh primarily it used to be In the Groove
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    um when I was growing up with that game
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    I had a huge obsession with it um I
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    thought it was passion and I guess you
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    could argue some of it was passion um
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    but that's the other point I want to
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    bring up actually was the passion and
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    drive uh determination whatever you want
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    to call it motivation um that turns into
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    obsession that's another really big
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    concern that can have a lot of
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    psychological effects on you as a person
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    when you don't understand the
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    differences and know how to distinguish
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    the two or it could even whether it
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    starts out as passion and and drive and
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    motivation first uh and it slowly
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    evolves into obsession uh or it's just
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    right off the bat starts with obsession
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    and doesn't doesn't ever turn into
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    passion or drive that's the primary
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    thing is just pure obsession that again
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    goes handinhand with everything here
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    here i mean it all comes down to
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    obsessed um I feel like a lot of people
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    really need to hear this this is again
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    why I'm making this video um and if
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    you're one of those people that's uh
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    struggling with these kind of things um
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    it's okay to have those flaws you're a
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    human being again I've had these issues
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    too in the past and it took
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    unfortunately longer than I'd like uh it
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    unfortunately took longer than it needed
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    to for me to realize that I had that
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    problem and I had to do a lot of uh uh
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    self-improvement and get professional
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    help um and I think it's kind of it's
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    sad because it's it's a very big uh
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    what's the word i think stigma is the
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    word I'm looking for like like mental
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    health especially like NA um I'm sure in
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    plenty of other places in the world too
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    where it's just like very frowned upon
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    and like especially uh in men's mental
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    health is like a very big one where I I
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    noticed that it's very heavily frowned
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    upon and gets uh uh a lot of cultures
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    and different places people will cast
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    judgment on uh everybody but primarily
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    I've noticed in men um because of the
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    whole you know mentality of you know men
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    don't cry quote unquote
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    uh pe strong men don't show emotion you
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    know things like that all those kind of
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    uh toxic tropes that uh are just very
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    outdated and need to just need to go
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    honestly uh but
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    um passion and drive uh becoming
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    obsession that's another thing that's
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    really concerning the next one would be
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    um somebody that is dealing with a lot
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    of uh obsession is going to be wanting
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    constant validation uh this could be
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    again online through different social
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    media platforms Discord and Facebook
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    groups or Messenger or Instagram or
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    whatever have you people posting uh
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    their achievements or videos um and it's
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    okay to do all that don't get me wrong i
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    mean I'm doing it uh the difference and
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    the the the the line that you need to be
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    careful to not cross is where basically
