is if you continue to screen suck,

if you continue to justify to yourself the drug use

and the alcohol abuse and the food abuse

and the TV abuse and the infidelity and the pornography

and just living a mediocre average,

got damn life,

then you're gonna continue to suffer

with anxiety and stress and depression.

Welcome to the Bedros Cooley and Show.

The DM that I get most often on my Instagrams and Facebook

is the DM of how do I live?

A meaningful, more awesome life, my life sucks.

I'm stressed, I'm overwhelmed, I'm suffering.

I can't tell you how frequently I get those DMs.

What I can tell you is those DMs have amplified

since the 2020 pandemic.

And I think the reason those DMs have amplified

since the 2020 pandemic is because the world has changed

in a way where society feels more alone,

more disconnected and more unsure.

There's something called the FUD Factor.

FUD stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt.

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