{"id":486224,"date":"2019-05-23T08:54:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=839051"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:54:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:54:51","slug":"weezer-fall-out-boys-pete-wentz-reflect-on-anxiety-for-mental-health-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/weezer-fall-out-boys-pete-wentz-reflect-on-anxiety-for-mental-health-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Weezer, Fall Out Boy\u2019s Pete Wentz Reflect on Anxiety for Mental Health Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Weezer<\/a>\u2019s Scott Shriner, Fall Out Boy<\/a>\u2019s Pete Wentz<\/a> and songwriter-producer Butch Walker<\/a> open up about their youthful struggles with anxiety in a new video for the Child Mind Institute\u2019s 2019 #MyYoungerSelf<\/a> social media campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a clip featuring the full band, Shriner reflected on his childhood self as \u201csuper sick, different and weird\u201d \u2014 a kid who \u201chated himself and [was] scared of everything, hid under the bed when it was time to go to school.\u201d But he emphasized the importance of finding a passion and pursuing it: \u201c[Try to] find something that you really enjoy and just work really hard at it and know that you\u2019re not alone and that you\u2019re not always going to feel that way,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I knew then how I would turn out now, I probably could\u2019ve relaxed a little bit \u2026 Find some of the weirdos like you to talk to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s frontman, Rivers Cuomo<\/a>, noted the impact meditation has had on his life, and drummer Patrick Wilson emphasized the importance of embracing nature and escaping social media. \u201cI feel it\u2019s important for people to be outside a lot, stop looking at screens,\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t eat sugar, get to know the people in your neighborhood, ride a bicycle, go in the woods and do stuff like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In his clip, Wentz addressed the normalcy of cycling through emotional \u201cups and downs\u201d and spoke about \u201cde-stigmatizing\u201d our cultural conversation about mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s super normal \u2026 to be unsure of yourself and feel lonely,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the things I would have told myself 10 years ago or 20 years ago is that it\u2019s alright to feel that anxiety and it\u2019s alright to feel down, but you\u2019ve gotta know that tomorrow might have a different feeling. I think you\u2019re not really alone because people are all feeling that \u2014 feeling great and feeling terrible. Life is a journey, and I think it\u2019s important not to just slap a smile on your face when you\u2019re feeling down \u2026 It\u2019s also important to know that you can reach out to people. Sometimes you start feeling like, \u2018Ah, I\u2019m feeling down, and I\u2019ll just keep it to myself.\u2019 I think it\u2019s important to reach out to your friends. And if you notice one of your friends feeling down and it\u2019s something you can\u2019t handle yourself, you should reach out to someone who can help them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n