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    have to ask yourself why are you posting
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    what you're posting what is the reason
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    behind it um if you're constantly
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    seeking validation and so therefore
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    you're that's your drive and motive to
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    uh not just post but play the game like
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    you're seeking that validation from
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    strangers on the internet or peers or uh
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    friendly rivalries that you have with
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    random people or people you know IRL or
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    whatever have you it doesn't matter at
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    the end of the day if the the core
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    reason is you want
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    validation uh that's obviously a problem
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    that's a concern it's like I I brought
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    this up in the last video uh talking
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    about the the title grinding and stuff
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    like that um and it he it's very very
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    important um if you're seeking that
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    validation from people you're never
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    going to be
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    satisfied those people will never be
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    satisfied either you could literally get
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    a perfect score on a level 25
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    double and people will not be satisfied
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    and I'm speaking from firsthand
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    experience when I got uh Dark Side of
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    the Mind D25 I randomly went on Facebook
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    and it loads in first thing I see is
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    somebody posted uh uh it was some random
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    pump it up group on Facebook they posted
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    my my video of Dark Side of my D25 PG
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    and there was probably I want to say
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    around 100 comments or so 120 right
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    around there and I'm going in there and
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    it's in it's in Spanish but Facebook has
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    a feature you can translate and uh most
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    of it was just negative comments
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    negative comments from toxic people
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    saying toxic things and uh there were
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    granted there were people defending and
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    arguing against those people uh but more
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    so is people just being really toxic and
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    negative and think about that perfecting
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    a level 25 and there's people that will
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    not be satisfied and will critique and
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    point the finger at other play the what
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    aboutism and say oh this and that or xyz
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    or this he only got that because it's on
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    his machine or private machine and he's
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    only good on his machine right he
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    doesn't enter tournaments or blah blah
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    blah blah blah it's just you have to see
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    you have to when that that happens you
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    have to get off the internet like for
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    your own mental health this is something
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    uh again that I really struggle with and
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    admittedly I still have uh an issue with
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    it at times where if I see those those
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    kind of comments it can get to me it can
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    it can make me upset i'll have days
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    where you know my mental game is not as
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    strong and it'll bum me out and make me
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    feel pretty crappy um but the difference
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    between my old self and current self is
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    that I will catch it i'll catch myself
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    doing that and then can set myself back
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    straight and get on the the proper road
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    the mental road to go uh move forward
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    and not uh dwell on it and not let it uh
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    not let other people's opinions uh
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    uh determine my value and tell tell me
