REN - MACKAY | Neurogal MD Reacts

[@DarrellW_UK]

I think this was a really amazing piece from Ren, I’m a musician myself but one that can’t sing so my music is always instrumental. I concentrate on making music that is a reflection of how I’m feeling at the time. To me it gives me an outlet that most people don’t have and it’s very therapeutic, especially when you go back to it at another time and think about it. I really enjoy your reactions to music it gives me more of an insight into what I feel and why when I listen to music, like you I can get quite emotional to it. Ren - Hi Ren was one of them because there were a lot of things in it that I could relate to. Another song is a cover of the Nine inch nails/Jonny Cash song ‘Hurt’ by a vocal coach Lolli Wren - also known as The Fairy Voice Mother who is a KZbin reactor also; her rendition had me streaming with tears! As regards the aspects of Death, I have experienced a few strange moments, both when I couldn’t be there for close relatives. It was like a feeling of unease that gradually receded to complete peace; until your information on this video I never managed to figure it out, now I understand what it most likely was that I had experienced and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that 🌹

[@peterveste6976]

Thank you for continuing to react and support my favourite artist ever ❤❤❤

[@warrens1757]

I feel so incredibly connected to you. Have tears in my eyes when you talk about your grandmother. I am 64 years old. I dream about my grandmother and my father often. Never a happy feeling, just a warning that I need to be cautious. My life is a disaster. The contact I get from passed family is the only help I get. When I listen to your video the memory of a dream comes to life again. really surprised me. Thanks.

[@shakysenior]

What a thoroughly interesting review. I found you through Ren and really appreciate your expertise and thoughts. Please don’t stop.

[@neurogalmd]

Thank you 🙏😊

[@philk9227]

Ren can capture so much emotion in his music and can say so much without words. Lovely reaction Anna. Thank you. I think science is behind the curve when it comes to the process we call death. Some physicists have started to contemplate that consciousness may be the base reality and other research into NDE's, Shared Death Experiences and even Scientific Remote Viewing now provide strong albeit some would say circumstantial evidence that this is the case. Perhaps the needed paradigm shift will come. No one is ever lost, consciousness continues. Best wishes from the UK

[@southstandlufcss5]

Sadly his new releases have been dreadful

[@Dobbin1010]

Thank you. Great timing. My first encounter with your site. My 46 year old son just turned me on with REN. I’m 74 and dealing with my own mortality, that has become more than a philosophical question. Even tho it is rap and hard for my ears to understand, I hear the jumbled screaming of my own thoughts over a long life-time of regrets, loves and despair. It could have been worse, I suppose.

[@AnotherFacelessDigitalNoOne]

I hear you and I have love for you ❤️ 💕 ♥️

[@rhonda-qc6qy]

Thank you for reviewing this song. It's one that I play over and over and use it to really feel and to fly. It's so moving and so poignant. But also hopeful. I always feel that Callum's soul has taken fight and is soaring to new heights and there is some final peace and hope for all our friends and loved ones that have died. It's just magical.

[@JamielovesJesus]

Every single note in this beautiful song is actually a word or phrase; And it's, simply beautiful. There are so many of us, I can relate. There are no words in dialect to quite express this first hand - yet - each of us (listen carefully) can hear the words.

[@Lynxeye-Youtube]

Beautiful melody, a composition that anchors the spirit to calmness and propels the gaze towards the future horizon!... Thanks Ren. Thank you for the reaction.

[@desertmoon66]

Forgive me for commenting on two videos of yours in such a short span of time. I was actually researching something else but saw that you did a reaction to a Ren song and...I LOVE REN!!! So, I had to watch this. Wow. From a perfectly understandable, heartfelt and authentic reaction (to whom I consider the 21st Century's first legitimate bard); to expounding on the concept of death in such a beautiful manner; I wanted to extend my deepest thanks and appreciation of your content. I have, unfortunately, way too much experience with the subject matter and your eloquent viewpoint on the subject is cathartic as I share a very similar stance on the topic. Thank you. You are a true professional in every sense of the word.

