My Mental Health Story & How God led me back to art

[@misskogan]

Thank you for this. I lost my mom 21 years ago and I only just learned that there is such a thing as long grief aka complicated grief. I’m still tying to heal. Wishing you the best.

[@Rockin.Bakken]

I’m so sorry for your loss 🥺 sending hugs & prayers for healing your way. You will get there 🩷 it takes time. Give yourself some grace ☺️☀️

[@bluelotusechoes]

this was powerful 💓 i cant imagine losing a parent to suicide

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you 🩷🙏

[@darkrandom9947]

Thank you for sharing your story. Im glad you are doing better, and i truly hope you have found happiness. I like the paintings in the background. Take care. And thanks again for being so open.

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you so much for watching & for your kind words 🙏 happier days are ahead ☀️😊

[@livylepotato]

No because recently I had gotten off my anxiety and depression meds because for some reason they weren't getting refilled and as soon as you said you were getting brain shakes I 100% knew what you were talking about omg 😭 No, but seriously, I feel like this video was a sign or something because it randomly stumbled onto my feed and I actually really related to a lot of what you are talking about, count me as a new sub 💓 edit: that message towards the end was so sweet, i really needed to hear that rn ❤

[@Rockin.Bakken]

I’m so sorry you’re going through that!! That is so uncomfortable & scary 🥺 thank you so much for subscribing 🩷 that means a lot!

[@laurabellereads]

Thank you for sharing your story Tyler. It takes a lot of strength and courage to be vulnerable on the internet to tell your story. And it's okay to cry! My mental health hasn't been great over the past few weeks especially over the holidays and I just feel stuck, I don't know what direction is the best direction I need to take my life in. End of last year I completed my degree but my uncle passed during cancer surgery and I got in a car accident and my car was a write off. I had surgery for melanoma but now I have to get another surgery, to get scans and see a melanoma specialist. The melanoma was removed but the clearance wasn't big enough and I need to get checked if there are any more cancer. I moved from the town I studied my degree in to go back home to the city I grew up in and living back with family and I had to move my belongings with just a couple of suitcases. And I now have an allergy to sunlight. I'm currently unemployed with no car and I just don't know what I'm doing. All the plans I had has just been thrown in the bin and all my classmates are starting their first job and I have friends who are getting married and I just feel stuck. I'm 25 and I relate to how you felt at 25. Like you, I am very intuitive, I have spiritual gifts and there is someone, I believe God, telling me that I need to make videos again. I will do it but it just feels so hard. Thank you for reading my story.

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you so much for the kind words 🩷☀️ I am so sorry to hear that you are enduring so much 🥺. Sometimes there are seasons in life when we are meant to rest. This might be the perfect time to start making videos again like you said. Sometimes the hardest part is starting. Once you start, it makes it not as hard to keep doing it. Maybe set a small goal to make 1 video per week or 1 video per month ☺️ I believe in you!! You got this. I pray that your depression gets better & I pray for healing/restoration.

[@laurabellereads]

@@Rockin.Bakken Thank you so much for your kind words and prayers. I really appreciate it

[@graceartsgifts]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your story! Art is the best therapy, and you are very talented! God Bless

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you so much for your kind words & for being here ☺️✨

[@christineenger-k8j]

Tyler, this is a beautiful message and you are a beautiful human!! I am so glad I met you yesterday!! ❤

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you for supporting my art & subscribing to my YT channel, Christine!! It was so cool to meet someone with the same taste in music. Lmk if you ever need a concert pal ☺️✨

[@silentfriend369]

You're beautiful, inside and outside... Creation is part of us. As the Creator's Creatures, we are meant to create.

[@Rockin.Bakken]

I appreciate you 😇 & I totally agree! Us creators are meant to create!

[@monarchymouth]

Randomly stumbled across you. Jesus loves you very much and wants to heal you completely 🖤

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you 🩷 Jesus loves you too!!

[@JohnHaigh09]

Yes, God regularly speaks to me and tells me to do things

[@Rockin.Bakken]

🙌😇

[@JohnHaigh09]

@@Rockin.Bakken yes, self-flagellation especially, only true believers do this

[@croppHH]

Thank you for sharing this. Be blessed.

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you for being here ☺️

[@vixenxiii0]

Oh no I’m so sorry, that’s got to be so tough to go through 💔😔

[@Rockin.Bakken]

Thank you 🫶 it wasn’t a good time but we’re still kickin here! 😆

[@Saint.questions]

🖤🖤✝️🕯🔥🥰

[@Rockin.Bakken]

🫶✨☺️

[@user-gw8gx4uw5e]

god isnt real, im sorry for your struggles tho. Its common for people who are going through hard times to cope and come with convenient explanations for things they can't explain. Talking to god is one of them.

[@Rockin.Bakken]

@@user-gw8gx4uw5e maybe to you God isn’t real. God is real because he’s real to me - ever since I could form a sentence. I’m not here to change your mind & I don’t judge people for not believing. I do however, have a problem with someone lacking the empathy in a way of telling a person what is real and what isn’t. I can’t imagine that you haven’t went through anything hard in your life. We all go through struggles. I didn’t “find God” through my struggles nor do I owe you an explanation. I just hope next time you rethink your response especially in regards to mental health topics. Sometimes hope is all people have left.

[@user-gw8gx4uw5e]

​@@Rockin.Bakken god is objectively an unfalsifiable belief, just like children who truly believe Santa Claus is real. It's a narrative we buy into when we are susceptible, either as kids or when we are struggling to find meaning in life. I have struggled, but i have worked through it without the need for believing in untrue things. I have leaned on friends, family and gotten support from real people, those are the real heros to be thankful for.

[@tjaded87]

I wished I could have known her but I feel like I do through you. ✨💕 Be the things you miss about those who are gone. 🫶🏻

[@Rockin.Bakken]

She was the best & you would’ve loved her 🥰 amen sista!