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    who I am factually right that's no one
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    else's position but yourself um or
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    people that are very close to you right
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    people you consider very close friends
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    and or family um but I'm bringing that
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    example up to show you and like let you
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    guys know that if you're going to be
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    seeking validation from people like that
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    through Pump It Up uh with your scores
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    and videos of great scores or whatever
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    it literally doesn't matter how good it
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    is there will always be somebody that
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    will be unsatisfied and you're con you
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    will see it the more you're online like
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    that the more you will see it um and the
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    better you get the louder they will get
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    um so really think that that was a one
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    of the bigger points to bring up here
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    and examples to show you uh I got plenty
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    of other ones too but that one was the
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    most recent and craziest one I saw where
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    level 25 perfected as of now there's
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    literally me and two other players that
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    have done that ever and it's still not
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    enough think about that um another trait
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    that can come with uh
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    uh this being a concern is when uh you
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    have a lot of insecurities now
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    insecurities can obviously stem uh from
  • 00:10:30
    other other aspects in your life right
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    uh I used to be a very insecure person
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    too about my physical appearance believe
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    it or not um throughout uh most of my
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    teen years and my early 20s um I had a
  • 00:10:41
    lot of insecurity and I think it's okay
  • 00:10:43
    to have insecurity don't get me wrong
  • 00:10:45
    again we're all human beings everybody's
  • 00:10:46
    flawed um everybody has their issues
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    right i think the best thing the most
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    important thing to mention though is
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    acknowledge the flaws that you have and
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    be aware of them that's the first step
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    and then take the next step which a lot
  • 00:10:58
    of people don't do is if you really feel
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    like it's needed to you can't do it on
  • 00:11:02
    your own they can't improve on your own
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    get professional help there's nothing
  • 00:11:05
    wrong with that um now I know it's
  • 00:11:07
    easier said than done for a lot of
  • 00:11:08
    people because finances are a big issue
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    too um but very very insecure that is a
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    big one um and example for being like
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    restricted to the topic of you know pump
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    it up um I mean I can give a couple of
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    examples you could have somebody picture
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    this you're in a group setting whether
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    it's an arcade or private home you're
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    playing Pump It Up and uh let's just use
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    you as the example you're an insecure
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    person on the game and you're playing
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    and uh you don't do as good as you want
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    on a particular song and after the song
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    you make a comment of oop Discord
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    notification i don't know if you guys
  • 00:11:43
    heard that sorry uh you get you don't
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    perform as well as you uh wanted to and
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    you just feel the need to make this this
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    this comment that stems ultimately from
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    being insecure of like oh man I you know
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    my brain's just not working or there's
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    it's very hard to explain this I am so
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    sorry if you guys hear that Discord
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    notification I need to turn that off
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    sorry hold on there we go um it's really
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    hard to explain this um through a video
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    honestly because like some I feel like
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    Some of these you're going to hear and