[@AndrewinAus]

Glad you found this one Anna. Ren perfectly summed this up with what he said about this piece. Sometimes you can't find the words, perhaps sometimes words are necessary. I have listened to this on repeat a number of times since Ren released and even without lyrics it has become one of my favourite performances. You are one hundred percent right, we especially in Western culture fear death, we fear the unknown..... the ultimate unknown. Really it is the only certainty of our short existence on this planet, it comes to an end. Having a chance to decide how we might choose to experience that and being at peace with it is huge beyond measure. Ren today has released a video titled Chapter 1, a simple spoken word essay of sorts of his experiences from his teen years illness, misdiagnosis seemingly being treated dismissively by different medical professionals. The Joe's passing and what eventuated from that. It is well worth the listen.

[@kellyt5341]

This 💯

[@rosesimoneskarsgard2897]

I loved your review, really incapsulated what all the different tones, notes and differsncistions meant, especially the when you can't use your voice music will express your emotions. ❤

[@blackberrystag]

Thanks for posting this. I consider myself a quite logical/scientific person, and also a spiritual person. They are not mutually exclusive. Science is one of the greatest gifts that spirit gives us. We are driven to understand. My mother died last January. I would describe my family as close in spirit, not in physical space. We never needed to touch or to speak to know that we loved each other. And since mom died, I feel the same. She's still here with me. Despite it being sudden, there's nothing I wish I'd said or didn't say. It feels like I'm being human incorrectly. This is not the way people grieve. What I do find difficult is the now constant worry about the details of dying. What will happen when my father dies? What are his wishes? What about my sister, or my husband? How long will I need care assistance for myself? Will I even be able to afford it? Will I die alone, and do I mind if I do? It's the living that's hard. Not the dying.

[@MissMeKate]

Ren is currently releasing daily chapers of his life story to raise awareness of M.E/CFS and chronic illness. I think you would find them interesting and appreciate his insights. One of the things he discussed on day two was his relationship with death and mortality.

[@Nick_the_Gold_Bach]

Thanks for sharing on your interesting dream-types, wow this track led to some deep thoughts. I can relate to that - I shared similar "seeing clearly with closed eyes" - it wasn't at all profound to whom I thought would find it interesting. It seems to be just a highly personal and private experience.

[@Shiroar]

I’m very rarely into purely instrumental music, but this somehow felt like Ren was playing words. And this is the man who is so often praised for being a brilliant lyricist as one of his main talents. Yet he didn’t need a single word to express his emotions in this one. A stunning and perfect tribute to his friend 🖤🐰🕳️

[@mrdarengilbert3907]

🙏 Thank you

[@thejohnson9204]

I love the way you felt this song. Brilliant.

[@helenjarvis7755]

I had the experience you described when my Mum passed I knew she was free from her paralysed body and I started crying. I was driving at the time The exact time was later confirmed to me by her Carers by a phone call I was sad she was no longer here but so happy for her that she is free from mortal pain etc

[@toniyoung5131]

I was with my mum when she died, my sister and my ex husband were there too. She was 94, had been bright (and occasionally difficult). Dementia came on fast at 91 and my husband, who had power of attorney for her, had to get her into a caŕe home after multiple times of the police phoning him in the small hours of the morning to take her home from miles away. She passed peacefully and we all felt relieved that she was released from her confusion.

[@billstewart9132]

Maybe Ren sensed that words would just get in the way. I'm reading Thomas a Kempis' Meditations on Death. As you pointed out, confronting our own mortality ironically makes us appreciate life more. One of the most beautiful piano solos I've ever heard.

[@g54b95]

After seeing the shirt Ren was wearing in this and after hearing your comments about how music can transcend words to express grief, I couldn't help but ponder how much I have grieved for my favorite musicians that have passed, almost all of them too young. Bradley Nowell (Sublime), Layne Staley (Alice In Chains), Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Randy Rhoads, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Prince, Tom Petty, Chris Cornell. It hurts that they're not here anymore, but what hurts even more is that we never got to experience the music they had left in them to give.

[@LeeannG]

❤️❤️❤️ i love you and Rens collabs

[@MissMeKate]

I'm not musical in any way, but feel the lightness in this turn to confusion and sadness, then slowly begin to let some light back in. It's beautiful.

[@seth1455]

nice music and an interesting talk, thank you

[@mldkenny]

Ren is so special and sensitive. Lovely reaction and really interesting views at the end, very much of the Eastern way of living and dying.

