An incredibly vulnerable and insightful post on your experience and things that I as a fan don’t normally think about or appreciate.
The last 18 months for myself has been a journey of realising I’d been neglecting my mental health and seeing all the aspects of my life that were being destroyed by that, so to an extent can relate to points raised. Look after yourself and selfishly cannot wait to see you guys again.
I'm so happy to hear your journey has led you to be able to enjoy touring and not be in your own head the whole time. Thanks again for your openness and honesty on this topic, I'm sure a lot of us can relate. Hope you can continue to find more of those moments of enjoyment and satisfaction, because you definitely give so many of us just that when you're playing. Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto! Enjoy some rest!
This is so well written. Thank you for sharing, and thank you for always putting on an amazing show. I’m very lucky to have seen you play many times at this point in my life and I really appreciate you putting yourself out of your
Explains so much with so little - great and helpful piece. Please write a complete memoir down the road - and don’t forget to tell us what Dinks your band mates were that one time in that one city on that tour that [x] time.
Can't really formulate the right words after reading this but thank you Zack for your transparency, honestly I relate a lot to what you said about what you learned in childhood and you offered some perspective I hadn't come to myself (which from a very introspective person is quite a feat well done) We're all messed up and messy but trying to change that and break the cycle is quite literally radical!! Doing that for your own sake and not others really is the key and that's the hard bit to get my head round... only took 20 years to start even considering it this way so I think I've still got a ways to go but reading this almost sparks something like hope (something I find very hard to come by) big love dudes xxx
Can't really formulate the right words after reading this but thank you Zack for your transparency, honestly I relate a lot to what you said about what you learned in childhood and you offered some perspective I hadn't come to myself (which from a very introspective person is quite a feat well done) We're all messed up and messy but trying to change that and break the cycle is quite literally radical!! Doing that for your own sake and not others really is the key and that's the hard bit to get my head round... only took 20 years to start even considering it this way so I think I've still got a ways to go but reading this almost sparks something like hope (something I find very hard to come by) big love dudes xxx
Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing this in so much detail Zach. It speaks to my own journey of mental health and this and you guys' new record are just what I've needed to hear right now myself. It's important to feel these moments where we can relate to each other and feel we belong and are normal when we've experienced abnomal developmental environments/experiences in our lives - I super get what you mean by developing a 'hypervigilance to threats to your belonging'.
Hope the cognitive therapy and some general self-compassion continues to help you through your own journey Zach. Look after yourself and give yourself the compassion you would give to others
Wow, what a read. Thank you, so much in there to relate to, think about, and learn from. So glad you are getting the help required and to hear it's starting to work. You are loved Zack. x
Thanks so much for this. So brave and very insightful. I'm so happy you have begun the journey to where you need to be love yourself as you should. It's so hard. CBT helped me so much, even though I have an innate fear/disdain for touchy feely. It took so long to get a place where--yes feeling is good, and touching is absolutely fucking necessary for humans. Duh. Keep up the good work!!
Thank you Zack, this must have been an incredibly vulnerable topic to write about and I appreciate every word you put to page. I think you’ve given myself and many others a starting point into being able to understand our own anxieties that haven’t been found anywhere else, or at least not said so clearly and affirmatively. Thank you so much for being such an introspective and cool human being and for all you do in the band!!
An incredibly vulnerable and insightful post on your experience and things that I as a fan don’t normally think about or appreciate.
The last 18 months for myself has been a journey of realising I’d been neglecting my mental health and seeing all the aspects of my life that were being destroyed by that, so to an extent can relate to points raised. Look after yourself and selfishly cannot wait to see you guys again.
Thank you, Zach. I needed to read this right now.
I'm so happy to hear your journey has led you to be able to enjoy touring and not be in your own head the whole time. Thanks again for your openness and honesty on this topic, I'm sure a lot of us can relate. Hope you can continue to find more of those moments of enjoyment and satisfaction, because you definitely give so many of us just that when you're playing. Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto! Enjoy some rest!
This is so well written. Thank you for sharing, and thank you for always putting on an amazing show. I’m very lucky to have seen you play many times at this point in my life and I really appreciate you putting yourself out of your
comfort zone for all of us shitty pup fans. 💕
Explains so much with so little - great and helpful piece. Please write a complete memoir down the road - and don’t forget to tell us what Dinks your band mates were that one time in that one city on that tour that [x] time.
Can't really formulate the right words after reading this but thank you Zack for your transparency, honestly I relate a lot to what you said about what you learned in childhood and you offered some perspective I hadn't come to myself (which from a very introspective person is quite a feat well done) We're all messed up and messy but trying to change that and break the cycle is quite literally radical!! Doing that for your own sake and not others really is the key and that's the hard bit to get my head round... only took 20 years to start even considering it this way so I think I've still got a ways to go but reading this almost sparks something like hope (something I find very hard to come by) big love dudes xxx
Can't really formulate the right words after reading this but thank you Zack for your transparency, honestly I relate a lot to what you said about what you learned in childhood and you offered some perspective I hadn't come to myself (which from a very introspective person is quite a feat well done) We're all messed up and messy but trying to change that and break the cycle is quite literally radical!! Doing that for your own sake and not others really is the key and that's the hard bit to get my head round... only took 20 years to start even considering it this way so I think I've still got a ways to go but reading this almost sparks something like hope (something I find very hard to come by) big love dudes xxx
Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing this in so much detail Zach. It speaks to my own journey of mental health and this and you guys' new record are just what I've needed to hear right now myself. It's important to feel these moments where we can relate to each other and feel we belong and are normal when we've experienced abnomal developmental environments/experiences in our lives - I super get what you mean by developing a 'hypervigilance to threats to your belonging'.
Hope the cognitive therapy and some general self-compassion continues to help you through your own journey Zach. Look after yourself and give yourself the compassion you would give to others
Thank you Zach! This was very insightful and brave. You're cool. Wish you all the best on your personal journey.
And sorry for totally misspelling your name.
Wow, what a read. Thank you, so much in there to relate to, think about, and learn from. So glad you are getting the help required and to hear it's starting to work. You are loved Zack. x
Thanks so much for this. So brave and very insightful. I'm so happy you have begun the journey to where you need to be love yourself as you should. It's so hard. CBT helped me so much, even though I have an innate fear/disdain for touchy feely. It took so long to get a place where--yes feeling is good, and touching is absolutely fucking necessary for humans. Duh. Keep up the good work!!
Thank you Zack, this must have been an incredibly vulnerable topic to write about and I appreciate every word you put to page. I think you’ve given myself and many others a starting point into being able to understand our own anxieties that haven’t been found anywhere else, or at least not said so clearly and affirmatively. Thank you so much for being such an introspective and cool human being and for all you do in the band!!