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    be like "That doesn't sound bad." But
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    it's a very specific way of saying it in
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    a very specific tone you can the older
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    you get or just the more mature you get
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    you can pick up on it and that's what's
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    been happening with me is I've been
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    picking up on it with other people I've
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    seen where they're playing that's one
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    example of this particular thing
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    someone's playing a song and they just
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    have to make a comment because they
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    didn't get a PG or they didn't get a UG
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    or whatever or they got a miss or they
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    broke combo and they they just always
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    have to make a comment about it of like
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    I'm just not on my agame uh and over and
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    over and over and over again it's like
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    after every single song there's just
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    never enough or uh like another example
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    would be you get a bad score or you just
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    not even necessarily a bad score you
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    just don't get a score you want and you
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    say "Yeah I can get that i can get a
  • 00:13:03
    double S+ on that i can get a triple S+
  • 00:13:04
    on that." you like awkwardly laugh kind
  • 00:13:06
    of thing like afterwards like these are
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    examples of things that I've heard uh
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    through other players and it's like it's
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    again one thing if you say that like one
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    time but it's like if no one's saying
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    anything and you feel the need to fill
  • 00:13:16
    that empty air with like a very in
  • 00:13:18
    clearly insecure comment it's not good
  • 00:13:21
    for your mental and that can take a toll
  • 00:13:22
    on you uh in the long run um there's
  • 00:13:26
    plenty of other things that I can bring
  • 00:13:27
    up as examples too um but off the top of
  • 00:13:30
    my head those were the biggest concerns
  • 00:13:33
    that could be uh the biggest traits that
  • 00:13:35
    you can see in somebody that can be very
  • 00:13:37
    concerning for their psychological uh
  • 00:13:40
    the psychological effects that that can
  • 00:13:41
    have on you um not just in pump but more
  • 00:13:44
    importantly uh in your whole life and
  • 00:13:47
    I'm bringing this up uh not just to tell
  • 00:13:50
    you hey go work on on this if you're
  • 00:13:52
    struggling with any of these things you
  • 00:13:54
    know if you feel you know insecure with
  • 00:13:55
    your skill in the game if you feel like
  • 00:13:57
    you're constantly seeking validation
  • 00:13:58
    from people uh online by posting scores
  • 00:14:01
    like that's your main drive that's your
  • 00:14:03
    reason that's your motive to play the
  • 00:14:04
    game to get better is because you want
  • 00:14:06
    to
  • 00:14:07
    uh impress other people and or get that
  • 00:14:10
    validation you're just you're always
  • 00:14:12
    going to be chasing after that high and
  • 00:14:15
    it will never be enough and it again
  • 00:14:18
    you're going to drive yourself crazy you
  • 00:14:20
    will drive yourself crazy if you
  • 00:14:21
    constantly do this and uh I I gotta give
  • 00:14:24
    credit there was I don't I'm sorry
  • 00:14:26
    whoever it was that made the comment but
  • 00:14:28
    they they made a comment that um I'm not
  • 00:14:30
    uh I'm paraphrasing here but they said
  • 00:14:31
    something along the line of there's
  • 00:14:33
    people that play this this game that
  • 00:14:35
    that they they uh they clench it they
  • 00:14:38
    they they grasp onto it so tightly
  • 00:14:41
    because they found success in in the
  • 00:14:44
    game right they could be really talented
  • 00:14:46
    player and they're very gifted but they
  • 00:14:49
    they're doing this because they lack the
  • 00:14:51
    success and satisfaction u all these
  • 00:14:54
    other areas in their life it could be
  • 00:14:56
    one thing it could be multiple things it
  • 00:14:58
    could be everything and everybody's
  • 00:14:59
    different but because they found success
  • 00:15:02
    in getting better at this game they
  • 00:15:04
    clench onto it and it they turn it into
  • 00:15:06
    their entire identity and they make it
  • 00:15:08
    um they make it their entire identity
  • 00:15:10
    and they make it the only thing that
  • 00:15:13
    shows like uh uh like their their their
  • 00:15:16
    value like that's their value within
  • 00:15:18
    themselves and they want other people to
  • 00:15:20
    validate them because of how they feel
  • 00:15:22
    about it um hopefully I said that well
  • 00:15:25
    sorry I'm I'm so not used to making
  • 00:15:27
    content like this uh either it's so
  • 00:15:29
    abnormal to me but I'm usually used to
  • 00:15:31
    live streaming and like looking over and
  • 00:15:33
    like seeing like chat interacting with
  • 00:15:34
    chat live on my main channel but anyway
  • 00:15:37
    I wanted to bring attention to this and
  • 00:15:39
    the last thing I wanted to mention too
  • 00:15:41
    was um why does this all matter right
  • 00:15:44
    well hopefully most people know why this
  • 00:15:47
    matters it's really important because it
  • 00:15:49
    affects your mental health which can
  • 00:15:50
    affect you severely in your personal
  • 00:15:52
    life uh with family friends excuse me
