[2022] Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

Originally posted by MAXIMUM-WORF

Most people can't even talk to a doctor these days let alone have the privilege to take 3 months off of work to work on themselves

Originally posted by Chibraltar_

what is a mental health high school ?

Originally posted by Omnilatent

I'm glad you are in a better place now!

Just out of curiosity: What you described sounds like a day hospital to me (I've been in one, too). Why did you not call it that?

Originally posted by MAXIMUM-WORF

Didn't mean that as a quick shot on you man, I'm glad you're better and that you're sharing your journey. The more people that talk about this stuff the better.

Originally posted by Omnilatent

What Trevor described sounds like a day hospital to me. I was in one for 10 weeks as well and it was really good for me. However, I also want to note you should always first try ambulant therapy first (one on one therapy that is one hour each week or two weeks typically). Day hospitals are intense and should be treated like "heavy medicine": It saves lives when necessary but can do more harm than good if it's not.

Ambulant therapy should also be provided after day hospital.

If anyone needs help with finding therapy here in Germany, you can write me a dm or chat.

Originally posted by Umarill

I'm currently in the middle of talking with my therapist about going through a similar thing for my depression/anxiety, and it's very scary to me, and people around me are even more scared for me (and freaking me out) because not enough people talk about it for the good it does.

Thank you for opening up on this subject, for someone public like you it takes a lot of strength to be vulnerable like that.

Originally posted by OPconfused

When I was diagnosed with adult ADHD, only a few people in my family managed to convey a sentiment of understanding. The rest were a little bit more abashed or confused. However, they didn't judge me or anything, and I realized I don't need them to understand it. I quietly do my thing in my private life, and it doesn't really affect any relationships with family.

I had to answer some questions a couple times, but I know they were just curious and trying to bridge that gap of understanding, because they cared about being able to relate to me. In the end, I don't think they really understood, but I know their inquiring came from well-meaning intentions, and gradually things moved on after that.

So in the event you have a similar situation, just wanted to communicate that it can be quite alright if family members don't understand it. Not saying that you have to be okay with it, but just sharing how it turned out for me. However, the caveat is I've reached a point where I'm in a better equilibrium and not needing support from extended family, and I understand these circumstances may be different for others and their families, which is also normal.

Originally posted by tvr_god

Hi Quickshot, is there any way I could reach you with a private question? I am sorry this is just out of the blue but was just curios, I have always admired you and wanted to ask something

Originally posted by CuteTao

"quickshot is taking some time off"

So hard.

Originally posted by abbreviatedmeatchap

So just to clarify, you were committed to a mental health facility

Originally posted by zmsp

As a healthcare professional (not a psychiatrist), I'd like to add something on the topic, for anyone to whom it might interest:

People's awareness towards mental health issues has increased a lot over the past few years, and that's tremendously positive, but that has also lead to some new problems: A lot of the emotions we feel towards certain aspects of our daily lives are not synonym with illness, but we experience them all the same. They're healthy mechanisms.

Feeling down is not the same as having a depression. Feeling anxious is not the same as having anxiety disorder. Feeling stressed is not the same as burnout.

Why is this important to remember? Well, it's unquestionably better to have mild symptoms that don't fit the criteria for a disease and seek out help, in order to sort things out or to prevent those feelings from escalating into something serious. What's a lot scarier is the opposite: people like influencers or famous personalities, or even our friends (for example) might overblow some of those common and healthy emotions as a disease, and people will relate to them and try to emulate what they did in order to overcome an entirely different problem, that needs an entirely different approach. It's good that we talk about our problems, but let us not discredit or try to compare our problems with someone else's.

Here are some common symptoms of prevalent medical conditions that should make you seek out medical attention:

Depression: feeling down most of the time/lack of interest in activities that you previously enjoyed, changes in sleeping patterns (insomnia most commonly, but feeling sleepy all the time aswell), changes in eating habbits, social isolation, feeling like your memory/concentration is slower, suicidal thoughts.

Generalized anxiety disorder: feeling disproportionately anxious towards events that shouldn't elicit such a response, persistent feelings of anxiousness towards severals domains of your day to day life, without specific triggers, insomnia.

I don't feel qualified to explain Burnout, but I would like to point out the common overlap with depression. If you're feeling overwhelmed at work without a specific trigger/period that will predictably solve itself, or if you feel like that burden is creeping itself into other areas of you day to day life, please do seek medical care.

Hang in there, fellas!

Originally posted by Akos_D_Fjoal

Love the positive framing and adjusting your own lens to view the experience in such a novel way. I'm definitely going to pass it along if that's ok with you.

Originally posted by K4ntum

Trust me, as someone struggling with his own issues, it always helps to see public figures you like opening up. Makes one feel less alone and lowers the stigma as you said. Might be 2022 but it still isn't easy to talk about these things.

Glad to see you back and hoping you keep getting better and better!

Originally posted by PhAnToM444

Well he did it himself, he wasn’t involuntarily committed

Originally posted by Hyroto88

The weak fall.

Originally posted by tmcohen

Must be nice to have work let you take 6 months off :(

Originally posted by KosViik

Ohey there QS! You have become my favourite caster ever since the first time I heard you at Worlds-3. Even when I stopped following LoL Esports due to lack of interest, I always found time to check in whenever you were on. Your energy has always been something out of this world. I'm really happy to hear good news from you.

There's just one question we need answered:

How are you feeling? :)

Originally posted by Cerinthus2

I'm enrolled in a special course to learn about myself, not assigned to a mental health clinic.

I've quoted this to half a dozen people and it's not even noon. What a fantastic way to put it.

Originally posted by Umarill

Thank you for the advice, I'm open to trying stuff (I'm at 8 different drugs tried), I just have social anxiety and what they offered me is mostly in group with other people so that's why I've been shaky about it, but I think I will build up the courage to try it.

Originally posted by Thoronris

I was in a psychiatric clinic for 7 months in 2018. When I was told I had to be an inpatient because of the severeness of my problems, I was scared as well. But I took the leap of faith and decided to go and it was the best decision of my life. I firmly believe that the right professionals can help so many of us, and I am always happy to see public figures come out and talk about it, because it makes it easier for everyone to seek similar help.

Originally posted by TheFirstMonky

It's nice to see succesful people talking about these topics. I have to admit that I used to think that these statements were dishonest when it comes to succesful people because I didn't think they could need it, but now I understand that these things can happen to anyone, and I'm also glad that after +20 years of being a mess I finally decided to look for professional help. As long as you're still here, it's never too late to look for help.

Originally posted by Saviorofsong2

He is an extremely privildged elitist person "dont wait till its too late" yeah, most people DO NOT get enough money to be able to take 12 weeks off and check themself into a mental health school then still have their job waiting for them with 6 digit salaries.

This guy doesnt even realize how much better he has it than 99.9% of the people and comes off as a rich douche

Originally posted by feareg

How do you feel about being part of the CancelCrew with your wife who made forcing Carlos out of the scene happen?