20K Views, 0 Friends: The Cost of Chasing Dreams đŸ“±đŸ’ž
Mental5 Jun 2025

20K Views, 0 Friends: The Cost of Chasing Dreams đŸ“±đŸ’ž

Nearly 70% of young adults say online hate has crushed their mental health. But what happens when that negativity isn't just from random trolls—it's coming from your group chat and your own father?

Meet Jonathan: 19 years old, creative dreamer who posted one freestyle video hoping to share his art with the world đŸŽ”. Instead, he went viral for all the wrong reasons. 20,000 views. Thousands of comments tearing him apart. His friends turned it into a roast session. His dad called it embarrassing.

When everyone you trust becomes a critic, how do you keep believing in yourself? Jonathan almost gave up on his dreams until one voice message from his best friend Malik cut through all the noise: "Don't let those who don't mean that much, mean that much." 📍

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do isn't clap back or prove the haters wrong—it's deciding what YOU believe about yourself. This two-part story follows Jonathan as he learns to turn down the volume on everyone else's opinions and finally starts listening to his own voice again 🔊.

Over 60% of young adults struggle with mental health, but here's the insider secret—you don't have to just wing it through hard moments. Mental skills are the cheat code to life that nobody's teaching, and your future self will thank you for learning them now ✹

Episoder(155)

Post Travel Depression Is Real (Here’s How Emily Climbed Out)

Post Travel Depression Is Real (Here’s How Emily Climbed Out)

It turns out the “post-travel crash” is common enough that therapists and travel writers have a name for it: post-vacation blues—that mood drop when you go from high-stimulation adventure back to rout...

21 Des 202514min

Teen Body Image Crisis: Silent Battles Unseen

Teen Body Image Crisis: Silent Battles Unseen

I’m 16, standing in my aunt’s kitchen on Thanksgiving, trying to convince myself that a marshmallow is a threat. Everyone else is laughing in the dining room, and I’m over here negotiating with a cass...

14 Des 20259min

How to Leave a Toxic Friend Group (Without Losing You)

How to Leave a Toxic Friend Group (Without Losing You)

If your “best friends” are the reason your stomach drops every time your phone buzzes, this episode is for you. 221 unread messages, one toxic group chat, and the moment Maria finally chooses herself ...

7 Des 202515min

2AM Thoughts and an Overthinking Brain

2AM Thoughts and an Overthinking Brain

If overthinking was an Olympic sport, Gen Z would take the gold—but all we get is anxiety and insomnia. This episode is the cool-down routine your brain's been begging for.   Freshman year. Private sc...

30 Nov 202514min

Why You Feel Stuck (and What Redwoods Can Teach You)

Why You Feel Stuck (and What Redwoods Can Teach You)

You ever feel behind in life
 like everyone else already bloomed and you're still figuring out if you’re even a plant? đŸŒ± Redwoods get it. They grow 350 feet tall, live for 2,000 years
 but start smal...

25 Nov 20254min

The Yes Hangover: When You’re Overbooked and Undone

The Yes Hangover: When You’re Overbooked and Undone

You ever say yes so many times you wake up buried in commitments, caffeine, and a crusty planner? That’s Ariel. And this is the story of her yes hangover—and the breakthrough that followed.   In this ...

23 Nov 202511min

847 Unread Messages and I Couldn’t Breathe

847 Unread Messages and I Couldn’t Breathe

I just deleted the group chat. 3 years of inside jokes—gone in one swipe. My hands are still shaking, and no one knows why... yet.   If you've ever felt group chat fatigue, this one’s for you. In toda...

16 Nov 202512min

Why Don’t I Have My Life Together? (Spoiler: Most People Don’t)

Why Don’t I Have My Life Together? (Spoiler: Most People Don’t)

You ever feel like you’re collecting unfinished hobbies instead of achievements? One month it’s Italian on Duolingo. The next, guitar lessons. Now there’s an embroidery hoop staring at you from your d...

9 Nov 202515min

PopulĂŠrt innen For unge lyttere

min-barneoppdragelse
er-det-noe-liv-med-nora-angeltveit
foreldreradet
vitnemal
snipp-snapp-snute
mamma-jobber
jordmorpodden-om-graviditet-fodsel-og-barseltid
gravid-uke-for-uke
rss-the-molvar-maurstads
familieliv
rss-maren-mina
lrerrommet
uroskolen
rss-det-ma-vi-snakke-om
plutselig-barneteater
rss-fertilitetsradet
fodselspodden
fodepodden-2
rss-ifengsel-podden
rss-gravidpodden-uke-for-uke