Warning : This post include mentions of felo-de-se and suicidal thoughts .
Teal Swan is a newfangled brand of spiritual guru who use YouTube videos to relate with her hundreds of thousand of follower . Gizmodo ’s investigatory podcast , The Gateway , examines the influence she has over these followers .
In last week ’s episode , Swan said that she targets the great unwashed who are struggling with impression . She was denotative in her explanation to Gizmodo .
“ Most people are going through fucking huge crisis . gunman - to - your - head - type of crisis . And then you bonk they typewrite in something like ‘ How do I not defeat myself ’ and my videos popped up , ” Swan enjoin . “ I specifically attempt to go for tag and things like that that capture that interview . Because when you ’re in a desperate state , it ’s not advanced . People , when they ’re in that state they type in motherfucker like ‘ I just lost my mother what the fuck do I do ? ’ Literally , that will be the Google tag wrinkle . ”
When multitude do watch Swan ’s video , they ’ll find that she ’s usually in front of a trippy background , portion out her self - help pedagogy with a soothing , drone voice . These videos touch on hundred of issue , swan fromcryptocurrencytorelationshipstointernet addiction .
But many of these videos insure natural depression , hopelessness , and self-annihilation . Swan embraces stigmatized subject that most self - assistant gurus do n’t talk about . Gizmodo reached out to mental wellness experts to understand how much Swan ’s message could be help or harm the people who watch her video recording .
The latest installment of The Gateway includes interviews with April Foreman , a suicidologist who studies the intersection of suicide bar and social media , and Steven Hassan , a mental wellness counselor who specialize in intellect controller .
hear to part 4 of The Gateway to learn more about what they have to say about Teal ’s teaching :
https://player.megaphone.fm/PPY3730306262
you may also hear to young episodes one week early and ad - complimentary on Stitcher Premium . For a gratis month of hearing , go tostitcherpremium.com/gatewayand use promo code ‘ GATEWAY ’ .
If you or someone you know is have suicidal opinion , please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800 - 273 - 8255 or text the Crisis Text Line at 741 - 741 .
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