  • 00:15:56
    loved ones um just in your in your life
  • 00:15:58
    in general you know when you're alone
  • 00:16:00
    too like it's going to affect your
  • 00:16:01
    mental and you should always prioritize
  • 00:16:04
    your mental health um not just to get
  • 00:16:08
    better at the at a video game right
  • 00:16:10
    because that's one aspect to it is if
  • 00:16:12
    you take care of your mental health
  • 00:16:14
    right there's a whole lot of other
  • 00:16:15
    things that that go in with improving
  • 00:16:18
    and and uh taking care of your mental
  • 00:16:21
    health but on the topic of this where
  • 00:16:24
    people that are obsessed and seeking
  • 00:16:26
    that validation and all those things we
  • 00:16:27
    talked about um if you work on those
  • 00:16:30
    things um whether it's on your own or
  • 00:16:34
    hopefully through professional help if
  • 00:16:35
    you're able to get access to that uh I
  • 00:16:37
    strongly suggest it it'll really go a
  • 00:16:39
    long way uh and you'll notice an
  • 00:16:41
    improvement uh in your gameplay in the
  • 00:16:43
    long run if you start to prioritize that
  • 00:16:45
    and take care of that um but again much
  • 00:16:49
    more importantly right because at the
  • 00:16:50
    end of the day this is just a video game
  • 00:16:52
    right it's way more important for you to
  • 00:16:54
    prioritize taking care of your mental
  • 00:16:56
    health for your life in general outside
  • 00:16:58
    of the video game um sadly again there
  • 00:17:01
    are people that will probably just
  • 00:17:02
    prioritize this uh after this video and
  • 00:17:05
    think like they just won't get it
  • 00:17:07
    they'll think "Oh if I take care of my
  • 00:17:08
    mental health I'll get better at pump."
  • 00:17:10
    And like that's the only reason right
  • 00:17:11
    it's like it's okay to have that be a
  • 00:17:13
    reason but that again that shouldn't be
  • 00:17:14
    the core reason right people should take
  • 00:17:16
    care of their mental health so that they
  • 00:17:18
    can better themselves become more mature
  • 00:17:20
    be more healthy in the mental side of
  • 00:17:23
    things uh and that'll go a long way in
  • 00:17:25
    your life and then if you're not finding
  • 00:17:27
    success right in life outside of a video
  • 00:17:30
    game um your mental health taking care
  • 00:17:33
    of your mental health can actually turn
  • 00:17:35
    into uh finding success uh for whatever
  • 00:17:38
    you know micro goals or big goals that
  • 00:17:40
    you have in your personal life outside
  • 00:17:42
    of pump um but again wanted to bring
  • 00:17:44
    this up because I it does tie in on the
  • 00:17:48
    topic of pump it up in the game of like
  • 00:17:50
    people always asking me how do I get
  • 00:17:52
    better i started to recently implement
  • 00:17:54
    this into the conversation um and trying
  • 00:17:57
    to read people that if I don't know them
  • 00:17:59
    personally try to try to get a a feel
  • 00:18:01
    for them and understand if they have any
  • 00:18:03
    of these symptoms and like let them know
  • 00:18:04
    like you know hey man I'm I'm telling
  • 00:18:06
    you I'm coming from a place of you know
  • 00:18:07
    care and love from this and not trying
  • 00:18:09
    to uh you know scold you or uh judge you
  • 00:18:13
    right because everybody's human
  • 00:18:14
    everybody's got their flaws and that's
  • 00:18:15
    okay uh but point it out to them and try
  • 00:18:18
    to give them uh advice and show examples
  • 00:18:20
    right and then give them advice and uh
  • 00:18:23
    people have been really thankful and
  • 00:18:25
    appreciative of that because they never
  • 00:18:26
    realized it i never realized it when I
  • 00:18:28
    had that issue growing up it wasn't even
  • 00:18:30
    that long ago i I said it originally it
  • 00:18:33
    primarily was in in the groove but it
  • 00:18:35
    did bleed into pump it up uh several
  • 00:18:36
    years ago when I was first getting into
  • 00:18:38
    it and I had to catch it um I had close
  • 00:18:42
    ones tell me and I just never realized
  • 00:18:44
    it because I was so uh emotionally
  • 00:18:46
    immature uh back then but thankfully now
  • 00:18:49
    I've been aware of it and now I start to
  • 00:18:51
    implement this when again when people
  • 00:18:53
    ask me how do I get better at this game
  • 00:18:55
    um I'll tell them you know a lot of
  • 00:18:58
    people talk about you know X Y and Z
  • 00:19:00
    within the game right oh you know just
  • 00:19:02
    work on brackets work on foot switches
  • 00:19:05
    work on foot speed work on twists and do
  • 00:19:07
    this and that all these things within
  • 00:19:08
    the game right but no one ever talks
  • 00:19:11
    about outside of the game and not again
  • 00:19:14
    going back to my point before um working
  • 00:19:18
    on your mental health um is obviously a
  • 00:19:21
    great thing to do but again you
  • 00:19:23
    shouldn't do it just to get better at
  • 00:19:25
    the game but if we're going to be on
  • 00:19:27
    that topic with that said um it's really
  • 00:19:31
    it's it's just a topic that no one talks
  • 00:19:32
    about no one talks about it and things
  • 00:19:34
    like you know um if you want to go
  • 00:19:36
    outside of the the stuff we talked about
  • 00:19:38
    with you know seeking validation
  • 00:19:40
    constantly insecure insecurity um
  • 00:19:42
    obsession like put those things aside
  • 00:19:44
    right um some other thing I feel like I
  • 00:19:47
    need to make another video on on this
  • 00:19:49
    stuff too um which I probably will in
  • 00:19:51
    the future if people keep giving uh
  • 00:19:53
    positive feedback on this type of format
  • 00:19:55
    of content um what was I getting I'm
  • 00:19:59
    sorry well to dabble in a little bit of
  • 00:20:02
    the the topic ics of you know the um the
  • 00:20:05
    mental health side of things outside of
  • 00:20:06
    what we discuss on this video um just to
  • 00:20:10
    lightly touch on it I would say you know
  • 00:20:13
    sleep schedule is really important uh
  • 00:20:14
    your diet is really important um that
  • 00:20:17
    that's more of physique and physical
  • 00:20:19
    health um but at the same time eating
  • 00:20:22
    poorly can affect your mental then again
  • 00:20:25
    um staying hydrated drink water guys uh
  • 00:20:28
    that's coming from someone who had a
  • 00:20:29
    kidney stone and a really bad one at