[@Daniel-n7b7d]

All I wish for is that when I close my eyes for the last time, I hope I feel content, hope I've not hurt too many people and I hope I did enough, then I fall asleep and its the end because I will not actually know I'm dead, I just won't wake up again. I hope its still a long way away... ❤❤ Enjoy those dreams, mine was constant but lately they've stopped. Those footprints they left in the sand are deep and I miss them!!!❤❤

[@wildedibles819]

Beautiful ❤

[@tysonhowe395]

I have to believe that he chose that site for the layers and echos.

[@rodgersmith6891]

He has a new song coming out next week "troubles" and leading up to its release he is detailing his life/journey leading up to present day in chapters. Chapter 1 came out yesterday. It's really great and concludes with the music video of "For Joe"

[@dreambit10]

Thanks so much Anna. Ren's music, and your words were beautiful ❤‍🩹. My Dad died a couple of years ago too. It comforts me to know that he had a wonderful life, and things between us were always good. Since he died, I always tell people to try an keep things good between you and all of your loved ones, to really appreciate them. This is for you, but also for them, if you were to die. When a loved one dies, the path to acceptance is so much smoother when there is no bitterness between you, and your final memories are good.

[@TrevorJamesMcNeil]

He mentions Callum in "For Joe"

[@jasonremy1627]

Ren is made of music

[@wanmac31]

Ren is ewrythng 🪄🎼✨💯 🤘😊👍💙🇫🇮

[@morecrayonsplzmcw4836]

❤️

[@paukahdus]

Thank you for your vulnerability. ❤

[@callumthorsen5474]

Great video loved it...👍🏻

[@perforator9111]

Thank you for reacting to Ren, you should check out Fred Again Mash Up, pretty sure you will love it ❤

[@andyroach420]

Music is therapy, at least for me.

[@RobertAustin-l4p]

Something in his music, voice or demeanor. Really not sure. I have been a avid music consumer since 60s, And I feel more in Ren's music that I have never felt before > I don't know why ? I feel he is important for this world ! Is that weird feels weird writing it ! But he has a message in his music that resonates in me !! Spread Ren ASAP to anyone !! Thank you !

[@CraigAnderson-h2h]

I am watching all of your reviews of Ren's songs. I did want to make the point that you're not a psychiatrist but a neuro-scientist, MD. Big difference. (never dealt with a psychiatrist that transmitted the warmth you do) I am not sure what Ren's real, personal history is but his work implies that he has suffered bouts of mental illness. But is that what he's all about or is his work really about his artistic interpretations? I am drawn to your reviews because you are both analytical and empathetic as well as very relaxed. Thanks...

[@EricAllen-l7v]

A lot of times ppl critique his guitar or piano for discordant notes. I think those, or at least many of them, are the feelings.

[@mariogansbeke]

3:41 I hear playfulness too, and hope.

[@davidarmes747]

Is it normal for my thoughts to change every second literally of the day?

[@thejohnson9204]

And yes... resisting death is futile. Grandparents in dreams... hmmm, it's a thing huh. Good grandparents are one of the best things in the world.

[@williamparrish9954]

hey Ren is telling his full story about everything he went though with his health and all he done drop chapter 1 and 2 and everyday till may 9th a new chapter will drop his new song troubles drop on may 9th

[@reyalaniz-k1j]

Death is just a step we all have to go through, we all want to live for eternity. In actuality we do live forever in spirit our souls. It's called reincarnation we are all one connected with the energy in the universe we are one entity. ....

[@KevL_262]

Please react to Rens Story Videos on his second Channel "Renmakesstuff" first chapter released yesterday. ❤

[@neurogalmd]

I would have loved to do this, but ended up watching it without my camera!! Maybe for his next chapter :)

[@LorenzoFrausto]

@@neurogalmdit dropped today

[@shaneatkin4007]

You're right, it's the whole emotional roller coaster ride called 'Grief'. Sit down buckle up and relive your own grief. Hopefully listeners get nothing from this piece by Ren. Unfortunately I do and it hits with precision

[@dryfie]

Anna, at some point...can you discuss Glen Campbell and how he was able to play and sing when as he was being overtaken by Alzheimer's ? Yiu are uniquely able to teach that...thank you

[@thinkiskay6178]

you need to do for joe next

[@ghs57]