  • 00:20:31
    that um etc etc like I again I don't
  • 00:20:34
    want to get too deep into the the you
  • 00:20:37
    know branching out to those kind of uh
  • 00:20:39
    mental health topics i'll make another
  • 00:20:40
    video for that but it it actually plays
  • 00:20:43
    quite an important role into getting
  • 00:20:44
    better um I mentioned that I've gone
  • 00:20:46
    through quite a bit of stuff in my
  • 00:20:47
    personal life in the last couple of
  • 00:20:49
    years and it severely affected my mental
  • 00:20:51
    health and thankfully I was able to get
  • 00:20:54
    professional excuse me professional help
  • 00:20:58
    and it went a long ways and funny enough
  • 00:21:02
    um when I started to
  • 00:21:05
    acknowledge prioritizing my mental
  • 00:21:08
    health and physical health I cannot I
  • 00:21:11
    cannot uh stress how much of a drastic
  • 00:21:15
    change I saw in my performance and pump
  • 00:21:18
    just naturally it wasn't even my goal of
  • 00:21:20
    like oh let me go do this with my mental
  • 00:21:23
    health right let me go take care of my
  • 00:21:25
    mental health and then I'll be really
  • 00:21:26
    good at this pump it up dance simulation
  • 00:21:28
    game right that was that's not what I'm
  • 00:21:30
    getting at it by uh it naturally came
  • 00:21:34
    with my intention of getting my mental
  • 00:21:36
    health better and physical health uh
  • 00:21:38
    alongside with that right for my
  • 00:21:40
    personal life and my personal all
  • 00:21:42
    personal stuff i naturally got better at
  • 00:21:46
    the game because I was taking care of
  • 00:21:48
    those things i started to prioritize
  • 00:21:50
    those things and another thing that I
  • 00:21:51
    noticed too funny enough I feel like
  • 00:21:53
    some people will raise eyebrows at me
  • 00:21:54
    saying this but when I stopped caring as
  • 00:21:57
    much um because people I I say that I
  • 00:22:00
    make that comment because I know there's
  • 00:22:02
    going to be people out there like you
  • 00:22:04
    know how can you say you're you're not
  • 00:22:05
    you don't care like you're a top ranked
  • 00:22:08
    player blah blah blah blah blah and it's
  • 00:22:09
    like yeah I I'm trying to figure out how
  • 00:22:12
    to articulate this
  • 00:22:14
    it's like I said in the last video I I
  • 00:22:17
    care about being good at the game to
  • 00:22:21
    some extent it's not however excuse me
  • 00:22:25
    it's not however how it was for me
  • 00:22:27
    before where that was my only goal
  • 00:22:30
    that's all I cared about was I just want
  • 00:22:32
    to be good right now um nowadays you
  • 00:22:37
    know being 34 plus for crying out loud
  • 00:22:40
    um it's it's more about when I go in and
  • 00:22:43
    play like the reasoning that I that's
  • 00:22:45
    behind me playing Pump It Up nowadays um
  • 00:22:48
    as a Phoenix
  • 00:22:49
    honestly
  • 00:22:51
    is it's because I care more about my
  • 00:22:54
    physical and mental health and I use the
  • 00:22:56
    game as an outlet to take care of those
  • 00:22:58
    things um as as a way to take care of
  • 00:23:01
    those things and better myself right
  • 00:23:04
    with having that hobby so when I'm going
  • 00:23:07
    in uh that's the priority so if I'm
  • 00:23:10
    having a bad day yeah I'm going to get
  • 00:23:11
    upset and I'll be bummed out if I'm just
  • 00:23:13
    not playing well and I'm not getting the
  • 00:23:15
    scores I want like personal goals that I
  • 00:23:16
    have or whatever have you um but I can
  • 00:23:18
    always lean back now on hey at least I
  • 00:23:21
    burned some calories you know and taking
  • 00:23:22
    care of myself and that that also helps
  • 00:23:24
    with not just physical health again
  • 00:23:26
    mental health um so I've been making
  • 00:23:28
    that um my main reason to play it just
  • 00:23:31
    so happens that I'm I I I uh I have the
  • 00:23:37
    the the talent still alongside with that
  • 00:23:41
    if that makes sense um sure I love to be
  • 00:23:44
    where I'm at forever right but no one's
  • 00:23:46
    going to be able to do that it's
  • 00:23:47
    impossible um so I think a lot of people
  • 00:23:50
    misunderstand that and uh that that have
  • 00:23:52
    that talk to me on a personal level
  • 00:23:54
    obviously people online don't know any
  • 00:23:56
    of this until literally right now when
  • 00:23:58
    I'm talking about it so I don't blame
  • 00:24:00
    you know strangers online making
  • 00:24:02
    assumptions of like oh he really really
  • 00:24:04
    wants to be good it's like yes but no it
  • 00:24:07
    it really just comes down to the mental
  • 00:24:09
    and physical health being the priority
  • 00:24:12
    and less about I want to be a top player
  • 00:24:15
    i that really is not a priority anymore
  • 00:24:17
    uh contrary to popular belief I
  • 00:24:19
    understand though again because you just
  • 00:24:21
    see the videos of you know me playing
  • 00:24:24
    And that's it you don't hear me talk um
  • 00:24:27
    but that's going to be a wrap for this
  • 00:24:29
    video guys uh how long did we make this
  • 00:24:31
    one oh about the same as the last one i
  • 00:24:33
    thought it was going way way longer um
  • 00:24:36
    if you guys have any questions or want
  • 00:24:37
    to make any comments regardless please
  • 00:24:39
    put it in the comment section down below
  • 00:24:41
    let me know what you think of this video
  • 00:24:43
    i'm really glad I made this one because
  • 00:24:45
    again it was something I'm I've been
  • 00:24:46
    really really adamant about and
  • 00:24:48
    passionate about um just spreading
  • 00:24:50
    awareness um before this video was just
  • 00:24:53
    you know mouthto mouth where person to
  • 00:24:55
    person word of mouth sorry um but yeah
  • 00:24:58
    let me know if you uh have any questions
  • 00:25:00
    or if you have any examples of uh things
  • 00:25:03
    that you've noticed in your personal
  • 00:25:05
    life or your personal uh uh the road
  • 00:25:08
    that you've been on with this game and
  • 00:25:10
    or if you just know somebody else like
  • 00:25:12
    you can share stories keep it anonymous
  • 00:25:14
    obviously and uh yeah I hope you guys
  • 00:25:17
    enjoyed the video thanks for watching
  • 00:25:19
    guys take care
Etiquetas
  • Pump It Up
  • mental health
  • gaming
  • psychological effects
  • validation
  • obsession
  • insecurity
  • self-awareness
  • balance
  • self-care