NDE's do not need literal or more accurately immanent threat of death. It is sufficient to believe you are going to die or to grasp the realization that death is inevitable. The same type of exprrience can also occur as, at least aubjectively, as a spontaneous fluke. In a technical sense that is probably not the case since it is a matter of certain physiological conditions occuring. Lyme disease may he congruent to those conditions as i am aware of at least one case that caused fluid to build up around the brain due to swelling around the neck. More typically ypu are looking at increased flow of cerebro spinal fluid from the base or sacral area of the spine, up the spine, and into the cranium. A much more exteme versuon of more common tingling sensation we sometimes feel up the spine. The influx of cerbro spinal fluid into the brain increases interconnectivity, in particular in the area between the parallel parts of the huppicampus. The aytipical part that defies modern scientific understsnding of physiology is the influence of the excess fluid within the brain. It wouldnt be detectable under almost any conditions at any given time because it simply would not be there. Individually it may only occur once if ever for a very brief time for any given person. Collectively such experiences are almost as inevitable, universal, and relatable as death.

[@baronvonlichtenstein]

I had some minor strokes around December 2019. Makes writing music a bit harder. Less ideas.

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

You and Rosalie look like sisters. ❤

[@braca977]

Did you notice the butterfly in the video?

[@neurogalmd]

I did not! Thank you for bringing it to my attention - what a beautiful detail you discovered!

[@AnotherFacelessDigitalNoOne]

This was for another friend lost to suicide

[@boxicuk1620]

💙🪽🪽

[@naorc-art8816]

Can u react to dua lipa's new album?? She's amazing!

[@williamparrish9954]

please react too Ren chapter 1 and 2

[@AlSnoopsReid]

Fyi it's actually pronounced Mack-eye.

[@Codex7777]

Bloody hell, not the "a study shows" nonsense. Someone like you should know how science works. Single studies, especially small ones, can show all sorts of things, for all sorts of reasons. It means nothing, until it's been through comprehensive peer review. Most individual studies fall down in peer review, for a variety of reasons, including discovered error, or bias, intentional or unintentional. Sometimes it's just that the initial sample was too small to reveal the wider picture. News organisations and social media are the worst places for indulging this "a study shows" or "a study proves" fallacy. Sometimes it's a genuine error, or a misunderstanding of the scientific process but often it's because a particular agenda is being pushed. Confirmation bias and/or sensationalism often play a role here too.

[@SamM6599]

You should check out Citizen Soldier. They cover similar topics to Ren, but in the genre of rock. Some hard rock, some soft rock, and some in the middle. I think the PERFECT songs to start with are either Tattoos, for a more overall positive song, or Would Anyone Care, for a song that is mostly negative, then at the end becomes much more positive, as a kind of "light at the end of the dark tunnel" kind of song. The lead singer, Jake Segura, wrote his first song, Let It Burn, on a psych ward napkin after attempting suicide in 2016, and since 2019, he's been releasing hit after hit after hit. Not on the music charts, as, like Ren, their goal isn't to be commercial, it's to help people. To let people know they aren't alone in the battles they face every day. Their songs are hits because every single one kf their songs is just as powerful and relatable as Ren's. And they inspire me to be the same kind of person. Because of Citizen Soldier, I want to be the one people go to when they feel alone in their feelings. I want to be the one who supports them, and comforts them, and advises them, and helps get them back on their feet when life kicks them to the dirt. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here today. So definitely give them a listen. The more people find Citizen Soldier, the more people they can help thise in need. And in turn, the more people I can help, by showing them that they aren't alone. I'm not much of a wordsmith, so if I can't help with words, I direct people to CS. And I can usually show them a song that relates to their specific issue. Because, and my comic book nerd is gonna show here a bit, but just like in the Spider-Man mythos, his Aunt May says "When you help someone, you help everyone." So even if I only help one person in my whole life, I've helped a lot more than that. And so, I do my best to help everyone however I can. And getting people to listen to CS is one of the best ways I can think of to help them.

[@Codex7777]

You know Ren does rock too? :)

[@Beevreeter]

You don't look well, Anna. Everything okay?

[@neurogalmd]

Appreciate the concern, Ken! All is well; thank you for asking. I tried out a new camera lens which I believe distorted some of my facial features. :-)

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

Piece of Music Lass ,Not a Song .